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Calis Beach Forum => Expat & Property Owners Q and A Forum => Topic started by: maximumtom on April 21, 2010, 13:26:02 PM

Title: Water Bill
Post by: maximumtom on April 21, 2010, 13:26:02 PM: The charge for water seems to have gone up a lot.
On my December bill the charge was 0.79 TL per unit
In February the charge was 0.93 TL per unit
Today's bill has 1.30 TL per unit
Has everyone else experienced the same rise ?
Title: Water Bill
Post by: tinkerman on April 21, 2010, 13:52:06 PM: I heard it was 60% up the other day
Title: Water Bill
Post by: maximumtom on April 21, 2010, 14:24:29 PM: Yes, today's price is 65% up on December.
Strangely, my next-door neighbour ( who is Turkish) is being charged 1.39
Title: Water Bill
Post by: corbindallas on April 21, 2010, 14:57:34 PM: In Uzumlu the Baskan is wanting to raise the rate from 1.50TL to 2.00TL for anyone who has a pool so count yourselves lucky.:-\
Title: Water Bill
Post by: tinkerman on April 21, 2010, 15:04:12 PM: Just filled mine from the well, totally free ;)
Title: Water Bill
Post by: corbindallas on April 21, 2010, 15:11:58 PM: Actually Andy I got one put in just for this reason to. :D
Title: Water Bill
Post by: SteveJ on April 21, 2010, 16:34:17 PM: Can someone confirm whether or not well water is free or chargeable? I've seen both answers given on CBF but as we have a well in our garden I'm hoping it's the first answer rather than the second :)
Title: Water Bill
Post by: Gary-O on April 21, 2010, 18:21:24 PM: Well water is free.

Out of curiosity, those with a high unit cost for the water, is the bill in your name or still in the builders name? I have just looked at 3 bills that i pay for friends. 2 are still in the builders name and the unit costs are 1.39 & 1.59. 1 bill is in a private name and the unit cost is 0.74. Confusing or what?
Title: Water Bill
Post by: corbindallas on April 21, 2010, 19:03:00 PM: Builders rates are always more than domestic on both water and electric, they should get it changed to their names to get a reduced rate.

Well water is free but needs to be registered both with Aydem (electric board) and at Mugla, it is illegal to get get your property water supply connected to a well for all supplies without doing this first.
Title: Water Bill
Post by: Gary-O on April 21, 2010, 20:34:50 PM: I understand that builders costs for water & electric are higher, after living here for 5 years, i still can't get my head around the inconsistency in the cost per unit.As maximumtom says, his cost is 1.30 and his neighbours is 1.39, can any of our Turkish members enlighten us?
Title: Water Bill
Post by: maximumtom on April 22, 2010, 08:52:40 AM: My bill is in my name.
Title: Water Bill
Post by: maximumtom on April 26, 2010, 11:07:53 AM: My friend, 500 yards down the road, is still paying 0.94 TL
I am surprised that nobody can shed any light on it.
Title: Water Bill
Post by: scouser2 on May 10, 2010, 21:36:41 PM: We received our water bill last week.Last year we were paying 93 kurus per unit.In November this went up to 1.11 per unit.
We also pay the communal water bill, which was 77 kurus per unit....now up to 1.39!!!(An increase of 90%) One neighbour in our block pays 61 kurus, and the others pay 93 kurus (even 1 neighbour who owes over 100TL.)
Our neighbours in the next block pay 93 kurus per unit and their communal is charged at 1.30.
I went to the water office and was told that the more water you use the higher the price per unit, HOWEVER, our neighbours use the same amount of household water as we do, and they use 1/3 more water for their pool....so this explaination does not make sense. By the way we are in Patlangic.