 However, for commercial tariffs the picture is somewhat different.According to another study by NUS consulting the average water tariff (without sanitation) in France for a consumption of 10,000 cubic meters pere year was the equivalent of US$1.58, the 5th most expensive out of the 14 countries considered in the study.In the 14 mainly OECD countries tariffs excluding VAT varied between US$0.66 per cubic meter in the United States and the equivalent of US$2.25 per cubic meter in Denmark.