Technical document references

General design

1. Totalcare document, ACT Public Works "Basic Specification - Roads, Hydraulic Services and Landscape" , Edition No 1 (July 1991) as amended (including in particular Corrigendum No 1 to Volume 1, 11 December 1992) plus the associated "Users Guide for the Basic Specification" .
2. Roads and Transport Section, ACT Department of Urban Services, "Standard Engineering Practice - Roads and Bridges" , Draft No 5, 5 November 1995.
3. ACT Administration and NCDC, ACT (1988), "Guidelines for Urban Erosion and Sediment Controls" (Interim Manual) (available from the Environment ACT).
4. ACT Administration, Environment Protection Section, ACT (1989), "Guidelines on Erosion and Sediment Control on Building Sites" (available from the Environment ACT).
5. Enviroment ACT, ACT (1998), "Erosion and Sediment Control During Land Development" .
6. Water and Sewerage Regulations 2001 (ACT) and the Water and Sewerage Act 2000 (ACT) (having replaced the Canberra Sewerage and Water Supply Regulations 1999 ).
7. Water Division, ACTEW Corporation, ACT (1999), "Sewer Blockages - a detailed guide for licensed drainers and the householder" .

Water supply

1. Water and Sewerage Regulations 2001 (ACT) and the Water and Sewerage Act 2000 (ACT) (having replaced the Canberra Sewerage and Water Supply Regulations 1999 ).
2. Totalcare document, ACT Public Works "Basic Specification - Roads, Hydraulic Services and Landscape" , Edition No 1 (July 1991) as amended (including in particular Corrigendum No 1 to Volume 1, 11 December 1992) plus the associated "Users Guide for the Basic Specification" .
3. ACTEW, "Water Main Connections - General Conditions and Schedule of Charges" , Current Edition.
4. ACT Landscape (1992), Department of Urban Services, "Landscape Design and Construction Guidelines for Canberra and the ACT" .
5. Roads and Transport Section, ACT Department of Urban Services, "Standard Engineering Practice - Roads and Bridges" , Draft No 5, 5 November 1995.

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Sewerage

1. Water and Sewerage Regulations 2001 (ACT) and the Water and Sewerage Act 2000 (ACT) (having replaced the Canberra Sewerage and Water Supply Regulations 1999 ).
2. Metropolitan Water Sewerage and Drainage Board, Sydney (1979), "Design of Separate Sewerage Systems" .
3. Thistlethwayte, D.K.B. (Ed.) (1972), "The Control of Sulphides in Sewerage Systems" , Butterworths, Sydney.
4. Boston Society of Civil Engineering (1942), "Minimum Velocities for Sewers" , Journal, Post Soc C E, Vol 29 No 4, October.
5. Public Works Department, NSW (1984), "Manual of Practice - Sewer Design" , Sydney.
6. Public Works Department, NSW (1986), "Manual of Practice - Sewage Pump Station Design" , Sydney.
7. Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works (1970), "Colombo Plan Lectures - Sewerage Design" , Melbourne.
8. Commonwealth Department of Works (1972), "Notes for Guidance in the Design of Hydraulic Services" .
9. CSIRO: Engineering and Building Section (1984), "The Invasion of Sanitary Drains by Plant Roots: Prevention and Cure" , Technical Record 503, Sydney.
10. Commonwealth Department of Works (1973), "Review of Sewer Standards" , ACT Region Internal Report.
11. Committee on Uniformity of Plumbing and Drainage Regulations in New South Wales (1987), "New South Wales Code of Practice - House Drainage" .
12. Totalcare document, ACT Public Works "Basic Specification - Roads, Hydraulic Services and Landscape" , Edition No 1 (July 1991) as amended (including in particular Corrigendum No 1 to Volume 1, 11 December 1992) plus the associated "Users Guide for the Basic Specification" .
13. Major Urban Water Authorities of Australia: Technological Standing Committee on Hydrogen Sulphide Corrosion in Sewerage Works (MMBW-1990), "Hydrogen Sulphide Control Manual - Septicity, Corrosion and Odour Control in Sewerage Systems" .
14. "ACT Standard and Code of Practice on Manual Handling" , Second Edition 1993.
15. Roads and Transport Section, ACT Department of Urban Services, "Standard Engineering Practice - Roads and Bridges" , Draft No 5, 5 November 1995.

Approvals

1. Totalcare document, ACT Public Works "Basic Specification - Roads, Hydraulic Services and Landscape" , Edition No 1 (July 1991) as amended (including in particular Corrigendum No 1 to Volume 1, 11 December 1992) plus the associated "Users Guide for the Basic Specification" .
2. Roads and Transport Section, ACT Department of Urban Services, "Standard Engineering Practice - Roads and Bridges" , Draft No 5, 5 November 1995.
3. Water Board, Australian Conduit Condition Evaluation Manual, First Edition, June 1991, Sydney.

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