water prices

[robert50]

If on your compound is the water is supplied by a well, is it real that you pay 30 bath a m3?

[brianks]

Gee whiz and I thought the housing estate I used to live in was ripping us off at now 17 baht per cub. meter when they are paying water company only 10 baht. Is cost of electricity that much to run the water pump to supply your complex or is it??????

[Spitfire]

Didn't realise that 'water rates' were an issue for anyone. Robert, they are pretty cheap everywhere, if you live here it will be the least of your worries, trust me.

[JimmyGreaves]

Didn't realise that 'water rates' were an issue for anyone. Robert, they are pretty cheap everywhere, if you live here it will be the least of your worries, trust me.

Not if developers who control the water source are charging what ever they like and hold you to ransom!

[robert50]

Didn't realise that 'water rates' were an issue for anyone. Robert, they are pretty cheap everywhere, if you live here it will be the least of your worries, trust me.

[poosmate]

To put this in perspective a little. Although I think 30 Baht is a little high it is no extortionate.
The cost of fitting a bore is around 150000 ( without storage) and in my experience electricity to pump the water is around 4000 baht per month. Without taking into account piping, tank (or tower 250000 Baht) meters and other repairs. To reasonably reclaim costs back in 5 years 7000 litres (m3) would need to be sold each day. On a small development ( 10 house or so ) this is probably the daily usage.So using this calculation if 14 m3 were sold daily then a profit of around 200 Baht would be made. This again does not account for repairs, maintenance, staff, billing costs and VAT etc.
The alternative if not connected to mains supply is to buy it by the tanker.
6 m3 around 500 Baht + for clean water ( sucked from the canal may be cheaper) which equates to more than 80 Baht per m3.
Or have a bore drilled.
More expensive does not always mean extortion.

[robert50]

Maybe I was not clear enough. I use about 150 - 175 m3 a month for my garden sprinkler system.
If you have to pay 30 bath a m3 it is about 5000 a month.
I was asking this question because I heard from other people that their water was FREE
Robert

[reallex]

Damn, I got people jekking me about charging 6thb per m3.

[hhfarang]

The free water was a temporary scheme from the water company to benefit (or reward) people who conserve it. If you used a small amount then they didn't bother billing you. I am on the mains and have 8000 liters of underground storage. We probably use half that on a day without rain as we have a big garden. My bill (directly from the city) ranges from 300 in the rainy season to close to 2000 in some of the hotter, dryer months when we are watering every day or dump, clean, and refill one of our water features (we have a couple of water features, the biggest one being a cement fish pond). Our water has been reliable from the city for the last couple of years, but before that, I occasionally had to buy a 4000 liter truck load at 400 baht per truck.