Thus, each household would not pay for the first 6kl each month (later increased to 9kl and, from July 2016, dependent on the rateable value of the property). Tariff blocks above and beyond this free basic allowance increased progressively so that households might be encouraged to conserve ...
Without giving detailed information about all the existing systems based upon rateable value of properties, volume, production etc., it may be stated that there are three ruling factors: 1. V olume, especially maximum flow per hour. 2. Quantity of organic matter (kg BOD5 per day). 3. ...
occurs for decreasing block rates. Based on the presented general case with an arbitrary number of blocks, a tariff with three blocks is specified by the two threshold consumption levels \(q_1\) and \(q_2\). The first block is defined for the interval \(\left[ 0,q_1\right] \) and...
Meter readouts often take place on an annual or monthly basis, in order to estimate the domestic water bill. Non-metered customers are charged an amount that is proportionate to the rateable value of the property [22]. This results in an annual flat rate that does not take into ...