No let up in pressure on water tariffs
- From: Vol 10, Issue 9 (September 2009)
- Category: Market insight
- Region: Unspecified
- Country: Denmark, Ireland, Libya, Mexico, Russian Federation, Turkey, Turkmenistan and United States
The global financial crisis might have provided a good reason for water utilities to hold back on water and wastewater charges. This year’s survey shows continued above inflation rises.
Global water tariffs rose by an average of 10% between June 2008 and June 2009 if the impact of the rising value of the dollar is taken into account. The average combined water and wastewater tariff in the 266 major cities represented in GWI’s 2009 Water Tariff Survey was $1.89/m3. This sum is calculated by taking the ...
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