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Grade A
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Cost of 1,000 litres
AED 9.59
standardized household · 15 m³ a month
A month, water
AED 143.85
AED 1726 a year
A month, with wastewater
Held
The 2026 sewerage rate of 2.0 fils per gallon is read from Decree No. 47 of 2024, which has not been obtained and hashed.
How much of the bill is wastewater
New York
61%
Paris
57%
Sydney
51%
London
41%
Tokyo
41%
Hong Kong
37%
Singapore
34%
How much of the bill sits outside the volumetric rate
Perth
86%
Singapore
63%
Paris
57%
Seoul
42%
Dubai
25%
Sydney
17%
London
14%
Abu Dhabi
5%
New York
0%
Both comparisons are proportions, so they hold across currencies. The bills themselves do not, and are not compared.
Cost by volume
A household on 5,000 litres a month pays about 9% more per litre than one on 25,000, because the fixed charges spread over less water.
Where the water comes from
DesalinationReuse
Sources, assumptions and data quality
ComparabilityGrade A
Tariff effective2026-08-01
ReconciledAgainst a verified invoice, held privately
Reference connectionResidential – Flat, Type 1 water meter. DEWA prints a Type 1 meter service charge of AED 5.00/month for a residential flat account; Type 2 at AED 7.00 is a different, larger connection and therefore a different reference customer.
ValidationSource verified ✓ · Calculation verified ✓ · Public reconciliation ✓
Publication · water supplyPublished
Publication · total water servicesWithheld — not yet archived and hashed: dubai-decree-47-2024
ScopeReference customer is a Residential – Flat account on a Type 1 water meter. A villa or larger connection may sit on Type 2 at AED 7.00, which is a different reference customer rather than an uncertainty in this one.
ScopeGeneral residential, non-concessionary. The concessionary class for residences and farms of UAE nationals is a separate tariff plan and is never averaged with this one.
ScopeType 1 meter, AED 5.00 monthly, as listed by DEWA and as charged on the verified Residential – Flat invoice. A Type 2 connection at AED 7.00 is a different reference customer.
subsidised tariffunknown
nationality dependentyes
wastewater includedyes
fixed chargeyes
consumption blocksyes
variable surchargeyes
SourceGovernment of Dubai — Supreme Legislation Committee (English version) — Executive Council Resolution No. (16) of 2011 approving the Electricity and Water Tariff in the Emirate of Dubai
SourceDEWA — Slab tariff — water fuel surcharge and VAT, August 2026
SourceDEWA — Green Bill tax invoice, residential account, January 2025
SourceDEWA — Residential account statement, November 2023 to April 2024
SourceGovernment of Dubai — Dubai Legislation Portal — Decree No. (47) of 2024 amending Decree No. (1) of 2015 concerning the Sewerage Fee in the Emirate of Dubai