Water bill bombshell
Households exceeding the prescribed 15 kilolitres a month will now be charged more than double the tariff given to those consuming less.
RESIDENTS who don’t give a ‘dam’ about the drought will from this month be slammed with huge bills for excessive usage.
On Friday, the City of uMhlathuze implemented Stage 4 drought tariffs and penalties, significantly raising the stakes for water users violating restrictions.
Households exceeding the prescribed 15 kilolitres a month (0.5Kl per day) will now be charged more than double the tariff given to those consuming less.
The fee escalates from R8.54 for daily water consumption of between 0.2 and 0.5 kilolitres a day (R253.50 a month), to R20 for between 0.5 and 1 kilolitre a day (R600).
Tariffs are again bumped up to R26.50 for between 1 and 2 kilolitres a day (R795 a month) and R34.58 for residents using more than 2 kilolitres a day (R1 037,40).
The municipality will establish a household tariff bracket using a computerised formula that breaks down total consumption per month to daily figures.
Commercial users and industries will pay R13.99 for between 0.0 and 0.5 kilolitres per day (R419.70 a month); R20.40 for between 0.5 and 1 kilolitre (R612) and R24 for more than 1 kilolitre a day (R720).
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