Sayangi BN: Kenaikan baru tarif air - SPAN

R2D2

KUALA LUMPUR: Water tariffs may be increased, and soon.

National Water Services Commission (SPAN) chief executive Mohd Ridhuan Ismail said water rates now were only enough to cover operators’ running costs.

“Even then, every year you’re going to get some increase in electricity, operations costs ... you need a cycle of tariff increase,” he said.

He said operators ideally needed to have tariffs that could cover not only their operations but additional works, such as changing pipes. “Until this full cost recovery arrives, you have to increase the tariff,” he said.

The Malaysian Water Association, a grouping of water industry players, also wants the tariffs raised.

The industry lost 12 sen per 1,000 litres of water produced in 2013, said association president Syed Mohamad Adnan Alhabshi, adding that industry players had been suffering losses since 2011.

Many can barely cope with the growing demand for water, he said.


“Tariffs must be adjusted so that we can cover operational costs, replace aging assets such as old, leaking water pipes, and handle inflation and finance costs.

“These costs keep increasing over time while old pipes are not being replaced due to insufficient funds,” he said.

In 2013, the water industry recorded a combined loss of RM429.7mil.

He warned that treatment plants could be closed down if the losses become too much for industry players, leading to supply disruptions and more water rationing exercises.

The association called for tariffs to be raised over the next 10 to 20 years, warning that not doing so would mean service disruptions for most consumers.

Syed Mohamed said the domestic water bill should be about 1% of a household’s total income.

If realised, this means that in 20 years the average bill for a family living in Selangor would be more than RM80 – an increase of about RM50 on the current average.

Six states have not changed their tariff since the 1980s and 1990s. Sabah and Labuan have had the same water prices since 1982 while in Pahang it has remained unchanged since 1983.

Penang raised its tariff from April. Domestic users there now pay an average of 16.7% more for their supply.

Domestic consumers accounted for 61.5% of all water usage in the country in 2013 – or 6.06 million litres a day.

Non-domestic users, such as industries, consumed 3.79 million litres a day that same year.

There are some 44,000km of old asbestos-cement water pipes that need replacing in the country.

It was previously reported that replacing 1km of such pipes would cost about RM500,000.

Penang Water Supply Corporation general manager Jaseni Maidinsa said industry players have been able to survive the losses so far because of non-domestic consumers.

He said businesses and factories paid higher water tariffs compared to that of domestic consumers.

“We are cross-subsidising (the domestic side) with (what we get from) the business sector. That is how we survive,” he said.

CrowneGlory

So thankful

rakyat msia kaya2 belaka.. Terlebih2 sampai x tau nk guna ke mana..terima kasih bn..naikkan la lg apa2 yg patut...minyak, letrik, air, tmbh lg apa2 tax...jln2 kampung pun boleh pacak toll booth.... Sayang bn ketat2 ... Next pru i vote uolls lg.. Hakkkkktuiiiii

ice_sky92

Tahniah macai

Kittie

Ok. Tak terkujatpun.

Acong

ok laa naik........... byk sgt PATI kat malaya   

ctaz

ini semua permainan pembangkang.....
jgn riso......

R2D2

selalunya kalau nak bagi alasan kenaikan
-nak bendung penyeludupan (untuk kenaikan petrol, diesel)
-nak bendung sindiket (untuk kenaikan pakej umrah)

tapi ni kenaikan air, sudah habis idea nk kasi alasan kenaikan

LiliSam

Semua nk naik

dodolgemok

R2D2 replied at 26-4-2015 07:09 AM
selalunya kalau nak bagi alasan kenaikan
-nak bendung penyeludupan (untuk kenaikan petrol, diesel)
...

Nak bendung pembaziran air,suruh pengguna jimat guna air,xsuka air naik pergi mandi air sungai air hujan,syukur mesia aman.kahkahkah....

cemolot

macai kata takpe...hujung2 salahkan cina

ai hairan 2,3 hari ni tak nampak macai berkeliaran... elaun cybertrooper memang dari isnin-jumaat je ke?

Innrukia

Budget utk rakyat potong, kemudahan asas dinaikkan harga... Gaji mp naik, private jet utk pm beli bla bla bla....
To hell with all tikus2 sial

_dj_

Celaka betul. Gomen apa bikin.

alinone78

Apa saja yang turun kat Malaysia ni?
Tak heran dah

mak_wa95

alinone78 replied at 26-4-2015 08:49 AM
Apa saja yang turun kat Malaysia ni?
Tak heran dah

hujan masih turun..

sbb2 air kena naik..nak bagi balance katanya..

mak_wa95

cemolot replied at 26-4-2015 08:14 AM
macai kata takpe...hujung2 salahkan cina

ai hairan 2,3 hari ni tak nampak macai berkeliaran... ...

elaun depa pun silap2 kena cut juga kut..6%

freebird

Rakyat Malaysia tak kisah...
Hidop ameno....hidop melayu..

catalina

Span ni aper fungsinya?

jengkoil

Kenapa tak puji kerajaan?

ida88

mak_wa95 replied at 26-4-2015 10:22 AM
hujan masih turun..

sbb2 air kena naik..nak bagi balance katanya..

Aduila makwaaaa
Alasan utk kenaikan air

mattzzx

GST kena tak???