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 2019

As of January 1st 2019, the usage and basic fees for water supply will be increased an average of 2 per cent in HSY's member municipalities and connection fees will be increased 4 per cent.

The pricelist and service fee price list for HSY Water Services 2019 >>

The water usage fee will increase by 2.8 per cent and the waste water usage fee by 0.6 per cent. Total water and waste water total taxed usage fee will increase from the current 3.15 euros to 3.20 euros per cubic meter. This means an average of about 75 cents a month for average-sized detached housing properties.

With rising fees, we are able to capitalize on ongoing investments, such as the construction of the Blominmäki wastewater treatment plant and improving the reliability of the water supply network.

The storm water drainage area will be more defined

We will delineate HSY's storm water drainage area during 2019. This will affect the billing of the basic fee for storm water. These adjustments are based on the 2014 change in legislation on storm water management. We will inform you about the changes in the basic fee invoicing for storm water separately.

With the storm water fees we cover the maintenance and construction of the drainage system. For more information, see www.hsy.fi/en/residents/water/stormwater.

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.

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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.