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Water in the Netherlands: Arrange Your Water Connection for Your New Home
Moving to a new home in the Netherlands? Then you also need to arrange your water supply. Unlike electricity, gas or internet, you cannot choose your water supplier in the Netherlands. Your drinking water company is determined by your postcode, because each region has its own water company with its own pipe network. This means there is nothing to compare on price, but you do need to register at your new address and pass on your meter reading.
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Water for a new home
Which Water Company Supplies Your Address?
The Netherlands has ten drinking water companies, each responsible for its own region. Which one supplies your home depends entirely on your postcode. Use the map below: type your address, postcode or city in the search bar and you will instantly see which water company in the Netherlands supplies your new home.
Map: Vewin, the Dutch association of drinking water companies. Map not loading? Open the water company map
All drinking water companies in the Netherlands
Noord-Brabant
Western Zuid-Holland, including The Hague
Zeeland and the Rotterdam region
Eastern Zuid-Holland, including Gouda
Noord-Holland
Friesland, Flevoland, Overijssel, Gelderland and Utrecht
Amsterdam and surroundings
Groningen
Drenthe
Limburg
Regions are indicative; borders do not always follow provincial lines. Always check your exact address on the map.
Costs & usage
How Much Does Water Cost in the Netherlands?
Tap water in the Netherlands is affordable. One litre of drinking water costs only around 0.1 to 0.2 cents, depending on your water company. Your water bill consists of a price per cubic metre (1,000 litres), a tax on tap water and a fixed annual connection fee per household.
Average cost per person
For the water you use, including tap water tax. The exact amount depends on your water company and how much water you use.
Price per m³
Brabant Water is among the cheapest, PWN in Noord-Holland among the most expensive. Prices change every year on 1 January.
Fixed annual fee
A fixed connection fee per household per year, regardless of how much water you use.
Where does our water go?
The average Dutch person uses 129 litres of water per day, which is around 47,000 litres a year. Surprisingly, only a tiny part of that is used for drinking and cooking. The shower and the toilet together account for more than half of all household water consumption.
Litres per person per day. Source: CBS, Watergebruik Thuis 2021.
Good to know: besides your water bill, you also pay a sewage charge to your municipality and a water board tax to your regional water authority. These are separate from your water company and are charged through your local taxes.
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