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Surveillance Programme for the General Acceptance System

To further enhance the conformity of plumbing products with the GA requirements, the WSD implements a surveillance programme for GA products. For details, please refer to WSD Circular Letter No. 8/2017.

A Material Testing Laboratory was set up in April 2018 for testing the plumbing products. The Laboratory was accredited by Hong Kong Accreditation Service (HKAS) under Hong Kong Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (HOKLAS) on 11 August 2021 (the registration number assigned to the Laboratory is HOKLAS 301).

For GA products with product certification, WSD consider that the regular monitoring of the product quality in the product certification schemes serves the same purpose as the Surveillance Programme and hence will be considered as satisfying the surveillance requirement. GA plumbing products that satisfy the criteria in WSD Circular Letter No. 4/2019 will be considered as satisfying the GA surveillance requirement and will not be further sampled by WSD in the market for compliance monitoring purpose

Currently the following Product Certification Schemes to Scheme Type 5 in BS EN ISO/IEC 17067 are acceptable to WSD:

Product Certification Scheme Certification Body Country
(a) BSI Kitemark

BSI Group

United Kingdom
(b) Benchmark

BSI Group

Australia
(c) Watermark

Australia Building Codes Board

Australia
(d) DVGW

German Technical and Scientific Association for Gas and Water

Germany
(e) N Mark

AENOR

Spain

List of GA Products with Surveillance Status "GA Removed" 

Effective Date Type Brand GA Letter Surveillance Status
13 December 2022 Stainless steel silent check valve - Fig. 290SS 40 mm Empire C20180281 GA Removed
4 September 2022 Wall mounted sink mixer

EXQ

C20210153 GA Removed
20 July 2021 Copper alloy globe valve - 25mm BRGL Conex Banninger B20190055 GA Removed
1 June 2021 Copper alloy gate valve - 3/4" WGV-501C Wealthmark C20161141 GA Removed
29 March 2021 (a) Brass compression ball valve - 15mm 619 Tipo C20161080 GA Removed
(b) Brass compression ball valve - 15mm 611
23 November 2020 Copper-phosphorus brazing alloy - SILVERFOS2 Saldflux M20180007 GA Removed
6 July 2020 Copper alloy equilibrium float valve -20mm 901BL Pegler C20180688 GA Removed
19 June 2020 Float operated valve - 3/8" 2105

Hansbo

C20160466F GA Removed

List of GA Products with Surveillance Status "GA Suspended"

Effective Date Type Brand GA Letter Surveillance Status
15 February 2023 Copper alloy fittings with end feed connection ends - Coupler - WMC 50 mm Welson C20210357 GA Suspended

Periodic summary of recent surveillance status is tabled below.

2023


Effective Date Item Type Brand GA Letter Surveillance Status
28 February 2023 1 Copper alloy fittings with end feed capillary - Bend - H-FE01 - 22mm x 1/2" Holly C20220332 Pass
2 Copper alloy fittings with end feed capillary - Coupler - H-MC01 - 28mm x 1" Holly C20220332 Under Compliance Test
3 Copper alloy fittings with end feed capillary - Tee - H-FT01 - 22mm x 22mm x 1/2" Holly C20220332 Under Compliance Test
4 Copper alloy fittings with compression end - Tee - 601- 22x22x15 (mm) Tipo C20190139 Pass
5 Copper alloy fittings with compression end - Coupler - 302 - 22x½" (mm x inch) Tipo C20190139 Pass
6 Copper alloy fittings with compression end - Bend - 401 - 22mm x 15mm Tipo C20190139 Pass
7 Lead free solder wire - 99C - 500G/R Fernox FRY M20200020 Pass
8 Single lever sink mixer - CD302 - 3/8" Corona C20200859 Pass
9 Deck mounted single lever sink mixer - 5A8360XXX - 3/8" Roca C20220715 Pass
10 Wall mounted sink tap - E00-2829 - 1/2" Spenca C20220149 Pass
11 Single lever bath mixer - 76420 - 1/2" Hansgrohe C20220013 Pass
12 Wall mounted single lever bath mixer - WR-511407-XX - 1/2" Walrus C20210355 Pass
13 Single lever basin mixer - EB-181 - 3/8" Ebeau C20190377 Pass
14 Copper alloy angle ball valve - LF-1806 - 1/2" x 1/2" Ebeau C20200176 Pass
15 Copper alloy gate valve - FR - 50mm Kitz C20210742 Pass
16 Copper alloy angle valve - CP-18A - 1/2" x 1/2" Kita C20220496 Pass
17 Copper alloy angle valve - BL-808A - 1/2" x 3/8" Bellini C20200772 Pass
18 Copper alloy ball valve - LL1041 - 1/2" Double-Lin C20210538 Pass
19 Plastic float operated valve - 1155348 - 1/2" Kohler C20220520F Pass
31 January 2023 1 Copper alloy fittings with solder ring connection ends - Coupler - H-SFC01 - 28 mm x 1 inch Holly C20220340 Pass
2 Copper alloy fittings with solder ring connection ends - Bend - H-SFE01 - 22 mm x ½ inch Holly C20220340 Under Compliance Test
3 Copper alloy fittings with solder ring connection ends - Tee - H-SFT01 - 15 mm x 15mm x ½ inch Holly C20220340 Pass
4 Copper alloy fittings with end feed capillary - Coupler - 4243G - 28 mm x 1 inch Eagle C20210580 Pass
5 Copper and copper alloy fittings with press fit connection ends - Coupler - 2415 - 35 mm Viega B20200049 Pass
6 Copper and copper alloy fittings with press fit connection ends - Bend - 2416 - 35 mm Viega B20200049 Pass
7 Silver-copper-phosphorus brazing alloy - Phos 5 Thessco M20200012 Pass
8 Single lever kitchen mixer - TX605KESBR - 1/2 inch TOTO C20210333 Pass
9 Deck mounted single lever sink mixer - 33.816.875.XX - 3/8 inch Dornbracht C20220455 Pass
10 Single lever sink mixer - 56502203 - 3/8 inch Hansa C20210226 Pass
11 Single lever basin mixer - 23450XX1 - 3/8 inch Grohe C20200509 Pass
12 Single lever basin mixer - SA99128/2-BSCR - 3/8 inch Nobili C20210185 Pass
13 Deck mounted three hole basin mixer - 20.713.8Y2.XX - 1/2 inch Dornbracht C20211440 Pass
14 Stainless steel expansion joint - JBF-304P - 32 mm Tozen C20220216 Pass
15 Copper alloy ball valve - SYF6510-31 - 25 mm Eagle C20211285 Pass
16 Copper alloy ball valve - TYT-506 - 15 mm TYT C20200953 Pass
17 Stainless steel ball valve - HWQ11F-16RDN25 - 25 mm HW C20190065 Pass
18 Copper alloy gate valve - TYT-301 - 15 mm TYT C20200839 Pass
19 Plastic float operated valve - C-3138 - 1/2 inch Kims C20210699F Pass

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