Technical guidelines
Please refer to SA Water Technical Guideline TG 0103 – Approach to Technical Governance, for further information on the use of these documents.
Recent Guideline Releases^ | |||
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Number | Title | Version | Date Released |
| TG 0875 | Environment and heritage guideline series | 2.0 | 14/07/2026 |
| TG 0106 | Pipe handling | 1.0 | 13/07/2026 |
| TG 0531 | Wastewater network ventilation design | 2.0 | 16/12/2025 |
| TG 0530 | Sewer network hydraulic design considerations to minimise network odour impact | 2.0 | 25/11/2025 |
| TG 0103 | Approach to technical governance | 1.0 | 28/11/2023 |
^ Details of changes to Technical Guidelines are provided on page 4 of each document, as required.
Responsible: Principal Engineer, Materials Science | |||||
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Legacy Number | Number | Title | Version | Version date | Published date |
| N/A | TG 0440 | Cathodic protection testing | 1.0 | 03/05/2021 | 19/05/2021 |
Responsible: Principal Engineer, Reticulation Networks | |||||
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LegacyNumber | Number | Title | Version | Version date | Published date |
| TG 11a | N/A | The design of sewerage systems (extract of par 4 And 5) | 1.0 | 25/03/2009 | 25/03/2009 |
| N/A | TG 0530 | Sewer network hydraulic design considerations to minimise network odour impact | 2.0 | 25/11/2025 | 05/12/2025 |
| N/A | TG 0531 | Wastewater network ventilation design | 2.0 | 25/11/2025 | 16/12/2025 |
Responsible: Principal Engineer, Civil & Structural | |||||
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Legacy Number | Number | Title | Version | Version date | Published date |
| TG 96 | N/A | The design of anchors and thrust blocks on buried pipelines with unrestrained flexible Join and for the anchorage of pipes on steep grades | 1.0 | 10/05/2007 | 10/05/2007 |
| TG 104 | N/A | Design of pipe end dissipaters | 1.0 | 15/12/2015 | 15/12/2015 |
Responsible : Principal Engineer: Geotechnical | ||||
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New Number | Title | Version | Version date | Published date |
| TG 0631 | General technical information for geotechnical design - earthworks | 2.0 | 15/08/2019 | 15/08/2019 |
| TG 0632 | General technical information for geotechnical design - compaction | 2.1 | 08/03/2022 | 28/04/2022 |
| TG 0633 | General technical information for geotechnical design - coarse geomaterials in civil works | 2.0 | 16/09/2019 | 16/09/2019 |
| TG 0635 | General technical information for geotechnical design - permeability | 2.0 | 25/10/2019 | 25/10/2019 |
| TG 0636 | General technical information for geotechnical design - lined storages | 2.0 | 25/10/2019 | 25/10/2019 |
| TG 0637 | General technical Information for geotechnical design - pipelines | 2.0 | 23/01/2020 | 25/10/2019 |
| TG 0638 | General technical Information for geotechnical design - hydrogeology | 2.0 | 01/04/2020 | 01/04/2020 |
| TG 0640 | General Technical Information for Geotechnical design - survey pillars | 2.0 | 20/05/2020 | 20/05/2020 |
| TG 0641 | General technical Information for geotechnical design - Earth Dams | 2.0 | 08/10/2020 | 08/10/2020 |
| TG 0650 | Tree clearance and remediation in earth dams | 1.0 | 09/06/2021 | 16/06/2021 |
Responsible: Refer to document control page of guideline | |||||
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New Number | Title | Version | Version date | Published date | |
| TG 0850 | Wastewater treatment plant aeration diffuser site acceptance testing | 2.0 | 02/07/2026 | 14/07/2026 | |
| TG 0875 Environment and heritage guideline series | |||||
| TG 0875.00 | General requirements | 2.0 | 02/07/2026 | 14/07/2026 | |
| Heritage | |||||
| TG 0875.11 | Aboriginal heritage and native title | 2.0 | 02/07/2026 | 14/07/2026 | |
| TG 0875.12 | Non-Aboriginal heritage | 2.0 | 02/07/2026 | 14/07/2026 | |
| Flora/Fauna | |||||
| TG 0875.21 | Vegetation | 2.0 | 02/07/2026 | 14/07/2026 | |
| TG 0875.22 | Fauna | 2.0 | 02/07/2026 | 14/07/2026 | |
| TG 0875.23 | Weed hygiene | 2.0 | 02/07/2026 | 14/07/2026 | |
| TG 0875.24 | Phytophthora | 2.0 | 02/07/2026 | 14/07/2026 | |
| Water | |||||
| TG 0875.31 | Surface water | 2.0 | 02/07/2026 | 14/07/2026 | |
| TG 0875.32 | Groundwater | 2.0 | 02/07/2026 | 14/07/2026 | |
| TG 0875.33 | Recycled water | 2.0 | 02/07/2026 | 14/07/2026 | |
| TG 0875.34 | Sediment, erosion and stormwater | 2.0 | 02/07/2026 | 14/07/2026 | |
| TG 0875.35 | Dewatering, dredging and earthworks drainage | 2.0 | 02/07/2026 | 14/07/2026 | |
| Contamination | |||||
| TG 0875.41 | Site contamination | 2.0 | 202/07/2026 | 14/07/2026 | |
| TG 0875.42 | Acid sulfate soils | 2.0 | 02/07/2026 | 14/07/2026 | |
| TG 0875.43 | Hazardous substances | 2.0 | 02/07/2026 | 14/07/2026 | |
| Air quality | |||||
| TG 0875.51 | Dust | 2.0 | 02/07/2026 | 14/07/2026 | |
| TG 0875.52 | Odour | 2.0 | 02/07/2026 | 14/07/2026 | |
| TG 0875.53 | Noise and vibration | 2.0 | 02/07/2026 | 14/07/2026 | |
| Circular economy | |||||
| TG 0875.61 | Spoil management | 2.0 | 02/07/2026 | 14/07/2026 | |
| TG 0875.62 | Recycling | 2.0 | 02/07/2026 | 14/07/2026 | |
| TG 0875.63 | Waste management | 2.0 | 02/07/2026 | 14/07/20265 | |