Installing a standpipe... what are the regs

[joeandamber]

I'm looking for clarification with regs when it comes to installing a series of standpipes in our local community garden.

The plan:

My intention is to T off just after the stopcock, add an additional stopcock and double-check valve and then run MDPE around the perimeter of the garden in a ring. In various locations, I would then T off the ring up a wooden post and into an MDPE tap to create a standpipe. The MDPE taps are lockable and will not be accessible to anyone without the key. Each standpipe will have a sticker stating not for drinking.

The question:

Is this classed as a new supply or a form of distribution similar to a hose extender?

Why does it matter?:

We don't want to be burying MDPE to 750mm. We'd like to put it 10cm below the surface and treat it as a hose. The council are concerned that our installation may not be to regs and that Thames water could fine us?

 

[snowhead]

There will be guidance on the Water Co. web site for your area and possibly specific rules for that area.
An example in the link below.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwimsNfViNr2AhURhlwKHV9DAZMQFnoECAMQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fseswater.co.uk%2F-%2Fmedia%2Ffiles%2Fseswater%2Fyour-water%2Fwater-regulations%2Ffact-sheet-_standpipes.pdf&usg=AOvVaw0rlVvcXSsi_PYFV3HWWzi0

 

[ShaunCorbs]

How are you going to protect it from damage and frost ?

 

[joeandamber]

Damage - it's buried against the boundary so very little chance of accidentally being hit. If it is then we can just turn it off and repair it as you would irrigation.
Forst - In the winter we turn the water off and drain.