The Water Supplies Department (WSD) has started from
August 1 a new arrangement of not issuing zero water bills to reduce wastage.
A spokesman for the department said, "According to the statistics for 2001/2002, the number of water bills issued was about 6.74 million. About 16 per cent, i.e. some 1.08 million, of these bills are of zero charge."
"The new arrangement of not issuing zero bills will help achieve savings of $700,000 and $900,000 in 2003/2004 and 2004/2005 respectively," he added.
Customers who do not receive water bills may check their account balance and the latest amount of water consumption by calling WSD hotline at 2824 5000 .
End/Monday, August 4, 2003
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