AQW 40719/11-15 Written question to the Minister for Regional Development
To ask the Minister for Regional Development what provision exists within his Department to support rural houses who wish to install mains water.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 14 January 2015
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 14 January 2015
- Answer due by
- 29 January 2015
- Answered
- 27 January 201513 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Infrastructure
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Under Article 76 of the Water and Sewerage Services (NI) Order 2006 NI Water has a duty to provide a public water main if required to do so by the owner or occupier of a domestic property.
NI Water currently provides a Reasonable Cost Allowance (RCA) of around £2,000 per property. For properties built before 2000, the Department supplements this allowance so that the total contribution is £12,000 per property.
More recent properties are entitled to the lesser RCA of around £2,000 as householders are expected to include the cost of a water main in the overall cost of a new build.