Interim Mayor of Chisinau says that population must pay volume differences for water

Volume differences between the data of the water counters installed in apartments and those of the block must be paid by the lodgesr, the interim mayor of Chisinau, Vasile Ursu declared at a meeting with the lodgers and leaderhip of several Associations of Lodgers Privatized Dwellings (APLP) located on E. Coca Street of Chisinau’s Buiucani district. According to Ursu, the water counters from the apartments were not countering the water if it was drained in small volume, whilst those of the block are countering. They said that an experiment was performed, within the frameworks of which they said that an experiment was performed, within the frameworks of which 5 apartment blocks were equipped with high quality water counters, but the difference anyway constituted 8-30%. In light of this situation, the interim mayor mentioned that the tariff of water in the municipality of Chisinau is very little. In Balti the water already increased in price, in other raion centers the tariff is of MDL 30/cubic meter. Within the meeting, the problem of reconnecting the blocks to the hot water supply network was discussed. The lodgers and the leadership of APLP mentioned that 70% of the apartments have water boilers, so that reconnection is not concerning the lodgers. The majority of population’s debts to JSC ‘Apa-Canal Chisinau” are the volume of differences between the counters installed in apartments and those installed in the block. These debts amount to MDL 110 mln.