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eing rated on the wrong water pipesize, some residents in Cape Town continue to be unknowingly overcharged by the City of Cape Town, since the inception of the controversial fixed water charge in July 2018. This fee or levy is a fixed charge based on the water pipe/meter connection size to yo-
ur property, and was instituted to cover the costs of water reticulation, following the loss of water revenue after the drought. A pipe 15 mm in diameter currently carries a levy of R64; a pipe 20mm in diameter, a levy of R115; a pipe 40mm in diameter, a levy of R460, a pipe 80mm in diameter, a levy of R1 840, and so forth. The size of the meter connections are based on municipal plumbing records and have been indicated on water bills since July 2018. Owners of a busi-
ness park in Bellville have been paying a fixed water charge of R2 875 per month for what they believed was a 100mm connection, since July last year. “We accepted the municipal plumbing records as correct and accepted it as such,” says the property owner who does not want his name mentioned. However, after they recently had to replace a faulty water meter, it was discovered that their connection size is only 50 mm.
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“This implies a drastic reduction of the water charge to R718 per month,” he says. He is still awaiting an estimated refund of R34 000. “Property owners must be alert to check their water connection sizes as they too could be overcharged without knowing it,” he says. A family in Goodwood has been billed R100 per month for a 20 mm water pipe since July 2018, whilst knowing their pipe was only 15mm. V To page 2.
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