The four water boards that manage ground and surface water in Drenthe have announced their rates for 2023. The load for next year will be higher at the Hunze en Aa’s water board, Drents Overijsselse Delta, Vechtstromen and Noorderzijlvest.
The increase differs per water board. This has to do with the policy that a water board will pursue next year.
At Hunze en Aa’s, a family with an owner-occupied home will pay approximately 407 euros from next year. This was about 401 euros in 2022, an increase of about 6 euros. A family with a rental home will pay about 303 euros from next year, which is 5 euros more than this year. At that time this was still 298. So an increase of about 5 euros.
At Drents Overijsselse Delta, a family with an owner-occupied home will pay 18 euros more. This year the tax was still an average of 396 euros. Next year that will be an average of 414 euros. A single person in an owner-occupied home goes from 275 euros to 280 euros. For a family in a rental home, the costs for the water board are rising the fastest. Where about 289 euros had to be paid this year, that will be 316 euros next year. That is an increase of 27 euros. A single person in a rental home will pay 12 euros more: 182 euros.
At Vechtstromen, a single-person household in a rental home will pay 150 euros next year, where this year it was 141 euros. A family in an owner-occupied home paid 342 euros this year. That will be about 363 euros next year. At Waterschap Noorderzijlvest, a family in a rental home paid about 308 euros in water board tax this year. Next year this will be increased by 28 euros to approximately 336 euros. A single person in an owner-occupied home will pay 29 euros more.
In all cases, this is an average increase. The actual increase differs per household, because it depends on the value of the house. To give an indication of the price increases, the above figures are based on working examples.
The increase is lower at the Hunze en Aa’s Water Board. 3 million in reserves will be deployed next year. In this way, price increases are kept to a minimum.
The Noorderzijlvest water board indicates that it has previously used reserves to ensure that rising costs do not end up with the public. This year it is keen to keep reserves for projects that will soon require maintenance. The tax will therefore be slightly increased next year.