Drinking Water Service Charge (Recovery) Rules, 2050 (1994).

In exercise of power conferred by Sub-section (1) of Section 2 of the Administrative Procedure (Regulation) Act, 2013, the Government of Nepal has framed the following Drinking Water Service Charge (Recovery) Rules, 2050 (1994). These Rules, consisting of 22 sections and completed by three Schedules, establish the requirements to be complied in order to deal with tap drinking water service charge to be paid by consumers. They establish that any person, an Institution or a body which intends to join a tap in their own house/premises shall submit an application in prescribed format in the office, attaching the evidence of their ownership on that house/ premises. Receiving this application after its examination the office may authorize a tap in the place demanded by the applicant. Consumers shall pay the drinking water charge, which is supposed to be paid every month to the office.