Wasser - Apply for exemption/restriction from the obligation to connect to and use the public water supply

• You are the owner of the property or are entitled to a heritable building right, a right of usufruct, or a similar right entitling you to use a property • More than 150 m³ of water per year is consumed on the property/properties The property/properties is/are located in Berlin

• Application for exemption from/limitation of the obligation to connect to and use the public water supply (Antrag auf Befreiung/Beschränkung vom Anschluss- und Benutzungszwang an die öffentliche Wasserversorgung) Possible online; or you may submit an informal written application by post stating the amount of water extracted in cubic metres per year • For the online application: please have all required documents and evidence ready for upload in PDF, JPG, JPEG, or PNG format. The total size of your files may not exceed 30 MB. A single file may be no larger than 5 MB. • Land register extract (Grundbuchauszug) or proof of ownership in another suitable form Other suitable forms are: • Declaration of division (Teilungserklärung) • for property owned by the State of Berlin, an extract from the Liegenschaftskataster (real estate cadastre) • Power of attorney, if the application is submitted by a third party authorized by the property owner or owners • Power of attorney if the application is not submitted personally by the property owner

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• Berliner Betriebe-Gesetz (BerlBG, Berlin Public Utilities Act) § 4 - Mandatory connection and use, transitional provision gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/document/jlr-BetrGBE2006V1P4 • Regulation on Connection to and Use of Berlin's Public Water Supply (Verordnung über den Anschluss an die öffentliche Wasserversorgung Berlins und deren Benutzung) of 1 July 2008 gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/document/jlr-WasVersABVBErahmen

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• Senatsverwaltung für Umwelt (Senate Department for the Environment): application/notification for the construction and operation of wells for private water supply www.berlin.de/umwelt/themen/wasser/artikel.155530.php