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Scheme for Installation of Separate Water Meters for Subdivided Units

Scheme for Installation of Separate Water Meters for Subdivided Units

Nowadays, some subdivided units (SDUs) in Hong Kong have separate plumbing systems for individual units and some even with metering instruments installed.  For those SDUs, the plumbing systems after undergoing minor alterations can provide meter positions suitable for installation of water meters of the Water Supplies Department (WSD) as long as the landlords agree to undertake the obligations on matters related to meter installation and meter reading to the Water Authority (WA).   In light of this, we have formulated a scheme with streamlined procedures to facilitate installation of the WSD’s water meters for SDUs with separate plumbing systems for individual units.

To encourage SDU landlords' participation in the above scheme, the WSD would waive the water fee deposit and the charge for providing a meter for each separate water meter installed under the scheme.

Application Eligibility

The scheme targets  at SDUs meeting the following criteria:

Application Procedures

After approval, water supplied to individual SDUs will be charged according to the schedule for domestic consumers as stipulated in the Waterworks Regulations.

Template for Preparation of Application of Scheme for Installation of Separate Water Meters for SDUs

For any enquiries about the scheme, please feel free to contact our help desk through hotline, fax, email or WhatsApp as below.

Hotline:  3468 4963

Fax:          2520 3256

E-mail:     sdu_help_desk@wsd.gov.hk

WhatsApp: 5665 5517

Service Hour of hotline and WhatsApp: (Mondays to Fridays: 9:00a.m. - 5:30p.m. ; Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays: Closed)

Promotional video for the Installation of Separate Water Meters for Subdivided Units

For more details of the Amendment of Waterworks Regulations related to Landlords Recovering Tenants for Water Charge (applicable to SDUs), please refer to the web sites below:-

For details of the general application of installation of separate water meter in non-SDUs, please refer to the web sites below:-

In addition, Hong Kong Lutheran Social Service, LC-HKS and plumbing trades have incorporated to provide volunteer services for (i) providing technical advices and (ii) installing WSD’s water meters to those tenants of subdivided units in need.  For more details of the volunteer services scheme, please refer to the web sites below:-