This is evident from an analysis of next year’s rates from the ten suppliers in the Netherlands. Vitens, the supplier with the most customers in our country, is increasing its rates the most.
Households will pay 1.04 euros per cubic meter. Last year this rate was 85 cents. This also made Vitens the cheapest, it must be said.
And even with the catch-up that the company is making, Vitens’ rate is not too bad. Located near the North Holland PWN the rate the highest at 1.77 per 1000 liters of drinking water. At Dunea and Brabant Water in South Holland, households also pay relatively much for their drinking water per liter.
Varies per household
In the table below you can find out what the rate will be at your water supplier next year. And how much more you will pay. How much more you ultimately spend depends on your consumption and how many people your household consists of. And also which supplier you are with. Supplier PWN estimates that an average household spends about 10 euros more per year.
That tenner also includes the increase in fixed costs for the connection. Here too, these differ per supplier. And this also applies to the extent to which costs rise. Some companies are harder than others.
Check out how it works for you below:
Finally, the tax on tap water (called BoL) by 9.5 percent to 0.46 euros per 1000 liters (one cubic meter). Water suppliers must charge this tax on the first 300 cubic meters someone uses, an amount that a normal household does not reach.
More difficult to purify water
The water companies are forced to increase rates because of the extra costs they have to incur to purify water. This is more difficult because there are more and more sources of contamination, such as PFAs or medicine residues. Or fertilizer and pesticides.
The drinking water companies are not the only ones who suffer from this and therefore increase their rates. The water boards also do this, as it turned out earlier this year.
2023-12-31 09:06:29
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