Direct Debit & eInvoice Tariff

This is an at a glance summary of the Scheme of Charges which details the Default Charges applicable to non-contracted Non Household water customers in Scotland for 2024-25. The full Default Scheme of Charges document including full notes and definitions can be found on our website.
Default Services and Default Tariff (RV-based charges) From 1 April 2018, unmeasured water and waste water charges, and property and roads drainage charges have been calculated using the same Rateable Value (RV) used for Business Rates (Live RV), as assessed by the Local Council Regional Assessor (LCRA). RV-based charges are applied to:
• Relevant unmetered SPIDs which are supplied with water and sewerage services and are charged based on the RV of the premises; and
• Relevant SPIDs which are supplied with property and roads drainage services and are charged based on the RV of the premises.

Water Services

Unmeasured Water
Fixed charge Fixed charge per connection per year £204.53 
Rateable value charge Charge per £ of rateable value £0.02655 

Standard metered water connection up to and including 20mm connection
20mm meter or smaller Fixed charge per connection per year £174.37
For the first 25m3 of water at a single site per year Charge per m3 of water £2.6162
For all volume over the first 25m3 at a single site per year Charge per m3 of water £0.9812

Measured water supply greater than 20mm connection
Meter over 20mm and up to 25mm Fixed charge per connection per year £519
Meter over 25mm and up to 40mm Fixed charge per connection per year £1,468 
Meter over 40mm and up to 50mm Fixed charge per connection per year £3,261
Meter over 50mm and up to 80mm Fixed charge per connection per year £8,493 
Meter over 80mm and up to 100mm Fixed charge per connection per year £20,546
Meter over 100mm and up to 150mm Fixed charge per connection per year £57,811
Meter over 150mm and up to 200mm Fixed charge per connection per year £125,999
Meter over 200mm and up to 250mm Fixed charge per connection per year £228,282 
Meter over 250mm and up to 300mm Fixed charge per connection per year £369,066
For the first 100,000m3 at a single site per year Charge per m3 of water £0.9812
Over 100,000m3 up to 250,000m3 at a single site per year Charge per m3 of water £0.9041
Over 250,000m3 at a single site per year Charge per m3 of water £0.8086
Over 1,000,000m3 at a single site per year Charge per m3 of water £0.5995

Miscellaneous services not included in another service type
Taps, troughs and drinking bowls: Crofts and Registered Small Holdings Fixed charge per connection per year £118.48 
Taps, troughs and drinking bowls: Other properties Fixed charge per connection per year £181.76

Sewerage Services

Unmeasured Wastewater
Fixed charge Fixed charge per connection per year £230.97
Rateable value charge Charge per £ of rateable value £0.04455

Standard metered wastewater connection up to and including 20mm connection
20mm meter or smaller Fixed charge per connection per year £168.40
For the first 23.75m3 of wastewater at a single site per year Charge per m3 of wastewater £2.9261
For all volume over the first 23.75m3 at a single site per year Charge per m3 of wastewater £1.7596

Wastewater greater than 20mm connection
Meter over 20mm and up to 25mm Fixed charge per connection per year £543
Meter over 25mm and up to 40mm Fixed charge per connection per year £1,539
Meter over 40mm and up to 50mm Fixed charge per connection per year £3,420
Meter over 50mm and up to 80mm Fixed charge per connection per year £8,617

Meter over 80mm and up to 100mm Fixed charge per connection per year £20,982
Meter over 100mm and up to 150mm Fixed charge per connection per year £50,264 
Volumetric charge Charge per m3 of waste water at a single site £1.7596

Surface Water Drainage

Property drainage Charge per £ of rateable value £0.04488
Property drainage Charge per m2 of drained area £1.20669

Trade Effluent
Availability reception charge (Ra) Charge per consented m3 volume per day £0.132096
Availability primary volumetric charge (Va) Charge per consented m3 volume per day £0.087954
Availability biological capacity charge (Ba) Charge per consented kg of load per day £0.335614
Availability sludge capacity charge (Sa) Charge per consented kg of load per day £0.287668
Operating reception charge (Ro) Operating reception charge per m3 of volume discharged £0.212940
Operating primary volumetric charge (Vo) Operating primary volumetric charge per m3 of volume discharged £0.142016
Operating secondary treatment charge (Bo) Operating secondary treatment charge per m3 of volume discharged £0.189796
Operating sludge treatment charge (So) Operating sludge treatment charge per m3 of volume discharged £0.116060

Minimum charge Minimum charge per connection per year £260.26

VAT

All charges stated in this document are exclusive of Value Added Tax (VAT). VAT is chargeable at the standard rate on clean water charges for all customers whose main business activity falls within divisions 1 to 5 of the Standard Industrial Classifications (SIC) as used by Companies House. Full information and details on VAT can be found in the full document.