How does the Municipality charge you for water?
Most municipalities have a two tier billing system for water. As a user you are billed for the water that you consume or use and then you are billed for the water that you discharge into the sewer system after it has been used. Most municipalities work on the assumption that 75% of the water used by a household is discharged into the sewer system.
Use our water saving calculator to see how much water and money you can save with a rainwater harvesting system - Click here
Rainwater harvesting calculator - Residential
We get many questions about how much money will people will save with a rainwater harvesting system. We have built a calculator specific using the Durban Average mean rainfall per month to show interested people how much money a system can potentially save. Key to a rainwater harvesting system is that the water must be used on a continuous basis to achieve the required savings.
A rainwater harvesting system must also be viewed as an asset to a building - so not only does it deliver a saving every month it adds value to the property.
Simply input the potential roof recovery surface and the property's monthly water consumption and the google sheet will calculate the savings.
You will notice a few things.
- The bigger the recovery surface the greater the potential savings
- The more water the property uses the bigger the potential saving
- During the winter months the property will use more municipal water - so the greatest savings are in the wet summer months
Ugu district municipality water tariffs for 2023
Ugu municipality will increase their water tariffs by 6.5%.
Tariff structure for "non indigenous" household are as follows:
- 0-39 Kl - R18.68/Kl
- 40-51Kl - R29.78/Kl
- 52Kl and above R33.55Kl
Businesses have water quotas. Within their quota they will pay R19.68/Kl and if they exceed their quota they will pay R37.31/Kl for all used above the excess.
