PART II | WATER FITTINGS, WATER SERVICE INSTALLATIONS, ETC. — WATER SUPPLIED BY BOARD |
[S 153/2019 wef 25/03/2019] | 3A. This Part applies in relation to every water fitting, apparatus, pump, water service installation, hot water apparatus, water heater or any other thing mentioned in this Part, used for the supply of water by the Board. [S 153/2019 wef 25/03/2019] |
| Requirements for installation, etc., of water fittings, etc. |
4.—(1) No person shall install, alter, repair or use, or cause or permit to be or to remain installed, altered, repaired or used, any water fitting, apparatus or pump in such a manner that —| (a) | affects or is likely to affect the quality, pressure or efficient supply of water by the Board (including in any water main or other pipe of the Board); | | (b) | causes or permits, or is likely to cause or permit, waste, undue consumption, misuse, erroneous measurement or contamination of water supplied by the Board or reverberation in pipes; or | | (c) | contravenes any applicable requirement specified in the First Schedule or the PUB S&R Standard. [S 341/2020 wef 30/04/2020] |
(2) No person shall install, or cause or permit to be or to remain installed, any water fitting, apparatus or pump which —| (a) | is damaged, worn or faulty; | | (b) | for any reason —| (i) | affects or is likely to affect the quality, pressure or efficient supply of water by the Board (including in any water main or other pipe of the Board); or | | (ii) | causes or permits, or is likely to cause or permit, waste, undue consumption, misuse, erroneous measurement or contamination of water supplied by the Board or reverberation in pipes; or |
| | (c) | contravenes any applicable requirement specified in regulation 5 or the First Schedule. [S 341/2020 wef 30/04/2020] |
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| (3) No person shall install, alter, repair or use, or cause or permit to be or to remain installed, altered, repaired or used, any water service installation or part thereof intended to receive or convey only piped water suitable for drinking supplied by the Board in such a manner that it receives or conveys any water other than piped water suitable for drinking supplied by the Board. [S 153/2019 wef 25/03/2019] |
| (4) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1), (2) or (3) shall be guilty of an offence. |
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| Requirements for water fittings |
5.—(1) Every water fitting shall be —| (a) | of an appropriate quality and standard; | | (b) | suitable for the circumstances in which it is used; | | (c) | if used for the conveyance of piped water suitable for drinking supplied by the Board, fit for such conveyance; [S 153/2019 wef 25/03/2019] | | (d) | except in the case of exposed terminal fittings such as taps, resistant to dezincification if such fitting is made of brass; and | | (e) | capable of withstanding a hydrostatic field test pressure of not less than 12 bars or an internal water pressure of not less than 1½ times the maximum pressure to which the fitting is designed to be subjected in operation, whichever is the greater. |
| (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), a water fitting is of an appropriate quality and standard only if it conforms to every requirement applicable to it specified in the PUB S&R Standard. [S 341/2020 wef 30/04/2020] |
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2), a water fitting shall be treated as conforming to the applicable requirements mentioned in that paragraph if the water fitting is certified or tested as conforming to those applicable requirements by —| (a) | an accredited laboratory; or [S 133/2017 wef 01/04/2017] | | (b) | such other testing laboratory as the Board may allow. [S 133/2017 wef 01/04/2017] [S 341/2020 wef 30/04/2020] |
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| (4) [Deleted by S 341/2020 wef 30/04/2020] |
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| Accessibility to water fittings |
6.—(1) No person shall install, or cause or permit to be or to remain installed, any water fitting which has to be operated inside or outside a building in such a position as to prevent reasonable access to the water fitting for purposes of examination, repair and replacement, unless such access is not reasonably practicable.(2) Nothing in paragraph (1) shall prohibit —| (a) | the enclosing of any pipe or fitting in a chase or duct, or in plastering, if the pipe or fitting is reasonably accessible for the purposes referred to in paragraph (1); or | | (b) | the installation of any pipe in a pipe sleeve or duct located under or within a solid floor if the pipe can be readily removed from such sleeve or duct and replaced. |
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| (3) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence. |
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| Requirements for installation of hot water apparatus |
7.—(1) No person shall install, or cause or permit to be or to remain installed, any hot water apparatus unless the hot water apparatus is fitted with an adequate device or constructed —| (a) | so as to prevent any backflow of water to the hot water apparatus or any pipe conveying water supplied by the Board; and | | (b) | so as not to cause wastage or contamination of water or to have any adverse effect on the water. |
(2) Where a water heater is installed on any premises, no person shall connect, or cause or permit to be or to remain connected, any mixing valve, pipe or other water fitting in which hot water and cold water are mixed, so as to mix —| (a) | water supplied from the water heater connected directly to a service pipe, with cold water not supplied directly from a service pipe; or | | (b) | water supplied from the water heater not connected directly to a service pipe, with cold water supplied from a service pipe. |
