Water

Water & Sewerage Tax - Water Supply & Sewerage Service Charges – Tariff – Procedure for Levy and Collection

As empowered under Section 34 and 35 of Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Act 1978 the Board shall levy water and sewerage tax on premises situated within Metropolitan Area for exclusively allowing to the attending to the growing needs of and for planned development of water and sewerage services, for the protection of public health.

The water and sewerage tax is a component of property tax levied at 7% per annum on the annual rental value as fixed by the Corporation of Chennai (i.e. water tax @ 1.5%and sewerage tax @ 5.5%) The half yearly tax is 3.5%.

The 1st half year water and sewerage tax shall be payable on or before 30th August and the 2^nd half year tax is payable by 28th February of every year.

The half years water and sewerage levied by the Board, if not paid within the above stipulated period, would attract surcharge on recurring basis as per Sec.81 2 (j) of CMWSS Act 1978.

In pursuance of the provision under Sec.44,45,47,49 and 51 and under the powers conferred by clause (j) and sub sec.(2) of Sec.81 of CMWSS Act 1978 (Tamil Nadu Act 28 of 1978) The Board has empowered for levy and collection of water supply and sewerage service charges from the consumers who have supplied with water from the source maintained and operated by the Board and from ground water sources. The Board has got autonomy for levy and collection of water supply and sewerage service charges as per G.O.Ms.No.75, M.A.&W.S. Dept., Dt. 08.05.1998.

i. Water supply charges are levied and collected as per classification by the Board from the consumers who are having water connection, under Sec.44 & 47 of CMWSS Act 1978.

ii. Where there is no water connection, but only sewer connection, sewerage service charges are being collected as per Sec.47 (5) of CMWSS Act 1978.

iii. Water supply and sewerage service charges are not collected from the consumer who do not have both these connections.

Water & sewerage tax/water supply charges/Sewerage service charges should be paid before the 31st of August and 28th of February for I & II half years respectively to avoid surcharge.

Belated payment of water & sewerage tax and other than domestic category water supply charges & sewerage service charges would attract surcharge at 2% per month and domestic category water supply charges at 1.5% per month on recurring basis upto 31.03.2003 and at 1.25% per month on recurring basis for all categories of consumers from 01.04.2003, as per Sec.81(2) j of CMWSS Act 1978.

The tariff for metered and un-metered consumers towards water supply and sewerage service charges are given below:

