Whose
water rates are overdue, and the cook leaving in a temper without waiting for her wages?
The Davao City Water District (DCWD), which claims to hold the lowest
water rate in the country, has promised to continue to cushion the effect of possible increase of water charges next year.
"The key I'm stressing to people is that the lack of
water rate increases over 25 years resulted in roughly $43 million in lost revenue opportunity for those years," Reynolds said.
According to him, PIDA failed to achieve the objectives of its creation as
water rate (abiyana) collection in areas under its jurisdiction fell to 45 percent while the department was collecting 70 percent of
water rate from the canals it was operating.
Delima, DCWD spokesperson, said on Monday that the possibility of the
water rate increase was being studied by the DSWD to arrive at a rate that will not be cumbersome for the consumers and fair to both all.
The utility's long-term financial plan forecasts no
water rate increases until 2026.
The figure is lower than the $ 183 credit that the city planned to give homeowners to offset a 2.1 percent
water rate hike.
A source within Khartoum state disclosed in June 2014 that several proposals were made to raise the
water rate by 33% (20 pounds SDG) for the third degree consumers, 40% (35 pounds) for the second degree consumers and 33% (60 pounds) for the first degree consumers.
Augustus is asking the council to increase the local
water rate by 6 cents, to $3.60 per 748 gallons of water used.
The guide has been updated about every decade since it was first published in 1954 as Determination of
Water Rate Schedules to keep up with evolving numbers, issues, technology, and the market.
Similar to a progressive tax, the progressive pricing means the
water rate will rise exponentially as water consumption increases.