5. Requirements for water fittings

Every water fitting shall be —

of an appropriate quality and standard;

suitable for the circumstances in which it is used;

if used for the conveyance of piped water suitable for drinking supplied by the Board, fit for such conveyance;

except in the case of exposed terminal fittings such as taps, resistant to dezincification if such fitting is made of brass; and

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.

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.

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 —

an accredited laboratory; or

such other testing laboratory as the Board may allow.

[Deleted by S 341/2020 wef 30/04/2020]

Every water fitting shall be —

of an appropriate quality and standard;

suitable for the circumstances in which it is used;

if used for the conveyance of piped water suitable for drinking supplied by the Board, fit for such conveyance;

except in the case of exposed terminal fittings such as taps, resistant to dezincification if such fitting is made of brass; and

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.

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.

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 —

an accredited laboratory; or

such other testing laboratory as the Board may allow.

[Deleted by S 341/2020 wef 30/04/2020]