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Business water use and service charges apply to Caravan parks. Caravan parks can declare some bays as strata-titled or long-term bays (LTB) if they are used for residential purposes for longer than 12 months. These bays are then charged at a different rate.

Water use charges

Water use is billed on a 2 monthly basis. You can find your water use charges on the back of your bill.

Generally, business water use charges apply to Caravan parks. If a caravan park has strata titled or LTB, 150 kL per LTB will be charged at the lowest household water use tier. Water used more than this amount is then charged at the business water use rate.

Perth metro water use tiers

Water use (kL) Price per kL
0 - 150 kL (per LTB) $2.002
Over 150 kL (per LTB) $2.850

Regional water use steps

Your water use steps change depending on your location and the cost of supplying water to that area. Please visit our understanding your water use page to find out what steps you are in.

Steps 0 – 150kL Over 150kL
1 $2.002 $2.939
2 $2.002 $3.202
3 $2.002 $3.483
4 $2.002 $3.795
5 $2.002 $4.133
6 $2.002 $4.499
7 $2.002 $4.902
8 $2.002 $5.336
9 $2.002 $5.811
10 $2.002 $6.328
11 $2.002 $6.889
12 $2.002 $7.503
13 $2.002 $8.170
14 $2.002 $8.899
15 $2.002 $9.687

Service charges

Water service charge

The 2024-25 annual water service charge is $209.51 per long-term bay (LTB). The balance of caravan bays is charged at the business water service charge rate based on the size of the water meter.

Sewerage service charge

The annual sewerage service charge is $369.46 per LTB. The balance of caravan bays is charged at the business rate based on the number of major fixtures or minimum sewerage service charge.  

Drainage service charge

Drainage charges only apply to properties in the Perth metropolitan region. They are calculated by multiplying the caravan park's Gross Rental Value (GRV) by the current cents in the dollar drainage rate. The 2024-25 commercial rate is 0.377 cents for each dollar of GRV.

For strata-titled single caravan bays, the drainage charge (if applicable) is $41.02 per bay. 

Sewer volume charges

Caravan parks are entitled to a 200 kL discharge allowance plus an additional 75 kL for each LTB. The remaining sewerage volume charge is $4.246 per kL discharged to the sewer.

To declare bays as long-term please contact our Ratings Services team on 13 13 95 or email rating.services@watercorporation.com.au with the request.