Application & Fee for Water Supply / Sewerage

Application

For all procedures, including starting, canceling, and changing your service, you will need to fill out the necessary information in the designated form.
Please note that we do not accept applications over the phone.
Please note that when you submit a cancellation notice, it is not possible to backdate the cancellation to a past date.

Switching to automatic meter reading devices (smart meters)

Distribution of water and sewerage meter reading slips will end

Our town will be switching to automatic water meter reading devices (smart meters). Until now, meter readers have visited your homes once every two months to read your meters, but from now on, meters will be read via the automatic meter reading device via the internet. This will allow us to detect water leaks at your homes and other locations early on.
Due to the introduction of automatic meter reading equipment, the distribution of meter reading slips, which meter readers have been posting to your homes, will end in March 2026.Going forward, the confirmation method will be different for customers who pay by direct debit and customers who pay by delivery notice.
Customers who use direct debit can check their details online. Information on how to register and use the service will be sent by mail in early March 2026.
For customers who use payment notices, the layout of the notice will be changed from April 2026, and in addition to the existing items, the notice will display the period of use, water usage for the previous month, and water usage for the same month last year.
Please refer to the PDF for information regarding the abolition of smart meters and meter reading slips installed in your homes, etc.
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Smart meter installation example

Price

Water Fee and Sewage Fee

You will be required to pay water fee and sewage fee every other month (odd months). Water fees are determined based on the volume of water consumed, as measured by the water meter. Sewerage charges are calculated under the assumption that the volume of wastewater corresponds to the volume of water used.
* Table-1 Water Fee Table (monthly)
TypeBasic FeeExcess feeShortest Contract Period 
Amount of WaterMeterPriceAmount (Every 1 cubic meter)
Caliber
General UseUp to 6 cubic meters / month13mm1,650 yen150 yen / cubic meter0.5 months
20mm1,650 yen
25mm1,780 yen
30mm3,850 yen
40mm6,080 yen
50mm or more11,200 yen
Seasonal UseUp to 20 cubic meters / year¥ 9,900 / year300 yen / cubic meter6 months
Construction Work Use1 cubic meter620 yen / cubic meter
* Because regular meter reading and billing are done every two months, the amount of water and fee per time will be double the above.
* Seasonal billing is once a year (billing in March)
* Seasonal use is a one-year contract from April to March of the following year.
* Table-2 Sewerage Fee (monthly)
TypeBasic FeeExcess feeContract period for the shortest usage
Amount of WaterPriceAmount (every cubic meter)
General UseUp to 6 cubic meters / month1,650 yen150 yen / cubic meter0.5 months
Seasonal UseUp to 20 cubic meters / year¥ 9,900 / year300 yen / cubic meter6 months
* Because regular meter reading and billing are done every two months, the amount of water and fee per time will be double the above.
* Seasonal billing is once a year (billing in March)
* Seasonal use is a one-year contract from April to March of the following year.

How to Set-up Automatic Payment from your Bank Account

Please bring your seal used for deposit bankbook and perform procedures at the counter of one of the following financial institution.
  • Hokkaido Shinkin Bank Niseko Branch
  • JA Yotei Niseko Branch Office
  • Niseko Post Office
  • Rakuten Bank (from June 2019)
【Notice】
As of June 2019, water and sewage fees, along with municipal taxes, can be paid via automatic payment from Rakuten Bank accounts.
For more information about how to apply for automatic payment from your bank account, please see the tax payment page.
("Please click the link below to access the relevant page)

For those who do not use the Automatic Payment Method

We will mail the payment form to those not using automatic payment.
(You can pay at any financial institution or convenience store)
Payment by credit card is not accepted.

Inquiries 

Water & Sewage Division
TEL:0136-56-8847
FAX:0136-44-3500