Tariff

a) Board shall levy fees, charges, rentals, development charges, infrastructure charges, collect deposits and may recover interest on amounts payable to it but not paid within time, at such rates as may be specified in Annexure I of Schedule II hereto for the services rendered by it. b) 'Water Advance' means the adjustable amount levied at the time of sanction/regularization of water connection to a domestic individual consumer which will be as per Annexure II of Schedule-II. The amount is adjustable at the time of surrender of the connection or in the event of default by the consumer, due to non-payment of Board charges. c) 'Trade Advance' means the adjustable amount levied at the time of sanction/ regularization of water connection in a commercial/ industrial category @ of three months estimated consumption of the applicant as assessed by ZRO as per site conditions. The amount is adjustable at the time of surrender of the connection or in the event of default by the consumer, due to non-payment of Board charges. d) 'Occupier Security' is the amount levied from a person, who is a tenant or doesn’t have any legal ownership right. The amount is mentioned in Annexure-III of Schedule-II. e) 'Volumetric charge' is the monthly charge levied for the volumetric quantity of water consumed in kilo-liters as recorded by the meter or as fixed by the ZRO/ Competent Authority in case of non-functional meters. This charge will be levied as per the slab rates shown in Schedule II hereto. f) 'Sewer charge' is the monthly charge levied for collection and treatment of the sewage. Currently, it is 60% of the charges of volumetric consumption of the water. g) 'Service charge' is a fixed monthly charge levied for maintaining the services in the locality as per the slab rates shown in Annexure-I of Schedule II hereto. This charge shall be payable in the lowest slab in the respective category even if no water is consumed during a billing cycle. h) 'Additional sewer charge' is levied from consumer who are using ground water and/or water from any other source in addition to the water supplied by the Board, thus generating more sewage as compared to the volumetric consumption recorded by the meter, as per the rates prescribed in Annexure-III of Schedule-II. i) 'Sewerage maintenance charge' is levied from the owner/occupier of such properties whose Board water connection is either lying cut off or no connection exist but who are using ground water or water from other sources and discharging sewage into the Board sewerage system, on such rates as prescribed in Annexure-III of Schedule II hereto. j) 'Development charge' shall be levied one time from properties situated in such locality where water and/or sewerage facilities have been extended by the Board without any grant/ non-refundable aid by the Government. The charges shall apply as per rates prescribed in Annexure IV of Schedule II hereto. Such charges shall be levied on the basis of per square meter area of the plot/property from the date of notification issued in respect of that locality. The copy of existing policy is placed as Annexure-VI of Schedule-II. In case of delay in payment of development charges, interest as provided in the notification shall be levied. Board may provide rebate on the interest or concession to any particular category of the consumers as mentioned in Annexure V of Schedule II hereto. k) 'Infrastructure charge' are levied on the developing agencies as well as on the individual owner of plot/property size of 200 square meters or more at the time of approval of water/sewer schemes as per the procedure and by the authority as prescribed in Annexure-III of schedule-II for loading additional burden on the system of the Board. It is calculated on the average daily demand of water in liters. Currently, the charges are Rs. 30/- per liter. However, in case a new building is constructed with four storeyed or on plot size of 200 sq. mtr. Or more, the old connection will not be reopened without payment of Infrastructure Charges.