
MAGTATAAS ng singil sa tubig ang Manila Water Company at Maynilad Water Services Inc. matapos aprubahan ng Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) sa susunod na taon.
Sinabi ni MWSS Regulatory Office chief regulator Patrick Lester Ty na ang adjustment ay ipapatupad mula P6.41 hanggang P7.87 per cubic meter (/cu.m.) — simula sa Enero 2024.
“We did the tariff adjustments in tranches to ensure that the public will be protected and it will not be too burdensome to do it all in one go, [and] to ensure that Manila Water and Maynilad will be doing their capex (capital expenditure) rollout projects and ahead of schedule actually, hopefully,” sabi nito.
Dagdag pa nito na “Part of the reason is we need to prepare for the El Niño that will be happening in 2024… and we have started preparing for that, and we have directed Manila Water and Maynilad to ensure that there will be no water crisis and to mitigate all the effects of El Niño next year.”
Bilang bahagi ng ikalawang bahagi ng rate rebasing, kapwa ang concessionaires ay maaaring magtaas ng singil mula 2023 hanggang 2027 basta’t masunod nito ang criteria ng MWSS.