TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1990
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WATER RATES TO RISE FROM APRIL 1
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WATER RATES ARE TO BE INCREASED FROM APRIL 1 TO REFLECT MORE REALISTICALLY OPERATING COSTS AND INFLATION FOR VARIOUS ITEMS OF EXPENDITURE, A WATER AUTHORITY SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
THE INCREASES WERE APPROVED FOLLOWING AN ANNUAL REVIEW BY EXECUTIVE COUNCIL THIS MORNING,
THE SPOKESMAN SAID UNDER THE NEW RATE, SOME 232,000 (OR 16 CENT) OF THE 1.45 MILLION DOMESTIC CONSUMERS WOULD CONTINUE TO A FREE SUPPLY OF WATER.
ABOUT 753,000 CONSUMERS (OR 52 PER CENT) WOULD PAY AN SUM OF LESS THAN $10 PER MONTH MORE FOR THEIR WATER BILLS. INCLUDED ABOUT 11,000 CONSUMERS WHO PREVIOUSLY PAID NOTHING FOR AND WOULD NOW HAVE TO PAY ABOUT $0.75 PER MONTH.
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ANOTHER 464,000 CONSUMERS (OR 32 PER CENT) WOULD PAY OVER $10.60 EXTRA PER MONTH FOR THEIR BILLS.
ONLY 72,000 CONSUMERS (OR FIVE PER CENT} WOULD HAVE ΤΟ MORE THAN $20 EXTRA PER MONTH FOR THEIR BILLS.
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AS FOR NON-DOMESTIC SUPPLY, A FLAT RATE INCREASE WOULD BE IMPOSED. SOME 147,000 (OR 91 161,000 USERS WOULD PAY LESS THAN $50 EXTRA PER MONTH, WITH ABOUT HALF OF THEM HAVING TO PAY LESS THAN $7 EXTRA PER MONTH.
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THE SPOKESMAN SAID IN TERMS OF DOLLARS AND INCREASES WERE STILL SMALL BECAUSE OF THE LOW BASIC RATE.
SALT WATER FOR FLUSHING WOULD REMAIN FREE.
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"THE INCREASES WILL NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON BUSINESS OPERATIONS AS WATER CHARGES REPRESENT A SMALL PART OF COSTS FOR MOST FIRMS," HE SAID.
THE GOVERNMENT HAS UNDERTAKEN ANNUAL REVIEWS OF SINCE 1982 AND THIS HAS RESULTED IN MODERATE ANNUAL AVOID MAJOR INCREASES IN CHARGES AT ONE TIME.
WATER CHARGES INCREASES то
THE SPOKESMAN ALSO SAID THAT THE FEE FOR PROVIDING AND INSTALLING A METER WOULD ALSO BE INCREASED FROM $100 TO $130 TO REFLECT THE RISE IN MATERIAL AND LABOUR COSTS.
THE TARIFF STRUCTURE FOR DOMESTIC SUPPLY WHICH WAS FIRST REVISED LAST YEAR HAS NOW BEEN FURTHER REVISED AS FOLLOWS:
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