Water supply industry
Charge for drinking water supplied to tariff areas by tariff type

Charge for drinking water supplied to tariff areas1 by tariff type, 2017 to 20192
Regio­nal break­down
-----------------
Tariff types of drin­king water supply
----------
Year2
Munici­palitiesTariff areas (munici­palities or parts of munici­palities levying drin­king water charge)Inhabi­tants connec­tedConsump­tion-based charge3, 4Common house­hold charge, irres­pec­tive of actual con­sump­tion, for the year3Costs per average-sized house­hold5 with average water usage6
numberEUR/
(including VAT)
EUR/year (including VAT)

Only tariff types for which a charge was levied are considered here.
1: Only municipalities/parts of municipalities connected to the system.
2: Data at reference date 1 January of each year.
3: The charges are weighted by the number of inhabitants connected on 30 June 2016.
4: The consumption-based charge must include all partial charges levied on final consumers such as water withdrawal charge, depreciation, investment contribution and other consumption-related charges.
5: Microcensus results - Population in private households at their main and second residence in 2016, Subject-Matter-Series 1 Series 3.
6: Survey of public water supply, 2016, Subject-Matter-Series 19 Series 2.1.1.

- = No figures or magnitude zero.
Differences in totals are due to rounding.

Germany
Charge by cubic metres and basic charge
201710,65012,43880,981,5991.7379.42235.16
201810,65612,45081,020,3201.7381.99237.73
201910,65712,43781,025,9661.7583.97241.51
Charge by cubic metres only
20173624031,411,0892.07- 186.34
20183503861,373,2902.12- 190.85
20193463811,365,3372.16- 194.45
Basic charge only
2017546612,130- 101.85101.85
2018546612,130- 103.30103.30
2019556712,505- 103.60103.60
Baden-Württemberg
Charge by cubic metres and basic charge
20171,0781,08510,727,2792.1242.87235.86
20181,0771,08410,719,2872.1544.87240.59
20191,0791,08610,734,0312.2047.31247.59
Charge by cubic metres only
20172323159,7142.05- 186.62
20182424167,7062.07- 188.44
20192222152,9622.05- 186.62
Bayern
Charge by cubic metres and basic charge
20171,9862,89812,547,6111.5956.68211.36
20181,9922,91112,579,4201.6257.99215.59
20191,9922,90612,577,6291.6560.08220.60
Charge by cubic metres only
2017188216368,3021.66- 161.49
2018179202337,1801.70- 165.38
2019178200335,0881.75- 170.24
Basic charge only
201713131,057- 56.2756.27
201813131,057- 55.9555.95
201915151,682- 59.0359.03
Berlin
Charge by cubic metres and basic charge
2017113,544,1381.8117.58156.93
2018113,544,1381.8117.58156.93
2019113,544,1381.8117.58156.93
Brandenburg
Charge by cubic metres and basic charge
20174174842,460,7211.5680.32207.21
20184174842,460,7211.5580.85206.93
20194174842,460,7211.5581.39207.47
Charge by cubic metres only
2017221,5021.89- 153.73
2018221,5021.89- 153.73
2019221,5021.89- 153.73
Bremen
Charge by cubic metres and basic charge
201723680,9272.1348.66224.58
201823680,9272.1348.66224.58
201923680,9272.1348.66224.58
Hamburg
Charge by cubic metres and basic charge
2017111,798,6541.8570.75245.53
2018111,798,6541.8774.22250.89
2019111,798,6541.8977.81256.36
Hessen
Charge by cubic metres and basic charge
20173733735,730,3622.0242.95234.46
20183733735,730,3622.0343.89236.35
20193723725,721,3312.0747.51243.76
Charge by cubic metres only
20175050438,8182.29- 217.11
20185050438,8182.31- 219.01
20195151447,8492.36- 223.75
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Charge by cubic metres and basic charge
20177457591,606,6731.6495.18218.76
20187457591,606,6731.6595.96220.29
20197457591,606,6731.5896.47215.53
Charge by cubic metres only
201711351.65- 124.33
201811351.65- 124.33
201911351.65- 124.33
Basic charge only
20171123- 124.59124.59
20181123- 124.59124.59
20191123- 124.59124.59
Niedersachsen
Charge by cubic metres and basic charge
20179411,0827,768,0491.2761.78180.60
20189421,0837,781,7651.2962.94183.63
20199421,0797,782,3581.3164.12186.68
Charge by cubic metres only
20172328157,1841.67- 156.24
20182227143,7031.69- 158.11
20192125142,8751.70- 159.05
Basic charge only
201722110- 29.5529.55
201822110- 29.5529.55
201922110- 29.5529.55
Nordrhein-Westfalen
Charge by cubic metres and basic charge
201739462317,893,3201.66128.75293.27
201839462417,893,3421.61135.19294.76
201939462417,893,5921.62137.28297.84
Charge by cubic metres only
20172328198,4772.74- 271.56
20182227198,4552.79- 276.52
20192126198,0552.85- 282.46
Basic charge only
20179131,719- 179.06179.06
20189131,719- 182.63182.63
20198121,469- 200.47200.47
Rheinland-Pfalz
Charge by cubic metres and basic charge
20172,3032,3554,035,8151.7483.83241.56
20182,3032,3544,035,8151.7486.25243.98
20192,3032,3544,035,8151.7587.51246.14
Charge by cubic metres only
20172218,9221.67- 151.38
20182218,9221.69- 153.20
20192218,9221.69- 153.20
Saarland
Charge by cubic metres and basic charge
20175259997,5041.89129.27287.69
20185259997,5041.99141.24308.05
20195259997,5042.00142.72310.37
Sachsen
Charge by cubic metres and basic charge
20174184704,049,7171.91124.60242.64
20184184704,049,7171.91124.57242.61
20194184694,049,7171.92126.99245.65
Charge by cubic metres only
2017445601.32- 81.58
2018445601.32- 81.58
2019445601.32- 81.58
Basic charge only
2017451,080- 119.77119.77
2018451,080- 111.40111.40
2019451,080- 103.03103.03
Sachsen-Anhalt
Charge by cubic metres and basic charge
20172172872,210,9831.61107.66215.14
20182172872,210,9831.62109.64217.79
20192172862,210,9831.63110.27219.09
Charge by cubic metres only
20173316,7733.59- 239.66
20183316,7733.59- 239.66
20193316,7733.59- 239.66
Schleswig-Holstein
Charge by cubic metres and basic charge
20171,0591,2462,781,2551.4759.40197.79
20181,0591,2452,782,4211.4860.05199.38
20191,0591,2432,781,3411.5163.42205.57
Charge by cubic metres only
2017414450,3621.53- 144.03
2018394249,1961.58- 148.74
2019394350,2761.64- 154.39
Basic charge only
201725328,141- 90.0090.00
201825328,141- 92.5692.56
201925328,141- 96.3596.35
Thüringen
Charge by cubic metres and basic charge
20176637122,148,5912.03131.35263.22
20186637122,148,5912.02133.74264.96
20196637112,150,5522.01136.09266.66
Charge by cubic metres only
2017224401.30- 84.45
2018224401.30- 84.45
2019224401.30- 84.45

As at 26 June 2020