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| (3) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence. |
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8.—(1) No person shall —| (a) | supply; or | | (b) | offer, display or advertise for supply, |
| any water fitting for use in Singapore unless — |
| (i) | the water fitting complies with —| (A) | regulation 5; and [S 341/2020 wef 30/04/2020] | | (B) | paragraphs 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11(1)(a) and (4), 13(1) and (3), 14, 15, 18(1), (2) and (3) and 19 of the First Schedule; and [S 703/2008 wef 01/07/2009] [S 192/2019 wef 01/04/2019] | | (C) | [Deleted by S 341/2020 wef 30/04/2020] |
| | (ii) | any standard referred to in regulation 5(2) applicable to that water fitting is appropriately indicated on the water fitting or on the packaging for that water fitting. [S 341/2020 wef 30/04/2020] |
| (2) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) shall, if the Board so requires, recall all water fittings supplied by him in contravention of that paragraph at his own cost and expense. |
| (3) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence. |
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| Board may require testing of water fittings |
9.—(1) The Board may, by notice in writing, require any person who —| (a) | installs or offers or advertises to install; or | | (b) | supplies or offers, displays or advertises for supply, |
| any water fitting for use in any water service installation to have a sample of the water fitting tested or examined by an accredited laboratory or such other testing laboratory as the Board may allow, within the time specified in the notice. |
[S 112/2019 wef 01/03/2019] [S 153/2019 wef 25/03/2019] | (2) Any costs and expenses incurred for the testing or examination of a water fitting (including fees payable to the accredited laboratory or testing laboratory) shall be borne by the person referred to in paragraph (1). [S 112/2019 wef 01/03/2019] |
(3) A person who receives a notice referred to in paragraph (1) shall not —| (a) | install or offer or advertise to install; or | | (b) | supply or offer, display or advertise for supply, |
| any water fitting referred to in such notice unless and until the Board informs the person that the Board is satisfied that the water fitting is fit for use in a water service installation. |
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| (4) Where the Board informs the person who receives a notice mentioned in paragraph (1) that the Board is not satisfied that the water fitting is fit for use in a water service installation, the person shall immediately stop installing, supplying, or offering, displaying or advertising to install or for supply, such water fitting in Singapore and shall, if the Board so requires, recall all such water fittings already installed or supplied at his own cost and expense. [S 153/2019 wef 25/03/2019] |
(5) Any person who —| (a) | fails to comply with a notice served on him under paragraph (1); or | | (b) | contravenes paragraph (3) or (4), |
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| Disconnection of disused water fittings |
| 10.—(1) If a water fitting is disconnected and is not, within 28 days of such disconnection, reconnected or replaced, the consumer shall engage a licensed plumber to disconnect so much of any pipe which conveyed water supplied by the Board to that fitting and is not required to convey the water to any other fitting. [S 164/2018 wef 01/04/2018] (2) Any consumer who fails to comply with paragraph (1) —| (a) | shall be guilty of an offence; and | | (b) | may have his water supply disconnected by the Board. |
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11.—(1) The Board may, as it thinks fit, require an owner, a developer or a consumer to ensure that a water service installation on any premises (including a multi-storey building and a building on high elevation) is provided with adequate water storage and such ancillary equipment as may be necessary for the purpose of maintaining a continuous and steady supply of water within the premises.| (2) Any owner, developer or consumer who fails to comply with the requirement of the Board under paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence. |
| (3) Without prejudice to paragraph (1), a consumer who wishes to have a continuous water supply shall ensure that his water service installation is provided with adequate water storage and such ancillary equipment as may be necessary to maintain a continuous and steady supply of water within the premises. |
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| Interference with water supply |
12.—(1) Where a water service installation connects a master meter to one or more sub-meters and is being used to convey water supplied by the Board to any premises through such sub-meter, any person who cuts off, disconnects, restricts, reduces or adversely affects the pressure or quality of the water supply to those premises by interfering with such water service installation shall be guilty of an offence unless he proves to the satisfaction of the Board that the interference was for the purpose of maintaining that water service installation under regulation 13 or 14.| (2) Where any person has contravened paragraph (1), the Board may carry out such work on the water service installation as may be necessary to restore or normalise the supply of water to those premises and recover its costs and expenses reasonably incurred in carrying out such works from that person. |
