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Abu Dhabi

AE · Abu Dhabi Distribution Company (TAQA Distribution)
Grade A

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Cost of 1,000 litres
AED 8.23
standardized household · 15 m³ a month
A month, water
AED 123.48
AED 1482 a year
A month, with wastewater
Held
no wastewater rate established

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

Volumetric rate 7.84 510152025 m³ per month

No fixed charge to spread, so the price per litre is the same at any volume.

Where the water comes from

Desalination

Abu Dhabi's potable supply is overwhelmingly desalinated seawater. No annual production mix with a year attached has been captured.

Sources, assumptions and data quality
ComparabilityGrade A
Tariff effective2025-01-01
ReconciledNot against an invoice
Reference connectionExpatriate residential apartment — the residential tariff carries no connection-size parameter. ADDC bands by residency class and dwelling type rather than by connection size: the Green allowance is 0.7 m³/day for an apartment and 5 m³/day for an expat villa. No connection-size parameter appears in the residential water tariff.
ValidationSource verified ✓ · Calculation verified — · Public reconciliation ✓
Publication · water supplyPublished
Publication · total water servicesHeld — no wastewater rate established
ScopeReference customer is an expatriate in an apartment. Residency class and dwelling type both change the tariff, and neither is a property of the water.
ScopeThe Green allowance is daily: 180 m³ a year is 0.492823 m³ a day against an allowance of 0.7, so the whole reference volume sits in the Green band with room to spare.
ScopeThe figure is net rate plus 5% VAT: AED 117.60 of consumption and AED 5.88 of tax.
SourceAbu Dhabi Distribution Company (TAQA Distribution) — Rates And Tariffs 2025 — Residential
SourceAbu Dhabi Distribution Company (ADDC) — Water & Electricity Tariffs 2017
SourceTAQA Distribution (Abu Dhabi Distribution Company PJSC) — Utility Tariff 2025
SourceTAQA Distribution (formerly Abu Dhabi Distribution Company) — Understand your bill — Home / Residential