Who should be responsible for the water fee caused by water meter leakage?

Legal analysis: property. Because the housing maintenance fund is given to the property management, and the back-end pipeline of the water meter belongs to the housing infrastructure, its maintenance is the responsibility of the property management. Because you informed the property management of the vacancy in advance and asked the other party to cut off the water and electricity, the property management did not cut off the water and did not tell you the situation, and then did not properly manage the house and its ancillary facilities, resulting in economic losses, and the property management was responsible.

Legal basis: Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Article 942 A realty service provider shall, in accordance with the agreement and the nature of the use of the property, properly repair, maintain, clean, afforest and manage some owners in the realty service area, maintain the basic order of the realty service area, and take reasonable measures to protect the personal and property safety of the owners.

Property service providers shall take timely and reasonable measures to stop acts that violate laws and regulations such as public security, environmental protection and fire protection in the property service area, report to the relevant administrative departments and assist in handling them.

Article 943 A realty service provider shall regularly disclose the owner's service items, responsible personnel, quality requirements, charging items, charging standards, performance, use of maintenance funds, and part of the operation and income in a reasonable way, and report to the owners' meeting and the owners' committee.