Water services prices

Water services rates define household water and network connection fees.

 Water services price list determines the prices of different, individually ordered services.

HSY’s Board of Directors makes the decisions concerning the prices.

The applied water and connection fees cover all the costs of water services.

Among others, these include

intake of water
treatment and conduction of clean water and wastewater
construction and maintenance of wastewater treatment plants and the water supply network
investments

The prices of water services will change on 1 January 2018

The prices of HSY Water Services will change January 1^st 2018.

The usage and basic rates will increase on average by 1,5%. 0.3% of the increase is due to the rise of the general cost level, and the real increase of 1,2% is used for ongoing major investments, such as the construction of the Blominmäki wastewater treatment plant.

According to the Act on Water Services, all water services' costs must be covered by these fees. All HSY cities will have the same water usage and basic rates. There will be no change in the water services connection fees in 2017.

The HSY Board of Directors made the decisions concerning the rates of 2017 on 21 October 2016. The change of water rates is based on the Section 23 of the Act on Water Services and the section 4.2 of HSY’s general supply terms of water services.

Rates. HSY’s water services rates as of 1 January 2018 »

Price list. HSY’s water services price list as of 1 January 2018 »

Water costs

Water costs are defined in the water services rates. The water bill includes water costs, based on consumption, and the basic rate.

We apply separate water costs to clean water and wastewater. The costs are based on the measured amount of clean water.

Basic rate

The basic rate is determined based on the property’s

services
type
floor area class

The basic rate is separated into the basic rates of clean water, wastewater and storm water.

Storm water basic rate is applied, if the real estate is located in the HSY’s storm water sewer network area, regardless of whether the real estate has been connected to this storm water network or not.

Use our water rate calculator to foresee your the annual water rate.

Calculator on 2018 rates »
Calculator on 2017 rates »

Connection fees

Connection fees have been presented in the water services rates (2017 and 2018).

A connection fee is a one-time charge, which allows you to connect to the HSY water services network. We charge the connection fee when the contract is made.

The connection fee is divided into connection fees of water, wastewater and storm water networks.

The connection fees of single-family homes (500 floor square meters or below) in residential use have been staggered floor area -wise on the basis of used services (water, wastewater and storm water).

The connection fees of buildings larger than this and non-residential properties will be calculated by applying the formula presented in the water services’ rates.

You can also calculate your own connection fee with the connection fee calculator (regardless of whether you live in a single-family home or not).

We charge an additional connection fee for additional construction, if the floor area of the real estate, as defined in the planning permission, grows by at least ten percent. In regard to single-family homes in residential use, charging the fee also requires that the real estate in question moves up to the next payment rate class. The additional connection fee is also charged, if the property’s purpose of use changes in a manner that increases the connection fee.

The customer is obligated to notify us about this change in the property’s purpose of use or a part of it at least one month before the premises are taken into use or the change is carried out.

In addition to the connection fee, we also charge service fees for the connection and installation works implemented for the customer.

Service fees

Works ordered from the HSY water services will be charged in accordance with a separate service price list

Connection fee and the rate for connection work will be charged when a new building is connected to the water services network or when the old service piping is replaced.

Connection fees for water, wastewater and storm water networks

When you connect to a HSY water services network, we charge

the connection fee
the fee for connection work
the construction fee for service piping.

In addition to these, we apply separate basic rates and water costs, which mainly help to cover the maintenance and production costs of the HSY waster service and sewer network.

What do go get in return?

The water services’ rates define the water costs and the basic fees as well as the connection fees, and the service fee price list presents the prices of individually ordered services.

The water costs and basic fees charged for water mainly cover the maintenance and production costs of the HSY water and sewer network, such as

Intake and treatment of raw water.
Conducting household water from the water treatment plant to the customer.
Conducting wastewater from the property to the wastewater treatment plant.
Treatment and conduction of wastewater.

Connection fees cover a significant part of the construction costs of the regional network of water services.