	Category	Qty of water	Rate/KL Rs.P.	Minimum Rate Chargeable (including sew charges) Rs. P.		Frequency of billing
	Domestic Residential
	Residential (i) Domestic Residential premises (Other than Flats or Block or line of Houses)	Upto 10 KL	2.50	Rs.50/- per month per dwelling unit (including sewerage charges)		Monthly
		11 to 15KL	10.00
		16 to 25 KL	15.00
		Above 25 KL	25.00
	(ii) Flats or houses in a Block of flats or line of houses respectively used wholly for residential purposes.	Upto 10 KL	2.50	Rs.50/- per month per flat (including sewerage charges)		Monthly
		11 to 15KL	10.00
		16 to 25 KL	15.00
		Above 25 KL	25.00
	(iii) Individual flats or Houses in a Block of Flats or line of houses respectively used for other than residential purposes.	Partly Commercial - Rs.150/- p.m. per flat Non Water Intensive - Rs.400/- p.m. per flat Water Intensive - Rs.650/- p,m, per flat Private Hospital - Rs.800/- p.m. per flat Institutional - Rs.300/- p.m. per flat Pvt. Educational Instn - Rs. 400/- p.m. per flat				Monthly
	B. Commercial.	Private Hospital - upto 500 KL Rs.50/KL.		Rs.800/- * (Water Intensive) / Monthly
		All others upto - 500 KL Rs.35/KL. Private Hospital - above 500 KL Rs.80/KL. for entire quantity. All others – above 500 KL Rs.60/KL. for entire quantity.		Rs.400/- (Non Water Intensive) / Monthly. Rs.800/- * (Water Intensive) /Monthly Rs.650/- * (Water intensive) / Monthly.
	C. Partly commercial.	Upto 10 KL	5.00
		11 to 15 KL	15.00	150.00		Monthly
		above 15 KL	25.00
	D. Institutional	Pvt. Edn. Institution.	40.00/K.L. entire quantity	400.00		Monthly
		ii) Govt. Hospital	20.00/K.L. entire quantity	200.00
		iii) All others	30.00/K.L. entire quantity	300.00
	E. Municipal Bulk supply	Entire consumption	15.00	---		Monthly
	F. Municipal Bulk supply	Entire consumption	7.0 (wherever Local bodies met the cost of infrastructure)	---		Monthly
	Sewerage charges at 25% on water supply charges wherever sewer connections are provided.
	F(1) – Hydrant and Public supply			Rs.400/- per Fountain per month including maintenance charges		Monthly
	G.	1. Mobile water supply to slums		Rs.4/- per 1000 litres for entire quantity supplied.		Monthly
		2. Maintenance charges for steel tanks.		Rs.200/- per month per tank.
	H. CASUAL WATER SUPPLY
Mobile Water Supply to customers i. Domestic (including Hostels of Colleges and Schools Recognised by State/Central Govt./Govt.Qtrs. etc. ii.Partly Commercial a) Domestic purpose b) Other than Domestic purpose iii. Commercial (Including Private Hospital) iv. Institutional a) Private Educational Institution including Hostels b) Govt. Offices/Schools/Colleges/Hospitals etc. Mobile Water supply at the Metro water filling points a) Domestic Including Govt. Schools/Colleges/Offices/ Institutions/ Hospital . b) Commercial Including Private Hospital/ Private educational Institutions					Rs.600/- per load of 9000 litres/Rs.670/- for per load of 10000 litres. Rs.600/- per load of 9000 litres/Rs.670/- for per load of 10000 litres. Rs.765/- per load of 9000 litres/Rs.850/- for per load of 10000 litres. Rs.765/- for per load of 9000 litres/Rs.850/- for per load of 10000 litres. Rs.765/- per load of 9000 litres/Rs.850/- for per load of 10000 litres. Rs.600/- per load of 9000 litres/Rs.670/- for per load of 10000 litres. Rs.40/- per 1000 litres. Rs.60/- per 1000 litres.

Category			Water charges /Month (including sewerage charge)	Sew. charges/ Month		Frequency of Billing
A. Domestic
	(i) Domestic Residential premises (Other than Flats or Block or line of Houses)	Rs.50/- per month per dwelling unit			Half yearly
	(ii) Flats or houses in a Block of flats or line of houses respectively used wholly for residential purposes.	Rs.50/- per month per flat			Half Yearly.
(iii) Individual flats or Houses in a Block of Flats or line of houses respectively used for other than residential purposes.			Partly Commercial Rs.150/- p.m. per flat Non Water Intensive Rs.400/- p.m. per flat Water Intensive (All others) Rs.650/- p,m, per flat Private Hospital Rs.800/- p.m. per flat Institutional Rs.300/- p.m. per flat Pvt. Educational Instn Rs. 400/- p.m. per flat			Half yearly
B. Commercial			Water Intensive Private Hospital Rs.800/- All others Rs.650/- Non Water Intensive All Others Rs.400/-			Half yearly
C. Partly Commercial			Rs.150/-			Half yearly
D. Institutional			i) Pvt. Educational Institution - Rs.400/- ii) Govt. Hospitals - Rs.200/- iii) All others - Rs.300/-	---		Half yearly
E. Public supply Tube Well Pumps or Mark II pumps			Rs.40/-	Rs.10/-		Half yearly

For the unmetered connection, the payment should be made once in half year commencing from April to Sept. and October to March.

a.Domestic		Rs.25/- p.m.	Half yearly
b.Non domestic others		Rs.150/- p.m.	-do-
c.Non domestic with water main (Water Intensive)		Rs.650/- p.m.	-do-
	* Water intensive means premises used fully or partly as Theatres, Hotels, Boarding Houses, Lodges, Clubs, Private Hospitals, Private Hostels, Kalyanamandapams, Clinic with inpatient facility, Swimming Baths, Places for keeping animals, Vehicle Service Stations, Nurseries.

Including Private Hospital/