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Sewer and Water Permit Process; Sewer and Water System Design Requirements
Published by City of Hamilton
This is the City of Hamilton’s document, as published on its website on 19 October 2026. The municipality may have changed it since: check the current version at the source. Legal notice
- Type
- Guide
- Published by
- City of Hamilton
- Date
- October 27, 2021
- Also called
- Review the Sewer and Water Permit Process & Design Requirements
- For
- designer
- Building types
- All building types
- Pages
- 27
- Agencies
- City of Hamilton Growth Management Division · Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks
- Valid for
- up to one year from the date of the plan's approval
- Instruments
- Backflow Prevention By-law 10-103 · Industrial, Commercial, Institutional (ICI) and Multiple Unit Residential Water Metering Policy (06-006)
Overview
The City of Hamilton Growth Management Division's process and servicing drawing requirements for sewer and water permits on commercial, industrial, institutional and multi-residential developments, last revised October 27, 2021. It describes the $860.00 small or $1,710.00 large servicing review fee, servicing, excavation and water meter permits, master, independent and satellite meters, backflow prevention and storm approvals on industrial lands. The design sections list what a servicing plan shows, from key plan and existing services to water separations, sewer drains, maintenance holes and interceptors, with Appendix B's 2021 fees.
What it covers
- Sewer Water Permit Process
- City of Hamilton Projects Requiring Servicing
- Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MOECP) Approvals for Storm Systems on Industrial Lands
- Sewer and Water System Design Requirements (Servicing Drawing Requirements)
- Sewer and Water Servicing Plans (General)
- Sewer and Water Servicing Plans - Requirements for Proposed Systems
- Water Servicing Requirements
- Sewer Servicing Requirements
- Appendix “A”
- Appendix “B” Servicing Review/Permit Cost Fees (2021)
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