Why do you pay for wastewater treatment?
Is your home connected to the sewer system? If so, you pay a waterpurification charge. The water board uses this charge so they can treat wastewater. This allows the clean water to be safely returned to the environment.
How much is your water purification charge?
To determine your assessment amount, we look at the number of pollution units. A pollution unit is a measure of how polluted the wastewater is. The rules for this are set out in the Waterschapswet. For residential properties, you pay:
- 1 pollution unit if you live alone.
- 3 pollution units if you live with others. It does not matter how many people you live with.
Rates per water board
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Frequently Asked Questions
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You pay for 3 pollution units if you don't live alone
Do you live alone? Then you pay for 1 pollution unit. Do you live with someone else? Then you pay for 3 pollution units. It doesn’t matter whether you live with 2, 3, or more people at that address. The key point is that you do not live alone. These are the rules you’ll find in the Water Board Act.