Moving checklist
Key-day meter readings, registering the new home and closing the old account, including overlapping tenancies and shared meters.
Plan your water moveHoogeveen water
Drenthe
Water for a Hoogeveen home needs the account prepared and the handover reading accurate
WMD Drinkwater guidance helps connect the supplier check with the details from key day
Use WMD Drinkwater information as the starting point for household water in Hoogeveen and confirm the individual property through the official service. Review the tenancy before arranging an account yourself. If the moving task is yours, prepare the relevant supplier details while keeping the actual meter reading tied to the date you receive or return the keys.
Water supplier in Hoogeveen
WMD Drinkwater
WMD Drinkwater supplies the centre of Hoogeveen. Confirm your exact address with its address check, especially near the edge of the municipality.
About WMD DrinkwaterArranging water
Arrange water for your Hoogeveen rental in three steps
Renting in Hoogeveen 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.
Check who arranges the water
Look in your Hoogeveen tenancy agreement for water in the rent or the service charges. If the landlord holds the WMD Drinkwater account, you do not register yourself.
Confirm and register with WMD Drinkwater
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.
Record the reading and close the old account
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 for renters in Hoogeveen
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.
Where WMD Drinkwater says it supplies
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
Water companies around Hoogeveen
Hoogeveen 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.
Nearby towns also supplied by WMD Drinkwater
Nearest towns with another supplier
Living between Hoogeveen and one of these towns? Confirm your address with WMD Drinkwater before you register.
More for your move
More for your move to Hoogeveen
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 Hoogeveen 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.
About Hoogeveen
Local FAQ
Questions about water in Hoogeveen
Short answers about the water company in Hoogeveen, registering as a renter, the supplier mix in the province and what to do during an outage.
Which water company supplies Hoogeveen?
WMD Drinkwater is the drinking-water company whose service area covers the centre of Hoogeveen, based on the RIVM map of drinking-water suppliers, which makes it the likely supplier for most homes in Hoogeveen. Confirm your full address with WMD Drinkwater's address check, especially near the edge of the municipality or in a new district.
Can I choose a different water company in Hoogeveen?
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.
Do I need to register with WMD Drinkwater when I rent in Hoogeveen?
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.
Is all of Drenthe supplied by WMD Drinkwater?
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.
Who do I contact about no water or a leak in Hoogeveen?
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.
Keep the Hoogeveen account details linked to the actual handover
Confirm the full address and review what the rent includes. Prepare the request as appropriate and record the actual reading when responsibility for the home changes.
Understand the water bill
Fixed charges, usage, advance payments and the annual settlement, plus the municipal and water-board taxes that arrive separately.
Read the bills guideFind your water supplier
Search your city, see the likely drinking-water company and jump straight to its official address check before you register.
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