Water supply industry
Charge for drinking water supplied to tariff areas by tariff type

Charge for drinking water supplied to tariff areas¹ by tariff type, 2020 to 2022²
Regional breakdown ----------------- Tariff types of drinking water supply ---------- Year²	Municipalities	Tariff areas (municipalities or parts of municipalities levying drinking water charge)	Inhabitants connected	Consumption-based charge³^, ⁴	Common household charge, irrespective of actual consumption, for the year³	Costs per average-sized household⁵ with average water usage⁶
	number			EUR/m³ (including VAT)	EUR/year (including VAT)
Only tariff types for which a charge was levied are considered here. 1: Only municipalities/parts of municipalities connected to the system. 2: Data at reference date 1 January of each year. 3: The charges are weighted by the number of inhabitants connected on 30 June 2019. 4: The consumption-based charge must include all partial charges levied on final consumers such as water withdrawal charge, depreciation, investment contribution and other consumption-related charges. 5: Microcensus results - Population in private households at their main and second residence in 2019, Subject-Matter-Series 1 Series 3. 6: Survey of public water supply, 2019, Subject-Matter-Series 19 Series 2.1.1. - = No figures or magnitude zero. Differences in totals are due to rounding.
Germany
Charge by cubic metres and basic charge
2020	10,610	12,375	81,286,221	1.77	87.61	252.12
2021	10,589	12,347	81,277,748	1.81	89.29	256.99
2022	10,593	12,345	81,350,356	1.83	91.97	262.39
Charge by cubic metres only
2020	307	342	1,316,413	2.18	-	202.35
2021	327	361	1,333,216	2.22	-	206.22
2022	317	350	1,268,203	2.28	-	212.23
Basic charge only
2020	59	73	12,203	-	108.89	108.89
2021	59	73	12,203	-	112.14	112.14
2022	59	73	12,203	-	115.09	115.09
Baden-Württemberg
Charge by cubic metres and basic charge
2020	1,082	1,089	10,938,055	2.24	48.28	259.56
2021	1,083	1,090	10,958,706	2.28	50.17	265.48
2022	1,083	1,088	10,966,888	2.33	52.97	273.36
Charge by cubic metres only
2020	19	19	149,353	2.09	-	197.12
2021	18	18	143,285	2.13	-	201.22
2022	18	18	143,407	2.16	-	203.81
Bayern
Charge by cubic metres and basic charge
2020	2,001	2,917	12,703,591	1.68	61.16	227.82
2021	2,002	2,916	12,705,972	1.74	63.81	236.47
2022	2,004	2,917	12,711,568	1.78	65.15	242.41
Charge by cubic metres only
2020	158	185	298,459	1.78	-	176.84
2021	157	183	296,078	1.79	-	177.96
2022	152	178	290,570	1.80	-	179.26
Basic charge only
2020	21	23	1,577	-	101.29	101.29
2021	21	23	1,577	-	101.23	101.23
2022	21	23	1,577	-	103.82	103.82
Berlin
Charge by cubic metres and basic charge
2020	1	1	3,645,830	1.81	17.58	158.88
2021	1	1	3,645,830	1.81	17.58	158.88
2022	1	1	3,645,830	1.81	17.58	158.88
Brandenburg
Charge by cubic metres and basic charge
2020	416	481	2,488,941	1.55	82.08	215.23
2021	416	481	2,488,941	1.56	82.26	216.06
2022	416	481	2,488,941	1.57	82.96	217.89
Charge by cubic metres only
2020	2	2	1,457	1.97	-	169.70
2021	2	2	1,457	1.97	-	169.70
2022	2	2	1,457	1.97	-	169.70
Bremen
Charge by cubic metres and basic charge
2020	2	3	683,061	2.13	48.66	218.01
2021	2	3	683,061	2.21	48.66	224.37
2022	2	3	683,061	2.44	53.54	247.54
Hamburg
Charge by cubic metres and basic charge
2020	1	1	1,843,176	1.89	77.81	256.88
2021	1	1	1,843,176	1.92	79.35	261.26
2022	1	1	1,843,176	1.93	82.56	265.42
Hessen
Charge by cubic metres and basic charge
2020	373	373	5,846,455	2.08	50.79	249.55
2021	374	374	5,850,782	2.12	52.28	254.86
2022	375	375	5,833,023	2.16	54.16	260.50
Charge by cubic metres only
