Tag Archive | sewerage charges
India, Delhi: water board levying sewerage charges, privatising billing and metering
The Delhi Jal Board (city water board) has approved levying sewerage development charges on those premises which do not have a DJB water connection, or have a cut-off connection, but discharge sewage into its sewer system. The monthly levy will be in the range of 150 to 2,500 Indian rupees [US$ 3.30 to US$ 55] […]
Palu: ADB loans US$ 16 million Water Sector Improvement Program
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a US$ 16 million for the Water Sector Improvement Program in the Pacific island state of Palau (pop. 20,000). The programme will address regulatory, management, technical and pricing problems that currently result in high non-revenue water losses and undermine cost recovery. It will also help establish the Palau […]
India, Hyderabad: separate tariff for only sewerage connections, illegal water connections to be regularised
For the first time, some 4,000 premises in Hyderabad will have to start paying monthly sewerage connections charges. They include halls, malls, hotels and office complexes that are connected to the city’s sewerage system, but get water from tankers. Sewerage costs are paid through a 35 per cent surcharge on water supply tariffs. As many […]
Chile: water companies to reduce rates by an average 2.8%
Usually you read that water utilities in Latin America want to increase rates to be able to invest in improved services or reduce consumption in the wake of looming shortages (see examples from Mexico and Colombia). Not so in Chile. The country’s award-winning sanitation service authority SISS announced that potable water and sewage service rates […]
India, Goa: Govt planning to subsidise sewage connections
Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat [of the Indian state of Goa] has announced that the government would [...] subsidise sewage connections [in] Margao as he made an impassioned plea to the household owners to connect their septic tanks and soakpits to the sewage plant and avoid a health hazard. [T]he Chief Minister said his government will […]
Brazil: Lower house approves bills on water meters and sewage charges
Brazil’s lower house approved a bill proposal making household water meters obligatory in apartments and condominiums. Up till now water costs were based on total water use and divided equally between households. A second bill, submitted by the consumer defense committee, stipulating sewage service rates should not be more than half of that for potable […]
