No water bills until next year

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No water bills until next year

 

Government launches scheme to reduce daily living costs

 

Ariyawat Nuamsawat

Water supply bills won’t have to be paid until the beginning of next year, under a national government initiative to help the population during these difficult economic times by decreasing daily living expenses.

 

Phaithoon Orashorn, assistant manager of the Provincial Waterworks Authority in Region 1.

 

Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej declared a six-month policy with six projects designed to help the Thai people through the lean times.

One of the projects is to suspend payment of the water supply bill for families that consume less than 50 cubic meters of water a month, which amounts to 3.2 million users. The estimated saving is 213 baht a month for Nakorn Luang zone users, and 176 baht a month for other provincial users. This amount is covered by a national 3.93 billion baht budget.

Phaithoon Orashorn, assistant manager of the Provincial Waterworks Authority in Region 1, which covers Pattaya, said that residents eligible for the scheme would not have to pay their water bills during the period August to January.

Two groups of water supply user are included. One group is those who consume less than 50 cubic meters of water, or 50,000 liters per month. The second is a juristic person or condominium, a dormitory, flats, and leasers of apartments with rental rates lower than 3,000 baht per room/month, where each room has an average water usage of less than 50 cubic meters. In this latter case, the owner of the establishment must apply at the Pattaya Waterworks Office to establish eligibility.

Phaithoon said that those who use more than 50 cubic meters of water must continue to pay their bill as usual. Pattaya Waterworks Office wishes to remind all water consumers that they should use water economically and responsibly.

 

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