Connecting a new house to existing service connections - water & sewer connection reuse

Reuse is only available for new house construction. Reuse of existing service connections is subject to City inspection and approval, visit the City of Toronto website for further details. A non-refundable fee applies:

Criteria for Sewer Connection Reuse:

1. The municipal sewer connection must meet current City standards and specifications (i.e. material shall be PVC or better);
2. The municipal sewer connection must not be a double connection;
3. The municipal sewer connection must not have a record of sewer backups with respect to properties serviced by that municipal sewer connection; and
4. The municipal sewer connection is free of structural and operational defects.

There is an Inspection fee for the re-use of residential sanitary sewer service connections up to 150 mm per service to be reused. The fee is based on the contracted rate for a CCTV inspection of the connection plus staff time to carry out a maintenance history search and review of the CCTV report.

Criteria for Water Connection Reuse:

1. The municipal water service connection must meet current City standards and specifications;
2. The municipal water service connection must not be a double connection; and
3. The municipal water service connection must have properly functioning curb stops and valves and no record of low pressure.

The water service connection reuse fee is based on the cost to conduct a site inspection to operate the curb box and a search of historical maintenance records.