加強規管水喉物料及供水系統啟用要求 為加強內部供水系統的食水安全，自二零一五年起，水務署為 水喉物料及新供水系統的設計、建造和啟用制定了更為嚴格的 管制措施和指引。於二零一七年設立的「一般認可」制度預先 批核符合《水務設施規例》所規定技術要求的水喉產品。另外， 水喉產品亦會於水務署的物料測試所進行測試，該測試所於二 零二一年八月獲得由香港認可處（HKAS）管理的香港實驗所 認可計劃（HOKLAS）發出認可資格。 此外，水務署亦接納持有由獨立認可認證機構發出的「產品認 證」證書的水喉產品。「產品認證」透過上游控制和持續監察 工廠的生產過程，提升產業質量，從而確保產品品質穩定並符 合認可標準。為鼓勵更多此類產品加入「一般認可」水喉產品 的行列，水務署於二零一九年進一步推出計劃，豁免對持有「產 品認證」證書的水喉產品在「一般認可」制度下的監察要求。 自願性參與「《認可水喉產品》銷售商」計劃 為了使公眾認識及方便購買《一般認可》水喉產品使該等產品 得到更廣泛使用，從而減低公眾採用不合規格水喉產品的機 會，水務署於二零二零年推出自願性參與「《認可水喉產品》 銷售商」計劃。在店內銷售《一般認可》水喉產品的商店會獲 提供「《認可水喉產品》銷售商」標籤，讓其張貼於店內當眼 位置（如商店入口），使市民易於識別。這些商店須在貨架上 為《一般認可》水喉產品展示「產品標籤」，並向職員灌輸有 關認可水喉產品的知識，以便向市民講解有關產品。 計劃亦使公眾更容易接觸到這些銷售商，並透過不同途徑獲取 產品資訊，包括水務署網站上的《認可水喉產品》銷售商註冊 名單、「《一般認可》水喉產品標籤」上的二維碼查閱生產地 及批核有效期等產品資料以及在正式銷售收據上的《一般認可》 參考編號。 Enhancing Plumbing Material Control and Commissioning Requirements Since 2015, more stringent control measures and guidelines on plumbing materials, design, construction and commissioning of new plumbing systems have been enforced to strengthen drinking water safety in inside service. The General Acceptance (GA) system was established in 2017 to pre-approve plumbing products in compliance with the technical requirements set out in the Waterworks Regulations. Furthermore, plumbing products are also tested at the WSD’s Material Testing Laboratory which was accredited by Hong Kong Accreditation Service under the Hong Kong Laboratory Accreditation Scheme in August 2021. Plumbing products with product certificates from independent accredited certification bodies are also acceptable to the WSD. The benefits of product certification are to promote industrial quality through control at the upstream, continuous surveillance of production process in factory to ensure consistent production quality and compliance with the recognised standards. To promote inclusion of more of these products into the GA portfolio, the WSD has further introduced a scheme since 2019 to waive the surveillance requirements under the GA system for plumbing products which have joined the product certification scheme. Voluntary GA Product Shop Scheme To enhance public knowledge and facilitate their purchase of GA plumbing products, thereby minimising the use of non-compliant plumbing products, the WSD launched the Voluntary GA Product Shop Scheme in 2020 to promote wider use of GA plumbing products in the retail market. Retail shops with GA products on sale are provided with GA Product Shop Labels for affixing at prominent locations for easy identification by the public (e.g. shop entrance). The GA Product Shop should also display on shelf the GA labels of the plumbing products and equip staff with knowledge of GA products for explaining to the public. The Scheme also enables the public for an easy access to the GA Product Shops and GA product information via a number of ways. These include the List of Registered GA Product Shop on the WSD website, the QR code on the GA label which allows the retrieval of product information such as its country of origin and GA expiry date, and the GA Reference Number of the GA Product on the official sale receipts. 水務署 二零二二至二三年年報 WSD Annual Report 2022/23 48 Scale up 升 級 開 拓
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