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Water Time Bomb
- Thread starter vespax
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Water Charges - We are being ripped off by our Local Authority!
Water is a very important part of my business and when I read reports about it, I always get worked up.
I wish to go a little Off Topic, just to reflect a little on what Ratepayers are forking out every month for water and sewerage, specifically to the Cape Town Municipality.
The Example below is for 50Kl of consumption or a daily average of 1.667KL. Year 2006.
Rebates: Take note that everyone gets a R50 000 rebate on property value. Rebates are also applicable to pensioners and consumers that have a leakage problem. The amount of these rebates I am not aware of.
Water:
5.9180KL Free
5.9180KL @ R 2.39
7.8900KL @ R 5.10
19.7260KL @ R 7.55
9.8630KL @ R 9.33
0.6850KL @ R12.31
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50.0000KL = R303.76
Sewerage:
Disposal Charge
4.1420KL Free
4.1430KL @ R 1.60
19.3310KL @ R 3.90
7.3840KL @ R 0.00
Total = R82.02
Basic Charge(Variable - Depends if you use water or not e.g. Empty Plot)
(Property Value - Rebate) x R00.001672 = Total/12 (Monthly Fee)***
>Or Availability Charge - R46.20 per month (Empty Stand)
*** Examples of Monthly Sewerage Fee Example (Dependent of Property Values)
Example 1 - Property Value = R 200 000
(R 200 000 - 50 000) x 0.001672 = R 250.80/12= R20.90
Example 2 - Property Value = R 550 000
(R 550 000 - 50 000) x 0.001672 = R 836.00/12=R69.67
Example 3 - Property Value = R1 000 000
(1 000 000 - 50 000) x 0.001672 = R1588.40/12=R132.37
Total Monthly Charge for 50KL of water in the Cape Town Municipality for property values of R 200 000, R 550 000 and R1 000 000.
Water Charge + Sewerage Charge = Sub Total x 14% Vat = Grand Total
R 200 000 Valued Property
R 303.76 + 20.90 = R324.66
R 550 000 Valued Property
R 303.76 + R69.67 = R373.43
R1 000 000 Valued Property
R303.76 + R132.37 = R436.13
Furthermore, it may not look much, but we are talking about Billions of Rands when you add that all up.
However there are three more variables. Perhaps more?
Ratepayers/consumers that use less than 50KL, Ratepayers/consumers that use more than 50KL and those that do not pay at all.
One Kilolitre of water is only one thousand litres.
I like to think of it as more or less a small bakkie/ldv filled with water.
Ratepayers or consumers that have a volume flow of 40litres a minute will consume 2400 litres or 2.4KL of water for just one hour if the tap is left on.
To measure your average water volume that comes out of your tap get a few buckets or watering cans, preferably 2x10litre watering cans and time for one minute how many of those cans you will fill. The last can will be a little bit of guess work , but a more or less figure will suffice.
I have measured 40Litres of water per minute on my property, sometimes a bit less depending on the pressure during the day.
Remember pressure and volume are two different things.
Note:
I will add more later about the water restrictions and the charge of R50 per KL levied last year during the middle of winter when the dams were already pushing to 80% full.
Water is a very important part of my business and when I read reports about it, I always get worked up.
I wish to go a little Off Topic, just to reflect a little on what Ratepayers are forking out every month for water and sewerage, specifically to the Cape Town Municipality.
The Example below is for 50Kl of consumption or a daily average of 1.667KL. Year 2006.
Rebates: Take note that everyone gets a R50 000 rebate on property value. Rebates are also applicable to pensioners and consumers that have a leakage problem. The amount of these rebates I am not aware of.
Water:
5.9180KL Free
5.9180KL @ R 2.39
7.8900KL @ R 5.10
19.7260KL @ R 7.55
9.8630KL @ R 9.33
0.6850KL @ R12.31
-------------------
50.0000KL = R303.76
Sewerage:
Disposal Charge
4.1420KL Free
4.1430KL @ R 1.60
19.3310KL @ R 3.90
7.3840KL @ R 0.00
Total = R82.02
Basic Charge(Variable - Depends if you use water or not e.g. Empty Plot)
(Property Value - Rebate) x R00.001672 = Total/12 (Monthly Fee)***
>Or Availability Charge - R46.20 per month (Empty Stand)
*** Examples of Monthly Sewerage Fee Example (Dependent of Property Values)
Example 1 - Property Value = R 200 000
(R 200 000 - 50 000) x 0.001672 = R 250.80/12= R20.90
Example 2 - Property Value = R 550 000
(R 550 000 - 50 000) x 0.001672 = R 836.00/12=R69.67
Example 3 - Property Value = R1 000 000
(1 000 000 - 50 000) x 0.001672 = R1588.40/12=R132.37
Total Monthly Charge for 50KL of water in the Cape Town Municipality for property values of R 200 000, R 550 000 and R1 000 000.
Water Charge + Sewerage Charge = Sub Total x 14% Vat = Grand Total
R 200 000 Valued Property
R 303.76 + 20.90 = R324.66
R 550 000 Valued Property
R 303.76 + R69.67 = R373.43
R1 000 000 Valued Property
R303.76 + R132.37 = R436.13
Furthermore, it may not look much, but we are talking about Billions of Rands when you add that all up.
However there are three more variables. Perhaps more?
Ratepayers/consumers that use less than 50KL, Ratepayers/consumers that use more than 50KL and those that do not pay at all.
One Kilolitre of water is only one thousand litres.
I like to think of it as more or less a small bakkie/ldv filled with water.
Ratepayers or consumers that have a volume flow of 40litres a minute will consume 2400 litres or 2.4KL of water for just one hour if the tap is left on.
To measure your average water volume that comes out of your tap get a few buckets or watering cans, preferably 2x10litre watering cans and time for one minute how many of those cans you will fill. The last can will be a little bit of guess work , but a more or less figure will suffice.
I have measured 40Litres of water per minute on my property, sometimes a bit less depending on the pressure during the day.
Remember pressure and volume are two different things.
Note:
I will add more later about the water restrictions and the charge of R50 per KL levied last year during the middle of winter when the dams were already pushing to 80% full.
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