WRAS Water Regulations Guide (Water Supply [Water Fittings] Regulations 1999 — 2nd Edition)
Author / Issuing Authority: Water Regulations Advisory Scheme (WRAS) • Category: Home Systems, Solar & Water Engineering
The official UK statutory plumbing reference on Fluid Categories 1–5, Type AA/AB/AF air gaps, break tanks & booster pump compliance.
Why This Manual Matters in a Grid-Down Outage
Connecting an emergency water tank or booster pump directly to public mains plumbing without proper backflow prevention is a criminal offence under the UK Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999.
Plant-Room & Field Operational Takeaway
Hundreds of colour cross-sectional diagrams showing compliant Bylaws 30 potable break tanks, RPZ valves, double check valves, and Type AB weir-overflow air gaps.
Maintaining a physical dead-tree edition of WRAS Water Regulations Guide (Water Supply [Water Fittings] Regulations 1999 — 2nd Edition) (ISBN-13: 978-0953970803) in your plant room, comms rack, or site incident grab-bag ensures engineers and duty wardens have immediate access to statutory tables, pinouts, and safety protocols when cloud documentation portals and corporate intranets are unreachable.
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