Permits & documents
PDAM (municipal water utility)
PDAM (муниципальный водопровод) · Perusahaan Daerah Air Minum
PDAM (Perusahaan Daerah Air Minum) is each regency's municipal water utility. In and around Ubud connections run along the main roads but not to every plot deep in the villages. Pressure and supply can drop in the dry season.
The practical villa set-up is a 2–5 m³ storage tank with a pump, fed by PDAM and/or a well, plus filtration. PDAM water is a small line in the running budget ($7,500–13,000 a year all-in for a two-bedroom Ubud villa). What matters is how reliable the source is.
What to ask the seller. Is there a PDAM account for the plot, what was supply like from August to October, is there a backup (a well with SIPA, or tanker delivery).
Read more in the blog
- Water and utilities at a Bali villa, well, PDAM and the SIPA permit in 2026
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Updated 2026-09-20. Not a public offer. Regulations change, so we cite enacted acts only and update the entry when they do.
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