Water boards; tariffs levies

Water boards; tariffs levies

Water boards Periods Water system levy Water system levy nature areas (euros per hectare) Road levy Road levy nature areas (euros per hectare) Non-task-related levy Non-task-related levy nature areas (euros per hectare)
Waterschap Groot Salland (WS) 2024*
Waterschap Rijn en IJssel (WS) 2024* 5.59
Waterschap Veluwe (WS) 2024*
Waterschap Vallei & Eem (WS) 2024*
Hhs Amstel, Gooi en Vecht (WS) 2024*
Waterschap Regge & Dinkel (WS) 2024*
Hoogheemraadschap van Delfland (WS) 2024* 4.53
Waterschap Zeeuws-Vlaanderen (WS) 2024*
Waterschap Zeeuwse Eilanden (WS) 2024*
Waterschap De Dommel (WS) 2024* 3.74
Waterschap Roer en Overmaas (WS) 2024*
Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland (WS) 2024* 4.40
Waterschap Rivierenland (WS) 2024* 6.71 1.87
Hhs De Stichtse Rijnlanden (WS) 2024* 6.87
Waterschap Peel en Maasvallei (WS) 2024*
Waterschap Hunze en Aa's (WS) 2024* 6.68
Waterschap Noorderzijlvest (WS) 2024* 8.62
Waterschap Reest en Wieden (WS) 2024*
Waterschap Velt en Vecht (WS) 2024*
Waterschap Zuiderzeeland (WS) 2024* 11.29
Hhs Hollands Noorderkwartier (WS) 2024* 6.10 1.72
Waterschap Brabantse Delta (WS) 2024* 5.34
Wetterskip Fryslân (WS) 2024* 7.61
Waterschap Aa en Maas (WS) 2024* 6.66
Waterschap Hollandse Delta (WS) 2024* 6.68
Hhs van Schieland en Krimpenerwaard (WS) 2024* 2.18 31.67
Waterschap Scheldestromen (WS) 2024* 10.78
Waterschap Vallei en Veluwe (WS) 2024* 2.70
Waterschap Vechtstromen (WS) 2024* 4.64
WS Drents Overijsselse Delta (WS) 2024* 6.39
Waterschap Limburg (WS) 2024* 4.66
Waterschap Amstel, Gooi en Vecht (WS) 2024* 4.55
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

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This table contains data on the tariffs of the water board levies.
Water boards impose these levies as remuneration for their legal tasks. The most important legal tasks are flood defense, water management (ensuring the right water level for agriculture, nature, residents) and ensuring water quality. Some water boards also manage roads and waterways.
The water boards impose water system levies, road levies and non-task-related levies (till 2015) on four categories of taxpayers: residents, owners of buildings, owners of land (unbuilt) and owners of nature sites. A water board can choose to impose a separate road levy or to pay the costs of road management and maintenance from the water system levy.
Water boards can apply tariff differentiation. This means that a water board can use different tariffs for the same levy for, for example, areas outside dikes and inside dikes. If this is the case, the table shows an average rate. To calculate the average rate, the total revenue is divided by the total number of units on which the charge is levied.
The data included in this table have been derived from the budgets as reported by the water boards prior to each reporting year.

Data available from: 2009

Status of the figures:
The rates for the year 2024 are provisional, rates over previous years are definitive.
All provisional figures are subject to adjustments based on new or updated source material.

Changes as of 8 March 2024:
The provisional figures for 2024 have been added.
The figures for 2023 are definite.

When will new figures be published?
The new figures from the water board budgets are published in the first quarter of the financial year.
The figures can be adjusted on the basis of the availability of new or updated source material. In general, the adjustments are small. The adjustments are made at the moment a new annual figure is added to the series.

Description topics

Water system levy
Levy imposed to cover the costs of 'dry feet' (including flood protection measures) and to provide sufficient and clean surface water. This includes the management of water barriers (dykes) and water levels.
Water system levy nature areas
The part of the water system levy that is imposed on nature areas. This charge is only imposed on the owners of nature reserves/sites. The basis for the levy is the number of hectares in possession.
Road levy
The levy imposed to cover the costs the maintenance and management of roads in possession of water boards. Not all water boards impose this levy. Some water boards cover the costs for roads from the Water System levy. In addition, not all water boards manage roads.
Road levy nature areas
The part of the road levy that is imposed on nature reserves/sites. This charge is only imposed on the owners of nature areas. The basis for the levy is the number of hectares in possession.
Non-task-related levy
The levy imposed to cover the costs that cannot be attributed to the other tasks, such as the costs for water board elections. Not all water boards impose a non-task-related levy. Water boards can choose to cover the non-task-related costs from the water system levy and the road management levy.
From the 2015, the non-task-related levy will no longer be included separately and will be discounted for all water boards in the water system levy.
Non-task-related levy nature areas
The part of the non-task-related levy that is imposed on nature areas. This charge is only imposed on the owners of nature areas. The basis for the levy is the number of hectares in possession.

From the 2015, the non-task-related levy will no longer be included separately and will be discounted for all water boards in the water system levy.