Calculation examples for 2025 rates

Every year, you pay taxes to the water board. On this page, we have outlined six different situations. For each situation, a calculation example compares the year 2025 with the year 2024. 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 2024Rates for 2025
Water system levy for residents114,53124,68
Pollution tax254.61
(3 x €84.87)		268.53
(3 x €89.51)
Water system levy built275.52
(480,000 x 0.0574%)		287.52
(480,000 x 0.0599%)
Total644,66680,73

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 2024Rates for 2025
Water system levy for residents114,53124,68
Pollution tax254.61
(3 x €84.87)		268.53
(3 x €89.51)
Total369,14393,21

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 2024Rates for 2025
Water system levy for residents114,53124,68
Pollution tax84.87
(1 x €84.87)		89.51
(1 x €89.51)

-built water system levy		172.20
(300,000 x 0.0574%)		179.70
(300,000 x 0.0599%)
Total371,60393,89

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 2024Rates for 2025
Water board levy for residents 114,53124,68
Pollution tax84,8789,51
Total199,40214,19

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 2024Rates for 2025
Water board levy for residents114,53124,68
Pollution tax254.61
(3 x €84.87)		268.53
(3 x €89.51)
Water system levy built413.28
(720,000 x 0.0574%)		431.28
(720,000 x 0.0599%)
Water system levy on undeveloped land5973.60
(80 ha x 74.67)		6535.20
(80 ha x 81.69)
Total6756,027359,69

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 2024Rates for 2025
Pollution tax    848.70
(10 x €84.87)		895.10
(10 x €89.51)
Water system levy built1722.00
(3,000,000 x 0.0574%)		1797.00
(3,000,000 x 0.0599%)
Total2.570,702692,10

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