Public Utilities (Water Supply) Regulations

Public Utilities Act

(Chapter 261, Section 72)

Rg 5

G.N. No. S 584/2002

REVISED EDITION 2004

(30th September 2004)

[22nd November 2002]

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Public Utilities (Water Supply) Regulations.

Definitions

2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

“accredited laboratory” means a laboratory —

(a)	accredited under the Singapore Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (SAC-SINGLAS) administered by the Enterprise Singapore Board (established by section 3 of the Enterprise Singapore Board Act 2018 (Act 10 of 2018)); or [S 164/2018 wef 01/04/2018]
(b)	recognised under a mutual recognition agreement or arrangement between Singapore and any other country; [S 133/2017 wef 01/04/2017]

“authorised officer” means an officer of the Board authorised in that behalf by the Board;

“backflow” means flow upstream, that is in a direction contrary to the intended normal direction of flow within or from a water fitting;

“British Standard” means a standard or specification issued by the British Standards Institution;

“building” means any structure (including a floating structure) whether of a permanent character or not, and whether movable or immovable, and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, includes any caravan, vessel, boat or houseboat;

[Deleted by S 164/2018 wef 01/04/2018]

“consumer” includes —

(a)	any person supplied or applying to be supplied with water by the Board;
(b)	any person otherwise liable for the payment of water rates, charges or rent; and
(c)	any owner or occupier of the premises supplied or to be supplied with water by the Board;

“corrosion-resisting material” means any material which is highly resistant to any corrosive action to which it is likely to be subjected in the circumstances in which it is used;

“distributing pipe” means any pipe (other than an overflow pipe or a flush pipe) conveying water from a storage tank under pressure by gravity or a boosting system from such tank;

“float-operated valve” means a valve for controlling the flow of water into a storage tank or flushing cistern, the valve being operated by the vertical movement of a float riding on the surface of the water;

“install”, in relation to a water fitting, apparatus, pump, hot water apparatus or any other article or device to which these Regulations apply, includes to arrange or connect;

“master meter” means a meter registering water all or part of which is subsequently registered by one or more sub-meters;

[Deleted by S 164/2018 wef 01/04/2018]

“meter position” means the position where a meter or master meter (not being a sub-meter) is installed;

“meter reader” means an employee or an agent of the Board who is authorised to read any meter;

[Deleted by S 153/2019 wef 25/03/2019]

“NEWater” means NEWater supplied through the water reticulation system of the Board to persons who have entered into an agreement with the Board for the supply of such water;

[S 153/2019 wef 25/03/2019]

[Deleted by S 164/2018 wef 01/04/2018]

“service pipe” means any pipe or part thereof which is downstream to the meter position and is meant for supplying water from a water main to any premises and is subject to water pressure from that main, or would be so subject but for the closing of some stop-valve;

“Singapore Standard” means a standard or specification issued by the Enterprise Singapore Board;

[S 164/2018 wef 01/04/2018]

“stop-valve” means any device (including a stop-cock or stop-tap) other than a draw-off tap, for stopping at will the flow of water in a pipe;

[Deleted by S 164/2018 wef 01/04/2018]

“sub-meter” means any meter owned and maintained by the Board which registers all or part of any water which has already been metered since leaving the water main;

“warning pipe” means an overflow pipe so fixed that its outlet, whether inside or outside a building, is in a conspicuous position where the discharge of any water therefrom can be readily seen;

“Water Efficiency Label” means a label referred to in regulation 40A.

[S 703/2008 wef 01/07/2009]

[S 164/2018 wef 01/04/2018]

[Deleted by S 164/2018 wef 01/04/2018]

Board may adopt or issue standards, codes of practice or guidelines

3.—(1) The Board may, from time to time, adopt or issue any standard, code of practice or guidelines on water supply, water services, water conservation, plumbing practices, maintenance of water service installations, and any requirements (including standards, designs, specifications and procedures) relating to any type of water fitting or water service installation.

(2) Where any requirement of any standard, code of practice or guidelines adopted or issued by the Board conflicts with any specific requirement specified in these Regulations, the latter requirement shall prevail.

(3) The Board shall cause all standards, codes of practice or guidelines adopted or issued by it to be published in such a manner as will give persons to whom the standards, codes of practice or guidelines relate adequate notice of the requirements specified therein.

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