Group Schemes

A Group Scheme may be formed when a group of two or more householders get together to provide themselves with a water supply where no such supply (or a seriously deficient supply) already exists.

Group schemes may be carried out, subject to the approval of the Local Authority 

1. in areas where the local authority do not propose to carry out a public scheme
2. in areas which can be served by extensions of existing local authority watermains
3. in areas where the local authority intend at a later stage to provide a public water supply.In such cases schemes should be so designed as to be capable of being integrated with the public scheme in due course.

G.W.3 Group Scheme General Information Fact Sheet available in download section

Subsidy

As an integral part of a planned approach to improving the quality and reliability of rural water supplies, an annual subsidy towards the domestic element of the operational costs of Group Water Schemes in supplying water for domestic use will be payable by local authorities to groups meeting the conditions of the subsidy scheme as set out in the Memorandum

Explanatory Memorandum - Subsidies available in download section