QUEZON CITY, Philippines — Manila Water will voluntarily waive the minimum charges for the month of March for their customers affected by the water shortage. This will be reflected in the April water bill.
Manila Water President Ferdinand dela Cruz said the April bill will be fully waived if residents experienced water interruption for at least seven days, whether consecutive days or not.
All customers, meanwhile, will no longer have to pay the minimum charge for 10 cubic meters or P76 for residential to P656 for industrial customers. But they will still have to pay for consumption above 10 cubic meters.
“Most customers will still have consumption above 10 cubic meters, therefore there will still be a basic charge, VAT, FCDA, environmental charge, so may babayaran pa rin siya (they still have to pay some charges). For the severely affected areas na more than seven days walang tubig, ‘yun ang wala silang babayaran, (The severely affected areas who experienced more than seven days of no water, they don’t have to pay anything),” Dela Cruz said.
Meanwhile, even though Manila Water voluntarily waived charges, the Manila Water Sewerage System (MWSS) Administration Reynaldo Velasco said they will push through with the investigation regarding Manila Water’s violation of the concession agreement.
Manila Water reports that from 62 barangays, there are now only eight barangays that still don’t have water supply.—Aileen Cerrudo (with reports from Grace Casin)
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