Do water counters are required

Despite the fact that most of the population of the Russian Federation has already established in their apartments and houses to account for consumption of consumption of cold and hot water, there are also those who still do not know whether they must be installed. This article will be useful just for those who fluctuate. From it, you will learn that the law is reading about this and what liability is provided in the event of a refusal to install water meters.

Of course, it is easy to understand those people who do not want to put the instruments of accounting in their apartment. After all, it is hard to fall off the way of life when the water did not need to save, knowing that it would always have to pay the same amount, regardless of the amount of lithrics spent. But the long-awaited law comes out № 261 - FZwhich obliges all residents of apartment buildings until July 1, 2012 to establish in their apartments to account for water consumption. No one reacted to this innovation seriously, especially since the fines of the tenants who abandoned the installation of meters are not threatened. All responsibility for this are housing and management companies. Legal entities in such situations may be punished for 20000-30000, and officials by 5,000-20000 rubles.

However, not all so simple. As you know, with apartments without water metering devices, the fee for spent water is calculated according to the standard and multiplied by the number of tenants. And from January 1, 2015, with the aforementioned counting, an additional coefficient will be taken into account, which will smoothly increase every year. At first, by 10%, then by 20%, and by July 1, 2017 it will increase by 60%, which is equivalent to the rise in price of water by more than 1.5 times - it is said in the Decree of the Russian Federation No. 344.

Of all the above, it follows that the counters for water must be installed. Firstly, you will significantly save your family budget, and secondly, you will not serve the management company of your home, which carries all the responsibility for the lack of a water metering device in your apartment.

Considering that water meter installation activities are not licensed, and therefore, they can be established by their own efforts. The main thing is that they are correctly connected and they believed the workers of the HOA.

Act of entering water meters into operation here.

Example of an act of commissioning we have.

By acquiring water counterDo not forget to take a technical passport and check from the seller. After all, the passport will be necessary to check the date of its release, and the check may be useful in the event of a malfunction of the device.

Treaty for installing water meters we have.

An example of a contract for the installation of water meters here.

You should not forget that by installing the counter, you will have to call the employees of your management company no later than 1 month from the date of installation.

Contract form with HOA here.

Example of a contract with HOA on our website.

If you have not yet installed a water meter in your apartment and pay the standard for the standard installed in your region, then you must be prepared for a gradual increase in the cost of hot and cold water. However, you can change the situation at any time by setting water instruments. Moreover, according to general estimates, the savings in their presence will reach up to 48%.