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Average Water Bill In South Africa. The Water Services Act deals with water services provision to consumers while the National Water Act deals with water in its natural state. Other than this all you can do is be vigilant in obtaining and checking the charges on your account for reasonableness. In 2000 the South African government introduced a free water policy to ensure that each household receives their first six cubic meters of water per month free of charge. Obviously the amount you pay will vary depending on where you live.
Adding a minimum of 165 onto our water bills would be the ultimate middle-finger to. And the tariff for usage between 6000 and 10500 litres would increase from R4600 per 1000 litres to R4888. The following shows the calculation of the step tari ffon water consumption for a single dwelling ie. Link is external E-mail. Utilities water gas electricity According to Numbeo utility bills cost around R 1200 per month. Fast forward to 2020 and this average monthly.
Using 19 kiloliters and 32 kiloliters as the total consumption of water in a month for two households R 910 R 966 R 1649 R 2399 R 3295 R 3651 R 4662 R 4966 99 99 99.
We used the middle ground of an Inclining Block Tariff applicable to Block 1 for Homepower which comes to 14807 cents for every kilowatt hour when you factor in. Not accounting for inflation the average monthly electricity and water bill for lower to middle income families was a mere total of R161 in 1996. The proposed new water tariffs would most heavily affect monthly water usage up to10500 litres. In Durban the following applies for 201617. Remember that water usage does vary with changes in season and that the cost of water rises every year in July. 235 litres the average daily water usage per capita in South Africa 87 litres the water level 4b restrictions allowance daily per capita in Cape Town 173 litres the average daily water usage per capita in the world The numbers above paint a grim picture water of water reserves in South Africa.