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Is there a sample by-law that deals with the splitting of water invoices for a plan that has common usage meters?
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No, and none is required because under the standard arrangements individual Lot Owners pay their Water Utility’s service fees, and where those Lots are not individually metered as is the case with your Plan, the Owners Corporation (that is all Owners collectively) pays the fees in relation to the Plan’s total water consumption (i.e. for Lots and Common Property areas), with each Owner’s share of that being a function of the Units of Entitlement (UOE) applicable to their Lot/s.
In more simple terms, if the aggregate UOE for your Plan is 100, the UOE for your Lot is 10, and the Utility’s fee for the Plan’s total water consumption is $1,000, then you would pay (10/100 x 1,000) $100 as your contribution as part of your overall Levy Contributions to your Plan’s administrative fund.
Not ideal I agree as the contribution to water consumption fees by individual Owners bears no relationship to how much water is consumed within their Lot/s, but if and until State Government/s decide to subsidise (I hate that word because it’s our money they’re using!) the cost of Water Utilities supplying water meters and plumbers’ costs to install them to individual Lots within Strata Plans (where that’s possible), there’s no practicle solution to the current situation.