Does the property have the right to stop water when collecting water charges?

Legal analysis: no rights. Within the property management area, water supply, power supply, gas supply, heating, communication, cable TV and other units shall charge relevant fees to the end users. The realty service enterprise shall not charge additional fees such as handling fees to the owners if it accepts the entrusted collection fees. As can be seen from the content of this article, the law does not prohibit property service enterprises from accepting water supply and power supply and other units to collect utilities and other fees on their behalf. Where a realty service enterprise accepts the entrustment to collect the fees mentioned in the preceding paragraph, it shall not collect additional fees such as handling fees from the owners. According to this regulation, property service enterprises have no right to collect water and electricity charges unless they are entrusted by the relevant units to collect relevant fees. If the realty service enterprise has an entrustment contract with the relevant units to collect the water and electricity fees, then the owners should actively cooperate and pay the relevant fees according to the prescribed standards. The realty service enterprise shall not charge additional fees such as handling fees to the owners when collecting utilities.

Legal basis: Article 944 of General Principles of Civil Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), the owner shall pay the property fee to the property service provider as agreed. If the property service provider has provided services in accordance with the agreement and relevant regulations, the owner shall not refuse to pay the property fee on the grounds that he has not accepted or does not need to accept the relevant property services. If the owner fails to pay the property fee within the time limit in violation of the agreement, the property service provider may urge him to pay it within a reasonable period of time; If the payment is not made within a reasonable period, the property service provider may bring a lawsuit or apply for arbitration. The property service provider shall not stop power supply, water supply, heat supply and gas supply to demand payment of property fees.