Sample calculations for 2024 rates

Every year, you pay tax to the water board. On this page, we have outlined six different situations. For each situation, a calculation example compares the year 2024 with the year 2023. Select your situation:

Family with a home they own (WOZ €480,000)

A family consists of a household of two or more people. As a family with a home you own, you pay the following taxes:

  • Water system levy for residents
  • Pollution tax(three pollution units) 
  • Water system levy built
Family with a home they own (property value €480,000)
Name levyRatesfor 2023Rates for 2024
Water system levy for residents105,05114,53
Pollution tax231.51
(3 x 77.17)		254.61
(3 x €84.87)
Water system levy built234.67
(480,000 x 0.04889%)		275.52
(480,000 x 0.0574%)
Total571,23644,66

Family with a rental home

A family consists of a household of two or more people. As a family renting a home, you pay the following taxes:

  • Water system levy for residents
  • Pollution tax (three pollution units)
Family with a rental home
Name levyRates for 2023Rates for 2024
Water system levy for residents105,05114,53
Pollution tax231.51
(3 x 77.17)		254.61
(3 x €84.87)
Total336,56369,14

Single person with owner-occupied home (WOZ value €300,000)

As a single person living in your own home, you pay the following taxes:

  • Water system levy for residents 
  • Pollution tax (1 pollution unit)
  • Water system levy built
Single person with owner-occupied home, WOZ €300,000
Name levyRates for 2023Rates for 2024
Water system levy for residents105,05114,53
Pollution tax77.17
(1 x €77.17)		84.87
(1 x €84.87)
Water system levy
built		146.67
(300,000 x 0.04889%)		172.20
(300,000 x 0.0574%)
Total328,89371,60

Living alone in a rented house

As a single person living in a rented house, you pay the following taxes:

  • Water system levy for residents
  • Pollution tax (1 pollution unit)
Living alone in a rented house
Name levy    Rates for 2023Rates for 2024
Water board levy for residents 105,05114,53
Pollution tax77,1784,87
Total182,22199,40

Agricultural business: Family with 80 hectares of farmland (value of buildings €720,000)

You have a family, you own a home, and you have 80 hectares of land with no house or commercial property on it. You pay the following taxes:

  • Water systemfor residents
  • Pollution tax (three pollution units)
  • Water system levy built
  • Water system levy on undeveloped land
Agricultural business: Family with 80 hectares of farmland (value of buildings €720,000)
Name levyRates for 2023Rates for 2024
Water board levy for residents105,05114,53
Pollution tax231.51
(3 x 77.17)		254.61
(3 x €84.87)
Water system levy built352.01
(720,000 x 0.04889%)		413.28
(720,000 x 0.0574%)
Water system levy on undeveloped land7,496.80
(80 ha x 93.71)		5,973.60
(80 ha x 74.67)
Total8.185,3686.756,02

SME (building value €3,000,000, 10 VE's)

You own commercial property and are assessed for 10 pollution units. You pay the following taxes:

  • Pollution tax (ten pollution units)
  • Water system levy built
SME (building value €3,000,000, 10 VE's)
Name levyRates for 2023Rates for 2024
Pollution tax    771.70
(10 x 77.17)		848.70
(10 x €84.87)
Water system levy built1,466.70
(3,000,000 x 0.04889%)		1722.00
(3,000,000 x 0.0574%)
Total2.238,402.570,70

You pay separate taxes for your private situation. This depends on how you live.