Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Danish term or phrase:
vandafledningsbidrag
English translation:
sewage disposal charge/fee
Added to glossary by
Louise Kragh
May 20, 2010 19:07
13 yrs ago
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Danish term
vandafledningsbidrag
Danish to English
Social Sciences
Government / Politics
Der skal betales vandafledningsbidrag af vandforbruget, som normalt vil blive opkrævet sammen med vandafgift og grøn afgift.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | sewage disposal charge/fee |
Anton Konashenok
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| 5 | wastewater charge |
Charlesp
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| 4 -1 | sewerage charge |
Christopher Schröder
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Change log
May 21, 2010 05:37: Charlesp changed "Field" from "Tech/Engineering" to "Social Sciences" , "Field (specific)" from "Other" to "Government / Politics"
Proposed translations
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Anton Konashenok
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Native in English
Czech Republic
Competing on quality, not on price
Native in: Russian 
, English
Works in: French to English, Czech to English, Danish to English, and 10 more.
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sewage disposal charge/fee
Utility companies often charge users separately for water supply and for sewage. The volume of water going into the sewer is hardly possible to measure directly, but it is roughly equal to the volume of water consumed. In my own utility bills, I get charged for the volume of sewage equal to the sum of cold and hot water consumption obtained from the meters.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Brian Young
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| neutral |
Charlesp
: not wrong, but an older term (falling out of use)
8 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks, this fits fine in my context"
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Christopher Schröder
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
Experienced central bank translator
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Swedish to English, Norwegian to English, Danish to English
sewerage charge
This is what our water company calls it (in the UK)
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Charlesp
: yes, in the UK it is often called that. But in Danmark it is wastewater (which has a slightly different taste to it) they are referring to -- see legislative materials.se)
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Someone else puts sewage, you're neutral. You think I did, you disagree. The vendetta continues... But actually I put sewerage, not sewage. Look up sewerage in the dictionary and you'll see that it covers all types of wastewater.
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wastewater charge
or wastewater service charge or charges for wastewater service (in decreasing order of preference).
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Note added at 16 hrs (2010-05-21 11:23:21 GMT)
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In Danmark it is wastewater they are referring to (not sewage).
And the termi s commonly used in the UK. See eg:
"How do you calculate my water and wastewater bill?"
http://www.unitedutilities.com/calculatewaterbill.htm
and
The annual wastewater charge is applied to new or newly converted properties in the Portsmouth Water supply area...
http://www.southernwater.co.uk/DomesticCustomers/aboutYourBi...
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Note added at 16 hrs (2010-05-21 11:23:21 GMT)
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In Danmark it is wastewater they are referring to (not sewage).
And the termi s commonly used in the UK. See eg:
"How do you calculate my water and wastewater bill?"
http://www.unitedutilities.com/calculatewaterbill.htm
and
The annual wastewater charge is applied to new or newly converted properties in the Portsmouth Water supply area...
http://www.southernwater.co.uk/DomesticCustomers/aboutYourBi...
Discussion
Used water, like what you flush down the toilet, is sewage. In some cases it is divided into black water and gray water, and separated. Gray water, if separated, can be used for lawns, and would not be called sewage. Unfortunately, a lot of almost perfectly useful water, like from a shower, is mixed in with the black water. Usually it is all mixed together, and runs into the sewer system. There is the sanitary sewer system, for black and gray water, and the storm water system, for surface run-off. I have seen utility bills list "water & sewer" as an item. Sometimes the sewer charge is based on water consumption, as indicated by Louise. Sometimes it is just a separate flat charge, possibly including a fee for the storm water run-off. It seems to me that all of the suggestions here are valid, and you should probably use whatever is in local use where the translation will be read.