Service Connections

Permit process changes

Attention contractors:

Effective June 1, 2025, the City of Beaumont has re-introduced residential service connection inspections to confirm water and sewer connections from individual sites to municipal services meet City standards and requirements. These are administered by Inspections Group. Commercial service connections and tie-ins to Beaumont infrastructure must be approved by City of Beaumont Engineering and witnessed by a representative from the Water and Wastewater Department.

Contractors are required to contact the City for:

  • Damage to City-owned cc valve requiring major repair or replacement. If damage occurs, call 780-929-4306.
  • New water/sewer/storm service connections directly from the mains (i.e. for lots not pre-serviced).

Standards and guidelines

  1. Shall be 19mm minimum, continuous type “K” copper service for single-family residential units. For the safety of the contractor, and to maintain the integrity of the cc valve, the City recommends connecting the water service to the stub on private property with a coupling. Connecting directly to the cc valve is no longer necessary, but may still be done if that is the safest or best installation at the time. The service size shall be the same as the cc size.
  2. Bedding shall be Class B. The minimum depth of bedding below the pipe shall be 100mm and extend to 300mm above the pipe for the full width of the trench. Middle bedding, directly under the pipe, will be loosely placed to ensure no voids exist underneath the pipe. Bedding shall be a natural or manufactured sand material, free of organic material and significant silt quantities. Bedding shall be compacted to 95%.
  3. Persons operating the CC valve for the purpose of using water without the City’s prior consent are subject to charges provided under the Criminal Code.

  1. Shall be 100mm diameter minimum, PVC SDR 35 sewer pipe, CSA approved.
  2. Any part of the service connecting to, or on City property, must be gasketed. Both sides of a reducer must have gaskets.
  3. On private property, solvent welds must be done according to manufacturer’s specifications.
  4. For services requiring a bend, 11° and 22.5° elbows are to be used, with a minimum distance of 610mm between fittings. Alternatively, 45° long radius bends/sweeps may be used in place of two 22.5° connections. Regular 45° elbows are not permitted.
  5. Pipe must be capped/plugged at end of trench with PVC fitting.
  6. Bedding shall be Class B. The minimum depth of bedding below the pipe shall be 100mm and extend to 300mm above the pipe for the full width of the trench. Middle bedding, directly under the pipe, will be loosely placed to ensure no voids exist underneath the pipe. Bedding shall be a natural or manufactured sand material, free of organic material and significant silt quantities. Bedding shall be compacted to 95%.
  7. A minimum 2.75m earth cover shall be maintained.
  8. Sanitary service must have a minimum 2% gradient to the main.

  1. Shall be 100mm diameter minimum, PVC SDR 35 sewer pipe, CSA approved
  2. Any part of the service connecting to, or on City property, must be gasketed. Both sides of the fitting must have gaskets.
  3. On private property, solvent welds must be done according to manufacturer’s specifications.
  4. For services requiring a bend, 22.5° or 45° elbows may be used, with a minimum of 610mm between fittings.
  5. No 90° bends are allowed to directly connect into the existing City stub; a minimum 610mm must extend before a 90° bend can be connected. That said, 90° bends are not recommended to be installed anywhere. These fittings greatly increase maintenance issues related to camera work & flushing of lines.
  6. The end of the service must be capped/plugged with a PVC fitting.
  7. Bedding shall be Class B. The minimum depth of bedding below the pipe shall be 100mm and extend to 300mm above the pipe for the full width of the trench. Middle bedding, directly under the pipe, will be loosely placed to ensure no voids exist underneath the pipe. Bedding shall be a natural or manufactured sand material, free of organic material and significant silt quantities. Bedding shall be compacted to 95%.
  8. A minimum 1.80m earth cover shall be maintained.

  1. If sections of the excavation have high ground water, washed rock shall be used in place of sand.
  2. If sections of pipe are undercut, grade must be brought back up with washed rock.
  3. Water service must run parallel to sanitary sewer service and shall not cross over or under.
  4. If the storm sewer service must cross over the water and sanitary sewer services, a minimum 150mm vertical separation must be maintained.
  5. All excavations left open overnight must be properly fenced off.
  6. All trenching shall be in conformance with OH&S regulations Subsections 446(2) and 446(3). Also, workers shall be in conformance with Subsection 234 regarding Head Protection.