Water rates to increase for everyone next year

2013-12-13

From：Macau Business

The government will charge all consumers more for their water, starting sometime in the first half of next year, Maritime and Water Affairs Bureau director Susana Wong Soi Man has said.

Ms Wong told reporters that the increase would be a consequence of next year’s rise of 10.6 percent in the cost of importing water.

She said the increase in water rates would be greatest for what her bureau calls special users: casinos, hotels, saunas, golf courses and construction companies.

She said water rates for households and small commercial users would increase only “slightly”.

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