Théière Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Now some of us are on mains drainage a new bill will arrive soon. I have heard rightly or wrongly that they will calculate your bill for waste water by doubling your bill for clean water supplied. Anyone know? How will this effect pool owners? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maricopa Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 I'm on mains drainage and the figure used for waste is the figure used for supply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 I've believe it can be as much as 3x, i.e. on a Fosse our water is something a little over €1/cu m, friends on mains are paying over €3.How will it affect pool owners - it will cost correspondingly more to fill the pool what else ?Thankfully it will be a long long long time before mains reach me [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebell Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 I don't think you can work out how much water consumption and drainage cost per m3 as the charges seem to vary with the amount used.If this is any help I looked at my bills that I received this week. I have two houses, one on mains drainage and one not. All charges are based on the m3 of water used.For the one on drainage the consumption (84m3 = 88 euros)+ standing charge etc was 200 euros, and the sewerage was 84 euros + charges = 110 euros. Then a pollution tax of 27 euros. Grand total of 348 euros with tax.The bill for the house without drainage and very little water consumption (12m3) was 12.60 for the water, 54 euros in charges and 1 euro for pollution. Grand total of 70.81 with tax. So from the first bill I would deduce that the mains drains charge comes to somewhat more than half of the water charge. But here's a surprise! Each m3 of water for the first house seems to have cost 4.1 euros, while each m3 of water used in the second house without mains drains cost 5.8 euros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Of course with such a low consumption the standing charge has correspondingly more impact on the cost per m3.Leaving aside the standing chargesfor a moment the telling numbers are the actual prices per m3 so although the two are roughly on a par at around €1 the sewage charge pretty well doubles that. Now add in the charges and my figure of 3x comes into focus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebell Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Yes, the initial cost per m3 is the same for the consumption and the sewerage. But in my example the standing charges did make a lot of difference. The SC for water used was 112 euros while the SC for sewerage was only 26 euros.Ouch! My brain hurts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 I don't pay a standing charge, just €5 per year "location de compteur".Water: €1.37 per M3 made up of part commune, agence de l"eau and pollution origine domestique.Sewerage: €1.84 per M3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maricopa Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 1.03€ per M3 water supply plus standing charges of 15€ & 25.13€ prestations CGE0.4€ per M3 waste plus standing charge of 3€0.19 per M3 anti-pollution0.13 per M3 network improvementall HT then TVA at 5.5% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebell Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Well I can't make head nor tail of all these different figures. To compare with Maricopa-1.05 euros per m3 water supply plus charges of 104.88 euros1 euro per m3 waste plus charge of 25 euros0.32 per m3 anti-pollution0.08 per m3 preservation of resourcesI'm surprised that the cost of water varies so much. So the conclusion seems to be that you can't get much of an idea of what the bills will be like by looking at someone else's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maricopa Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 [quote user="Bluebell"] So the conclusion seems to be that you can't get much of an idea of what the bills will be like by looking at someone else's.[/quote]As with most things in France, it really depends on when you live![:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keni Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 In our neck of the woods during summer all the washing up water and what is called 'grey' water is usually used to water the plants - the village treatment plant therefore in summer often has less water going through than we are actually using. This has confused the issuer as nearly all the villagers pointed this out and demanded that they re-work the bills! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJSLIV Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 This has confused the issuer as nearly all the villagers pointed this out and demanded that they re-work the bills! Not that it will achieve anything, other than redistributing the original cost plus any cost of reissuing the bills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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