Moving checklist
Key-day meter readings, registering the new home and closing the old account, including overlapping tenancies and shared meters.
Plan your water moveWMD Drinkwater information helps separate preparation from the final details
Begin with the WMD Drinkwater profile for water arrangements in Borger-Odoorn and confirm the individual property through the official service. Check whether water is already arranged through your landlord. Where you manage the account, prepare the moving information without substituting an estimate for the actual reading taken at the relevant key handover.
Water supplier in Borger-Odoorn
WMD Drinkwater
WMD Drinkwater supplies the centre of Borger-Odoorn. Confirm your exact address with its address check, especially near the edge of the municipality.
About WMD DrinkwaterArranging water
Renting in Borger-Odoorn usually means dealing with WMD Drinkwater, unless your landlord arranges water for you. These three steps follow the order of a typical move: settle who holds the account, confirm and register the address with WMD Drinkwater, then record the key-day reading and close the account at the home you are leaving.
Look in your Borger-Odoorn tenancy agreement for water in the rent or the service charges. If the landlord holds the WMD Drinkwater account, you do not register yourself.
Run WMD Drinkwater's address check with your postcode and house number, then register from the date you receive the keys with the opening meter reading.
Photograph the meter and its number on key day, submit the reading to WMD Drinkwater, and report the move at your previous address separately.
The supplier
WMD Drinkwater is the regional drinking-water supplier for much of Drenthe. Its moving process lets renters prepare early and add the actual handover reading later. For renters, the key questions are who pays the supplier, which meter belongs to the home, and which readings apply at key handover.
Drenthe is not served by WMD alone: Waterbedrijf Groningen and Vitens also serve parts of the province. WMD itself directs uncertain customers to Vewin's postcode check. Confirm the full address, particularly in the north and west of the province.
Around the city
Borger-Odoorn sits in Drenthe, where Luntero matches 12 city guides to these suppliers: WMD Drinkwater (10), Vitens (2). Nearby towns supplied by WMD Drinkwater share the same moving and registration rules, while the closest towns with a different company show where a supply boundary lies, which matters if your new address is near the edge of the municipality.
Living between Borger-Odoorn and one of these towns? Confirm your address with WMD Drinkwater before you register.
More for your move
Water is one of the first things to arrange in a new home, but rarely the only one. Use these Luntero guides to get to know Borger-Odoorn as a place to live, find rental homes and local market data, and set up internet, check the energy label and arrange insurance for your new address.
Local FAQ
Short answers about the water company in Borger-Odoorn, registering as a renter, the supplier mix in the province and what to do during an outage.
WMD Drinkwater is the drinking-water company whose service area covers the centre of Borger-Odoorn, based on the RIVM map of drinking-water suppliers, which makes it the likely supplier for most homes in Borger-Odoorn. Confirm your full address with WMD Drinkwater's address check, especially near the edge of the municipality or in a new district.
No. Drinking water in the Netherlands is supplied by the regional company responsible for the address, so you cannot switch away from WMD Drinkwater to a cheaper company. You pay WMD Drinkwater's tariff unless your landlord arranges and charges the water.
Only if the water account is in your name. Check the tenancy agreement first: if water is included in the rent or the service charges, the landlord holds the account. Otherwise register with WMD Drinkwater from the date you receive the keys, with the opening meter reading.
No. Luntero matches 12 city guides in Drenthe, divided as follows: WMD Drinkwater (10), Vitens (2). Neighbouring towns can therefore have different water companies, so check the address rather than the province.
For a fault in the mains, use the outages page or fault number of WMD Drinkwater. For a leak, a broken tap or a boiler problem inside the building, contact your landlord or building manager, because WMD Drinkwater is only responsible up to the water meter.
Check the property and tenancy, then use the relevant WMD guidance. Prepare what you can ahead of time and retain the actual reading when responsibility for the home changes.
Key-day meter readings, registering the new home and closing the old account, including overlapping tenancies and shared meters.
Plan your water moveFixed charges, usage, advance payments and the annual settlement, plus the municipal and water-board taxes that arrive separately.
Read the bills guideSearch your city, see the likely drinking-water company and jump straight to its official address check before you register.
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