The supply of drinking water to citizens or customers must cover costs. The respective supplier therefore charges a fee for the direct supply of drinking water, which, depending on the calculation basis, is divided into a basic fee and a fee per m³ consumed or is only a volume fee.
The customer bears a one-off share of the costs for the new connection.

The amount of the drinking water costs, like the connection costs, varies and depends on the regulations of the water supplier; it must be requested from them.

Suppliers in this sense can be, for example, water supply associations, municipal utilities, municipal companies or other companies that have been commissioned by the cities and municipalities to supply water.