PUB Online Submission System for the

Protection of Water and Sewer Pipes

29th June 2018

Water Supply Network Department

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Background

• Under the existing Public Utilities and Sewerage & Drainage Acts, PUB is
empowered to fine/prosecute/recover costs from the responsible party
in the event of damage to water and sewer pipes.

• In spite of the Acts, PUB still encounters contractors who do not

exercise due diligence when working near our water and sewer pipes
resulting in subsequent damages. These damages usually result in a loss
of precious water supply, used water resources as well as service
disruptions to our customers.

• Hence, there is a need to further strengthen the current legislation

which aims to reduce the number of damages to PUB infrastructure.

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Implications of Damages to Water and Sewer Pipes

Interruption of water supply to

Loss of Precious Water Resource
domestic customers, factories &
businesses

Inconvenience to the Road

Cause project delays
Users and Pedestrians

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 Regulations to Protect PUB Infrastructure

• On 30 Jun 2017, PUB gazetted 2 new regulations, Public Utilities (Protection of

Water Pipes Infrastructure) and Sewerage and Drainage (Protection of Public
Sewerage) Regulations 2017.

• The aim is to get industries to notify/seek approval before specified activities are
carried out in the public sewer and water pipe corridors. This is to ensure
protection measures to pipes are in place prior to the commencement of works.

• Details of the new Regulations can be found in http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/.

• PUB has developed an Online Submission System to facilitate the submissions by

Qualified Persons (QPs)/ Professional Engineers (PEs)/Contractors. This system will
allow PUB to process, track and approve submissions for works near water and
sewer pipes.

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Benefits for the Industry from the Online Submission System

ONE-STOP PORTAL for all works affecting Water and Sewer Pipes:

 Provides clear guidelines for QPs/PEs/Contractors to make submissions

 Ability to auto-check completeness of documents submitted
 Auto-generate timely reminders to QPs/PEs/Contractors on their
submissions
 Ability to capture the proposals and declarations from
QPs/PEs/Contractors through a centralised database system
 Provides one-stop submission system for industry to make submissions
in relation to works involving various departments within PUB
 Auto-route submissions internally to relevant PUB officers for evaluation
 QPs/PEs/Contractors are able to track the status of the submissions via
the system

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Additional features of the Online Submission System

• For works that involve manual excavations (e.g Trial Trenches) ,

approvals will be automatically granted upon receipt of submission. This
will speed up approval process for works that are of lower risk to the
water and sewer pipes.

• Notwithstanding, the QPs/PEs/Contractors are required to exercise

duty of care to check for the presence of water and sewer pipes by
purchasing the services plans and looking out for valve chambers,
water meters and other appurtenances on site. This requirement will
be stated in the automatically generated approval letter.

• For works that are in the vicinity (but not within the setback distance) of
water pipes of dia <300mm, notification to PUB via the Online
Submission System will suffice prior to the commencement of work.

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Tentative Timeline for the Launching of the Online Submission System

Dialogue session with

Professional Bodies; to
share on submission
process for works near
PUB infrastructure via
the new portal

May 2018 June 2018 July 2018 Aug 2018

PHASE 1 LAUNCH Release of Circular on PHASE 2 LAUNCH Bi-monthly outreach

the Online Submission - Full integration with session to industry to
- Soft launch of portal
System to the industry existing 1BPU system include training
- Testing/gathering of
- Industry will be session (with training
feedback from
encouraged to switch to manual provided) on
industry
new online portal to utilising new portal
make submissions for
their works

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 Portal Page for the Online
Submission System

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 Online Submission Log In Page

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 Create New Project

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 Project details

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 Create New Submission

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 Step 1

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 Step 2: Select user role

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 Step 3: Fill QP’s details

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 Step 4: Fill Contractor details

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 Step 5: Select Corridor/s

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 Step 6: Select Activities

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 Step 7: Activities Details

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 Step 8: Activities Details 2

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 Step 9A : Project details and location

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 Step 9B: Select Location

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 Step 9C : Select Location

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 Step 9D: Based on the map lot , roads and catchments will be
filled

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 Step 10: Attachments

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 Step 11A: Summary

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 Step 11B: Confirmation

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 Step 12: End

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 For Enquiries and Feedback pls email to
PUB_WSN_Surveillance@pub.gov.sg

Thank You

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