Land development agreement
Land development agreement
A Land Development Agreement is a contract between us and a property developer to construct water, wastewater, and recycled water infrastructure. You need a Land Development Agreement when you create a new public road as part of a development. To extend mains and connect to SA Water’s network outside of a Land Development Agreement please contact our Land Development or Connections teams to request a quote for the required work.
What we do
- Development Agreement Formal Instrument (DAFI)
- Annexure A – Standard conditions
- Annexure B – Design and construction standards
- Annexure C – Work health safety and environmental and heritage standards
- Annexure D – Role of the superintendent
- Annexure E – Approved form of unconditional undertaking
We will help to determine the water, wastewater, and recycled water infrastructure needed to support new residential, commercial, or industrial allotments. As the developer creating those allotments you will pay the costs of constructing this infrastructure.
When you sign a Land Development Agreement with us, you must engage an accredited consulting engineer to prepare detailed infrastructure designs and an accredited civil contractor to construct the infrastructure.
The Land Development Agreement consists of six documents; the Development Agreement Formal Instrument (DAFI) is the only document we issue. All Annexure documents are to be read in conjunction with the DAFI.
Apply for a Land Development Agreement
You or your representative (typically your surveyor) must lodge your proposed plan of division with the State Commission Assessment Panel (SCAP).
The SCAP will process your application and forward it to us for comment. When we have established your requirements, we will advise SCAP and forward these requirements to you or your representative by mail.
What you need to provide
To start the process, you need to give us:
- The name (developer or company) in which the Land Development Agreement documentation will be issued
- The registered address of the company OR the residential address of the individuals
- Staging details (if applicable)
- The consulting engineer's name and address.
For more information please download and read our guidelines
Major developers
Major Developer’s work on large property developments or large subdivisions. Major developments will often involve construction of roads. They may also include extensions of mains. A Major Developer will need to enter into a Land Development Agreement.
For more information, please email us.
Land development agreement fees
Drinking water and recycled water administration
Administration fee for link-up | $217.00 |
Sewerage administration
Administration fee for link-up | $86.50 |
Water meter activation
20mm water meter activation fee | $134.00 |
Major faults
Polkinghorns Rd
Arthurton
- 18/06/2020
Water Supply On
- 18/06/2020 03:05 PM - We are attending to an incident in Arthurton with no interruption to the water supply. The safety of our crews and customers comes first, and we always aim to minimise inconvenience by restoring services as quickly as we can. Reference Number WO: 07505663.
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Scheduled works
Spruance Rd
Elizabeth East
- 11/06/2021
Temporary Supply Interruption
- Estimated start time and water supply off: 15/06/2021 09:00 AM
Estimated restore time and water supply back on: 15/06/2021 04:00 PM
We’re improving your services and undertaking maintenance work in Elizabeth East. Sometimes our crews need to temporarily interrupt the water supply to our customers and/or manage traffic while they are working. Temporary traffic management may remain in place until reinstatement of the impacted road is complete. We always aim to minimise inconvenience by restoring services as safely and quickly as we can. - See all scheduled works