2020	49	49	421,247	2.41	-	230.57
2021	48	48	416,920	2.42	-	231.27
2022	47	47	434,679	2.45	-	234.14
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Charge by cubic metres and basic charge
2020	726	741	1,605,098	1.60	98.45	228.53
2021	702	717	1,574,629	1.60	101.97	232.22
2022	702	716	1,574,629	1.60	103.47	233.32
Charge by cubic metres only
2020	1	1	36	1.66	-	134.82
2021	25	25	30,505	2.74	-	222.44
2022	25	25	30,505	2.75	-	223.25
Basic charge only
2020	1	1	23	-	61.08	61.08
2021	1	1	23	-	61.08	61.08
2022	1	1	23	-	61.08	61.08
Niedersachsen
Charge by cubic metres and basic charge
2020	939	1,082	7,802,730	1.32	68.76	201.23
2021	939	1,083	7,802,930	1.40	70.22	210.68
2022	939	1,083	7,877,222	1.43	70.78	213.69
Charge by cubic metres only
2020	18	21	135,982	1.73	-	173.01
2021	17	20	135,782	1.78	-	178.42
2022	16	17	60,673	1.97	-	197.18
Basic charge only
2020	1	1	89	-	36.00	36.00
2021	1	1	89	-	36.00	36.00
2022	1	1	89	-	42.00	42.00
Nordrhein-Westfalen
Charge by cubic metres and basic charge
2020	392	605	17,533,688	1.62	147.34	313.97
2021	392	605	17,534,378	1.63	148.86	316.49
2022	392	604	17,534,359	1.64	154.23	322.74
Charge by cubic metres only
2020	16	17	224,516	2.64	-	270.80
2021	16	17	223,826	2.72	-	278.63
2022	16	18	223,845	2.76	-	282.93
Basic charge only
2020	6	10	883	-	261.53	261.53
2021	6	10	883	-	262.70	262.70
2022	6	10	883	-	260.46	260.46
Rheinland-Pfalz
Charge by cubic metres and basic charge
2020	2,300	2,344	4,063,620	1.77	90.49	260.83
2021	2,300	2,344	4,063,620	1.80	92.83	265.67
2022	2,300	2,344	4,063,620	1.82	94.53	269.31
Charge by cubic metres only
2020	2	2	19,186	1.74	-	167.39
2021	2	2	19,186	1.74	-	167.39
2022	2	2	19,186	1.74	-	167.39
Saarland
Charge by cubic metres and basic charge
2020	52	58	987,997	1.99	152.91	322.97
2021	52	57	981,764	1.99	159.26	330.06
2022	52	57	981,764	2.00	162.69	334.30
Sachsen
Charge by cubic metres and basic charge
2020	418	470	4,046,282	1.97	131.51	261.63
2021	418	470	4,046,282	1.98	132.53	262.86
2022	418	469	4,046,362	2.01	135.51	268.01
Charge by cubic metres only
2020	1	1	80	2.00	-	131.82
2021	1	1	80	2.00	-	131.82
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-
Basic charge only
2020	4	5	1,177	-	99.42	99.42
2021	4	5	1,177	-	114.47	114.47
2022	4	5	1,177	-	114.47	114.47
Sachsen-Anhalt
Charge by cubic metres and basic charge
2020	218	283	2,173,184	1.64	121.82	239.98
2021	218	283	2,173,184	1.73	118.54	243.30
2022	218	283	2,173,184	1.75	121.74	247.84
Charge by cubic metres only
2020	3	3	16,086	3.59	-	258.58
2021	3	3	16,086	3.59	-	258.58
2022	3	3	16,086	3.59	-	258.58
Schleswig-Holstein
Charge by cubic metres and basic charge
2020	1,059	1,246	2,805,506	1.52	67.17	209.14
2021	1,059	1,244	2,805,506	1.54	70.04	213.48
2022	1,060	1,245	2,807,722	1.57	72.81	219.28
Charge by cubic metres only
2020	36	40	49,579	1.75	-	162.83
2021	36	40	49,579	1.77	-	165.12
2022	34	38	47,363	1.78	-	166.16
Basic charge only
2020	25	32	8,291	-	96.13	96.13
2021	25	32	8,291	-	97.22	97.22
2022	25	32	8,291	-	101.23	101.23
Thüringen
Charge by cubic metres and basic charge
2020	630	681	2,119,007	2.02	138.16	269.67
2021	630	678	2,118,987	2.03	141.44	273.64
2022	630	678	2,119,007	2.08	146.87	282.36
Charge by cubic metres only
2020	2	2	432	1.34	-	87.16
2021	2	2	432	1.34	-	87.16
2022	2	2	432	1.34	-	87.16
Basic charge only
2020	1	1	163	-	119.57	119.57
2021	1	1	163	-	193.21	193.21
2022	1	1	163	-	193.21	193.21

As at 28 March 2023

Water supply industry Charge for drinking water supplied to tariff areas by tariff type

Water supply industry
Charge for drinking water supplied to tariff areas by tariff type