Tag Archive | water supply charges
India, Haryana: US$ 28 million approved to tackle drinking water problems in Mahendragarh district
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has approved a INR 1.27 billion (US$ 28 million) project to tackle the drinking water problem in Mahendragarh district of Haryana state. The project will supply water to 64 water-starved villages and 34 dhanies (clusters) at a rate of 60 litres per capita per day. A […]
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, Punjab: opposition Congress party promises subsidised water for the poor
Coming down heavily on the Punjab [state] government for the sale of clean potable drinking water to the poor in the cotton belt of Malwa affected by incidents of cancer, the Punjab Congress [...] promised to supply subsidised drinking water to these sections after coming into power in the next Assembly elections. [A party statement] […]
Indonesia, Jakarta: struggling to provide clean water to all
Like many big cities in the developing world, the city of Jakarta, with a population of nine million people, is struggling to provide clean water to all its residents. In some poor neighborhoods international organizations like Mercy Corps and its Communal Master Meter project (small community-managed piped water system), are trying to help. Some 55 […]
Japan: selling sewage to Australia
Japan has an unlikely new export product: the sewage it normally dumps into rivers or the sea. The first buyer is the Australian mining industry. Could this also become a new money earner for developing countries? Well, no. The “export quality” sewage in question is effluent from high-tech Japanese wastewater treatment plants. An innovative trade […]
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 […]
India, Maharashtra: surcharge on mineral water to pay for rural water supply
Maharashtra hopes to generate an extra US$ 171 million to improve rural water supply through a one Rupee (2 US dollar cents) surcharge on bottled mineral water. The state also plans to replace public water taps in the slums of its capital Mumbai by safer bottled water. The plans were presented by Maharashtra’s water supply […]
Namibia: government moves closer to subsidising water for the poor
A group of experts has presented findings on possible future subsidisation of water tariffs for poor households, a plan that was mulled some three years ago. Although thousands of water points have been set up in rural areas, many households had their taps disconnected because they couldn’t afford to pay for the water they and […]
Kenya, Nairobi: paying water bills simplified
Over 200,000 Nairobi residents who use metered water supplied by the Nairobi Water Company (NWC) can now pay for their bills through Safaricom’s money transfer service M-PESA. This follows the signing of a partnership agreement between the telecommunication solutions provider Safaricom and NWC which gives their customers an effective and efficient way to settle their […]
Experts call for hike in global water price
World Bank and OECD say water is a finite resource that must be valued at a higher price in order to repair old supply systems and build new ones. Major economies are pushing for substantial increases in the price of water around the world as concern mounts about dwindling supplies and rising population. With official […]
