spacer


How to connect a property to the public sewerage network?

What are the timelines and milestones for this service?

A third party, other than ONAS, can he make the connection to my real property to the sewerage system?

Can I connect my own exhaust pipe stormwater to the sewerage system?

If a malfunction at one connecting line or pipe, which is responsible for repairs?

ONAS it comes within the private domain?

Do I have to pay for the clearing of sewerage pipelines?

What are the procedures for payment of connection fees?

What are the connection fees?

A basement can be connected to public sewerage network?

The connection with real property for non-residential (commercial, industrial or artisanal) Is subject to prior authorization?

Connection to public sewerage is mandatory?

What are the requirements for this service?

What is the method of calculating fees for sanitation? For more information click here

Where can I apply for the connection? - Contact Us

What documents are required?

How to connect a property to the public sewerage network?

I must first verify that the real property is located in one of the towns taken over by ONAS.

What are the timelines and milestones for this service?

1. Ordinary connection
- Technical study: One Week
- Preparation of specifications: One Week
- Realization of works: Two weeks

2. Connections requiring network extension
- Technical study: Two weeks
- Preparation of specifications: One Week
- Realization of works: One to three months.

A third party, other than ONAS, can he make the connection to my real property to the sewerage system?

ONAS may entrust the execution of the work of connecting to a company registered and based on a plan approved by the Board, provided that:
- That this procedure is mentioned in the connection request;
- That the company undertakes in writing to perform the work according to specifications;
- Pay the cost of inspecting the work, estimated at 10% of the cost of the connection, without counting the cost of network expansion and repaving;

Can I connect my own exhaust pipe stormwater to the sewerage system?

No. Stormwater can be discharged into the public sewerage meant exclusively collect wastewater.

If a malfunction at one connecting line or pipe, which is responsible for repairs?

ONAS is responsible for the repair of such dysfunction is if the subscriber is not responsible.

ONAS it comes within the private domain?

No.ONAS does not intervene in private domains. Its mission is limited to servicing and maintenance of public networks.

Do I have to pay for the clearing of sewerage pipelines?

This service is free for subscribers of ONAS in areas supported by the Office. The works are for structures located on public roads

What are the procedures for payment of connection fees?

The connection fee can be paid with one of the boroughs of ONAS in two ways: immediate payment, by check or money order, or payment by installment through utility bills for water, over a period maximum of 8 years, plus an interest rate.
The participation fee of installing networks:
 - Are exempt from such participation, the buildings used exclusively for residential users or that of his family. In the case where the connection requires an extension, the first 50 meters are the responsibility of ONAS, the rest will be charged on and paid by the user selected mode.
 - The rest of the users bear the contribution and any costs of network expansion.

What are the connection fees?

Connection charges to the sewerage system are fixed flat rate. 260 dinars for dwellings for residential use personal, 130 dinars for social housing over the contribution for other buildings for housing due. Are not included in this tariff, the cost of repaving.

A basement can be connected to public sewerage network?

The basement can not be connected to the sewerage system through the technique of natural slope waters, adopted for the connection of ordinary real property, or risk seeing the receding waters during the rainy season, cause flooding of the ground floor. It is, however, possible to use the technique of pumping or placing valves to prevent backflow of water.

The connection with real property for non-residential (commercial, industrial or artisanal) Is subject to prior authorization?

The connection with real property for non residential is not subject to prior authorization but a system of specifications. The owner of the premises is required to sign the contract documents establishing the conditions and methods of dumping untreated sewage disposal, in accordance with the decree of the Minister of Environment and Planning dated 28 February 2002. The quality of wastewater to be discharged must comply with the Tunisian standards. Also, the owner is obliged, if necessary, to conduct a pretreatment unit. ONAS shall, in the technical specifications attached to, the average rate that should not be exceeded.

Connection to public sewerage is mandatory?

In developed areas within the scope of intervention of ONAS, connection to public sewerage is mandatory under Law No. 41/93, if the network exists and there is no impediment Technical

What are the requirements for this service?

- Make sure the connection is possible by the services of ONAS.
- Perform connection charges to the services of competent and territorially ONAS cost of repairing the floor if necessary.

What is the method of calculating fees for sanitation? For more information click here

of pumping stations and treatment plants and establishing the necessary infrastructure have sizable investments that are the responsibility of the entire national community.
It is therefore logical that the citizen bear part of the cost of services.
The average citizen's participation is valued at 415 millimes per m3 while the overall cost is 665 millimes per m3, a participation rate of 62%.
The cost calculation is based on the volume of water consumed by the subscriber, according to a tiered pricing grid, and the pollution levels for uses other than domestic.

Where can I apply for the connection? - Contact Us

With the regional district.

What documents are required?

1. Premises for residential use
- Connection Request (Form to withdraw from services ONAS).
- Copy of final bill for water consumption.
- Receipt of payment of repaving the road (to obtain from the municipality).
- Building permit or authorization issued by the municipality concerned, if necessary.

2. Local non-residential
- A specification with signature notarized.
- Record of the pretreatment, if any.
- Map the internal network, if applicable.
- Approval of the National Agency of Environmental Protection.



Official website of the National Sanitation Utility