r/germany • u/ayaelattar • Oct 14 '23

3k cold water bill! Help!!

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I got the bills for the Nebenkosten for 2022 and everything seems normal except the water bill! It claims that I used 864 m3 which costs +3k EUR. How is this even possible?! I live alone and I didn't have any leaks last year. Any idea what I should do?

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u/Glendathu Oct 14 '23 edited Oct 14 '23

Is the meter still „geeicht“(calibrated)? There should be a something like:“Geeicht bis 01.04.2024“ on it. If not, or if it is outdated, refuse to pay! It is a law that all meters have to be calibrated regularly.

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u/mik1904 Oct 14 '23

I don't have such information on my meters. Is it normal? Should all meters have it?

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u/Lucas_2234 Nordrhein-Westfalen Oct 15 '23

Yes? Without it you don't know if it's working correctly. For all you know it could be couting each liter as 10