Calculate and determine the wastewater levy
For the discharge of wastewater (waste water and precipitation water) into a surface water or groundwater, a wastewater levy is levied in Germany on a federal and supplementary state law basis. The collection of the waste water levy is carried out by the individual countries.
Who should I contact?
The responsibility lies with the district and the district-free city.
Competent authority
- as a rule, the lower water authorities are responsible for collecting the water abstraction fee: districts, district-free and large independent cities, Hanover region
- in certain cases, the Lower Saxony State Agency for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN) is responsible for collecting the water abstraction fee
Requirements
Anyone who discharges waste water into a body of water is liable to pay a levy.
Which documents are required?
The required documents vary depending on the obligation to pay for dirty and/or rainwater.
Possible required documents for dirty water:
- Submission declaration for small instructors
- Explanation of monitoring values
- Explanation of lower monitoring values and the resulting measurement results
- For industrial dischargers: Application for deduction of the preload
Possible documents required for rainwater:
- Declaration of submission for rainwater
What are the fees?
For the discharge of waste water, a levy must be paid to the respective federal state.
The amount of the levy depends on the amount of the determined number of damage units (ZSE) and the levy rate to be used.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
The declaration of submission must be submitted by 31 March of the year following the assessment period at the latest.
Processing duration
The processing time depends on the quality and scope of the applications and documents submitted.
Applications / forms
The description and execution of the individual forms varies from one federal state to another. In general terms, there are the following declarations/forms.
- Declaration of submission for rainwater
- Submission declaration for small instructors
- Explanation of the monitoring values (§ 6 Abs. 1 AbwAG)
- Declaration of lower monitoring values (§ 4 Abs. 5 AbwAG)
- For industrial dischargers: Application for deduction of the previous load (§ 4 Abs. 3 AbwAG)
- If applicable, link to the aforementioned forms: State specific
- Online procedure possible: State specific
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
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Lower Saxony Ministry for the Environment, Energy, Building and Climate Protection
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