About WRAS

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The Water Regulations Approval Scheme is an independent UK certification body for plumbing products and materials, helping business and consumers choose compliant products that keep water safe.

Gaining approval from WRAS, the Water Regulations Approval Scheme, is an easy way to demonstrate compliance with water fittings regulations.

Why use WRAS approved products?

WRAS checks the testing of thousands of water fittings products to ensure they comply with the Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations and Scottish Byelaws. The water fittings regulations protect drinking water supplies within plumbing systems in homes, businesses and other properties. The regulations impose a legal duty on everyone to use suitable water fittings when connected to public water supplies. Anything from pipes, fittings, taps, showers, washing machines, dishwashers, to coffee machines, boilers and toilets, all need to comply.

Plumbing products are considered suitable, if they pass appropriate material and mechanical regulatory performance tests. These tests include checks that products won’t affect the taste or smell of drinking water and do not promote the growth of microorganisms. So, whilst a WRAS approval isn’t mandatory the testing of the products is.

What is a WRAS Material Approval?

A WRAS approval is an easy way to demonstrate that a material is of a suitable quality and standard and has been tested to demonstrate compliance with BS6920.

Any water fitting, which when installed, will carry or receive water from the public mains water supply in the UK, must comply with the Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations or Scottish Byelaws.  These require that a water fitting should not cause waste, misuse, undue consumption or contamination of the water supply and must be ‘of an appropriate quality and standard’.

[Products involved]

Backflow prevention device (such as check valve), toilet, water tank, inlet valve, drain valve, ball valve, faucet, braided pipe, shower pipe, thermostatic valve, pipe fittings of water supply pipe, etc.

[Test standard]

UK WRAS TEST CODE

[Certification Process]

1. Sign the contract to confirm the certification cost and cycle.

2. Provide drawings and list of overflow parts and materials;

3. Prepare required test samples;

4. Receive the test samples, complete the document application and submit the samples to the British laboratory;

5. The laboratory compares and tests the application documents and samples (about 2-3 months);

6. Deal with technical problems and complete the test report;

7. WRAS reviews the compliance of the applicant's data and test report (every 6-8 weeks);

8. WRAS issues a certificate and lists the product on the website for 5 years;

[Remarks]

(1) No annual fee, no factory review;

(2) The certificate is valid for 5 years.

(3) New regulation: The factory needs to have ISO9001 certificate.

[Certificate Template]