Classification of Water Consumer Accounts
Domestic Account Categories


On applying for new water accounts or change of consumership, applicants are required to identify their account classification. Please choose from this page the classification that corresponds most precisely to the account category at the service address.

Domestic
Classification Code
Description
Domestic Supply
010010 Housing estates with occupancy rate 35 or more square feet per person & with individual metered supply and toilet facility.
010020 Housing estates with occupancy rate less than 35 square feet per person with or without individual metered supply and toilet facility.
010030 Flats of gross floor area less than 1 000 square feet in a multi-storey building, the ground or lower floors of which are for commercial or light industrial uses, including housing estates of Home Ownership Scheme and Private Sector Participation Scheme. Population density about 1 740 persons per hectare and with a maximum plot ratio of 8.0.
010040 Flats of gross floor area in the region of 1 000 square feet or more in a multi-storey building which is used mainly for residential purpose and normally without shops, offices or industries at the ground or lower floor level. Population density about 1 050 persons per hectare with a maximum plot ratio of 5.0.
010050 Luxurious, large flats or detached houses with gardens in urban area. Population density about 470 persons per hectare with a maximum plot ratio of 3.0.
010060 Luxurious detached houses or villas of not more than 2 storeys in the New Territories or Outlying Islands. Maximum plot ratio 0.4.
010070 Houses in slum area or Government allocated. Licensed Area.
010080 Small houses of villagers in the New Territories including Outlying Islands.
010090 All domestic flats, houses or building for domestic uses of Military and other People's Liberation Army.
Mains Water for Flushing (Private & Government)
021010 Mains water flushing non-convertible to salt water.
022010 Mains water flushing convertible to salt water.
n.e.c. = not elsewhere classified