Why tax
We use tax money to maintain safe dykes and protect against flooding. We also ensure sufficient clean water in canals, ditches, lakes, and soil for agriculture, nature, and cities. Your situation determines how much water board tax you have to pay.
Why do we pay water board tax?
How much water board tax will I pay for 2025?
The amount of tax you pay depends on your situation. For example: do you own or rent your home? What is the WOZ value of your home? How big is your family? Do you own a business? If so, you also pay water board tax. The amounts are determined each year and are also referred to as tax rates. Tax rates
Which levies?
Your water board tax bill consists of various 'levies':
- Sewage treatment levy: this is used to clean the wastewater from your shower, toilet, and sink. You pay a sewage treatment levy if you discharge all your wastewater into the municipal sewer system. You pay a sewage treatment levy if you discharge all your wastewater into the municipal sewer system.
- Pollution tax: this helps us keep rivers, lakes, ponds, ditches, and canals clean. It also applies to wastewater that is discharged directly into ditches or canals. You pay pollution tax if you discharge your domestic or industrial wastewater directly into surface water.
- Water system levy: this is used to build and maintain dykes and pumping stations. We also create water storage facilities where we can store water when we have too much. You pay the water system levy for residents if you are a user of residential accommodation. You pay the water system levy for built, unbuilt, or natural areas if you own a home, commercial property, or plot of land.
Tax money
If we receive too much tax revenue, we do the following. We save the money for emergencies, such as a dike breach. We only do this if we do not have enough money for such an emergency. We save the money and reduce your taxes next year. If we receive too little tax revenue, we have to increase taxes next year.