Welcome to the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department’s Design and Construction Standard Specifications and Details. These “standards” are intended for developers, engineers and contractors to design and construct water, sewer and reclaimed water infrastructure projects that will subsequently be donated to the Department. 

On March 5, 2007, the standards were posted online and made available to all via the Internet.  These standards have been utilized by the Department for many years and continue to be periodically updated on-line as needed. 

New standards and standard details for use with reclaimed water systems have been introduced in June of 2008. Also introduced were design guidelines for turbo meter installations, 4 to 10 inches with by-pass.

Users are encouraged to visit the website often to view the latest standards. 

Your feedback is important and should be sent via email to the Department at: WASD_STANDARDS@miamidade.gov.

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Disclaimer
The County is not responsible for uses of this information by third parties, and does not warrant the fitness or suitability of this information for any purpose.  Persons making use of this information do so at their own risk.  Persons should be advised that actual installations of water, sewer and reclaimed water facilities may differ from these standard details based on site conditions or other factors, and persons seeking information of existing facilities should not assume that such facilities conform to these standards and should make site specific investigations of such facilities.  The County makes no representations as to the actual depth of existing water, sewer or reclaimed water facilities, or of their composition, trench sizing, location, or other details.  Installation of water, sewer or reclaimed water facilities in accordance with these standards and standard details shall not prevent the County from enforcement of any provision of the Miami-Dade County code against the person installing such facilities, and all installations of water, sewer  and reclaimed water facilities must be in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.