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Components of Total Water Charges Payable

Total water charges payable = 1.Basic water charge

+ 2.Water consumption charge

+ 3.Sewerage charge collected on commission

+ 4.Pumping facility maintenance charge

+ 5.Water Resouces Conservation and Compensation Fee

1.Basic Water Charge Tariff (per user - per month):

Paid to Taipei Water Department to help finance depreciation and maintenance of water production, treatment, and supply facilities, this charge is determined by the caliber of feeder supply pipe to your water meter. It is independent of water consumption level.

Monthly Rate

Diameter of water meter (mm)	13	20	25	40	50	75	100	150	200	250	300<
Basic charge (NT$/mon.)	17	68	126	374	680	1,836	3,638	10,098	20,060	35,428	55,590

2.Progressive Charging Schedule based on consumption (per month - per user):

The tariff below indicates that the unit rate of water is progressive, or increases as your consumption level grows.

consumption and progressive unit price
Vol. & Price	1	2	3	4	5
Vol. (cbm)	1~20 cbm	21~60 cbm	61~200 cbm	201~1,000 cbm	1,001<~ cbm
Unit price /cbm (NT$)	5.0 cbm/(NT$)	6.7 cbm/(NT$)	8.5 cbm/(NT$)	14.0 cbm/(NT$)	20.0 cbm/(NT$)
Progressive diff. (NT$)	-	34.0 diff. (NT$)	142.0 diff. (NT$)	1,242.0 diff. (NT$)	7,242.0 diff. (NT$)

3.Sewerage Charge Collected on Commission:

Entrusted by the Sewerage Engineering Department (Tel: 2597-3183 ext. 103, 105), Public Works Bureau, Taipei Municipal Government, TWD collects this charge from water users.

Sewerage Charge Collected on Commission
Category of Water User	General	Business
Rate	NT$5.0	NT$5.0

4.Pumping Facility Maintenance Charge:

Pumping is required to deliver water supply to remote or high-elevation points of use, specifically on hill slopes and in mountain areas. Some of them may even need more than one step of pumping operations. Water users there should hence help cover the expenses of pumping facility maintenance, part of which is already subsidized by the Taipei Municipal Government:

Pumping Facility Maintenance Charge
Pumping Steps	1	2	3	4	5
Taipei City/New Taipei City	NT$2.5/$3.5	NT$5.5/$6.5	NT$8.5/$9.5	NT$11.5/$12.5	NT$14.5/$15.5

5.Water Resources Conservation and Compensation Fees:

The Water Resources Conservation and Compensation fees is collected by Taipei Water Department on behalf of governing agency of Central Government pursuant to Clause 12-2 of Water Suply Act and Clause 2, 4 of Water Resources Conservation and Compensation Charge Regulations . The collected sum is to be applied specially for the infrastructure for Water Resources Conservation and Environment / Ecology Conservation in the Water Quality and Quantity Protecting Area, as well as feed back in public welfare and compensation to restricted land for local residence. The fee = Total quantity of water used (in cubic meters)*0.5