Water Supply Act Article 110-1

The water supply enterprise may charge the simple water supply enterprise operation and maintenance fees and all other necessary expenses during the management period. The water supply enterprise will set the fee schedule for the aforesaid purpose and file it with the authority-in-charge for future reference.The owner or the management committee of the simple water supply enterprise shall hand over gratuitously its water supply system facilities, plant, and water right deed in an itemized manner to the water supply enterprise for use and management during the management period.For a simple water supply enterprise depicted in the preceding paragraph whose water supply system is taken over, its owner or management committee shall hand over gratuitously the ownership to its water supply system facilities and plants in an itemized manner to the water supply enterprise.If a simple water enterprise depicted in the preceding two paragraphs has used the land for its facilities for more than ten years, the registration for transfer of superficies rights or ownership is waived. In such an event, the water supply enterprise that takes over may use the land gratuitously and is deemed to own the superficies rights.Following the amendment of the Act on January 5, 2007, newly established simple water supply enterprises that supply more than 100 cubic meters a day shall apply for management or take-over by a water supply enterprise in areas where it has laid main pipes and commence water supply after the application has been approved and its system has been incorporated into the water supply system.