| (3) Any person who tampers with a water main, or any connecting pipe, water fitting or apparatus owned or maintained by the Board, shall be guilty of an offence. |
| (4) Any person who, without the consent of the Board, attaches any pipe or apparatus to a water main, or any connecting pipe, water fitting or apparatus owned or maintained by the Board, shall be guilty of an offence unless he proves that he did not know or had no reason to suspect that the pipe or apparatus had been so attached. |
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| Maintenance of water service installation |
13.—(1) All connecting pipes shall be maintained by the Board.(2) A water service installation shall be maintained —| (a) | for so long as such water service installation is connected to receive water supplied by the Board; and | | (b) | by the following persons:| (i) | in respect of the water service installation between the master meter and the sub-meter, by the consumer who is liable to pay for the consumption registered by the master meter; | | (ii) | in respect of the water service installation after the sub-meter, by the consumer who is liable to pay for the consumption registered by the sub-meter; and | | (iii) | in respect of the water service installation after the meter (not being a master meter or a sub-meter), by the consumer who is liable to pay for the consumption registered by the meter. |
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(3) Any person who is required under paragraph (2)(b) to maintain any part of a water service installation shall —| (a) | maintain and ensure the security of that part of the water service installation in accordance with these Regulations and any applicable requirement specified in the PUB S&R Standard; and [S 341/2020 wef 30/04/2020] | | (b) | notify the Board immediately of any contamination of water in that part of the water service installation which comes to his knowledge. |
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| (4) Any person who fails to comply with paragraph (3) shall be guilty of an offence. |
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| Maintenance of storage tank |
14.—(1) Subject to paragraph (4), any consumer responsible for the maintenance of any part of a water service installation having a storage tank shall engage, at least once every 12 months (or such longer period as the Board may allow in any particular case), a licensed plumber to inspect, and where necessary to clean and disinfect, the storage tank and certify that —| (a) | the storage tank is fit and safe for the storage of piped water suitable for drinking (excluding NEWater); [S 153/2019 wef 25/03/2019] | | (b) | the water contained in the storage tank is free from contamination or pollution and that there is no likelihood of such contamination or pollution; | | (c) | water samples taken from the storage tank pass the appropriate chemical and bacteriological examinations; | | (d) | the storage tank is properly maintained; and | | (e) | there is no leakage and no likelihood of leakage in the water service installation, including the storage tank. [S 164/2018 wef 01/04/2018] [S 747/2021 wef 01/11/2021] |
| (2) Any consumer who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence. [S 341/2020 wef 30/04/2020] |
| (3) [Deleted by S 341/2020 wef 30/04/2020] |
| (4) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a consumer responsible for the maintenance of any water service installation having any storage tank in residential premises which do not take their water supply through a master meter. [S 164/2018 wef 01/04/2018] [S 164/2018 wef 01/04/2018] [S 164/2018 wef 01/04/2018] [S 164/2018 wef 01/04/2018] [S 341/2020 wef 30/04/2020] [S 341/2020 wef 30/04/2020] |
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| Board may require consumer to clean and repair water service installation |
15.—(1) Where, in the opinion of the Board, the water service installation of a consumer or any part thereof —| (a) | has not been properly maintained; | | (b) | is causing or likely to cause wastage, pollution or contamination of the water supplied by the Board; | | (c) | is having or likely to have an adverse effect on the pressure or efficiency of the supply of water; or | | (d) | is leaking or likely to result in leakage of any part of the water service installation, |
| the Board may, by notice in writing, require the consumer to clean, repair, replace or otherwise deal with that water service installation within such period as may be specified in the notice. |
| (2) All costs and expenses incurred by the consumer in complying with such notice shall be borne by the consumer. |
(3) Where a consumer fails to comply with a notice served on him under paragraph (1) —| (a) | the consumer shall be guilty of an offence; and | | (b) | the Board may, at the expiration of the period specified in the notice —| (i) | discontinue the supply of water to the consumer by severing or disconnecting the service pipe or by any other means specified in regulation 42; or | | (ii) | engage a competent person to execute the works specified in the notice and recover from the consumer the costs and expenses reasonably incurred by the Board in so doing. |
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| (4) Any person who prevents or obstructs the discontinuance of the supply of water or execution of work referred to in paragraph (3)(b) shall be guilty of an offence. |
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