According to Khabaronline news agency, Masoud Alavian Sadr – Vice President of Planning and Economic Affairs of Iran’s Water and Wastewater Engineering Company, referring to the water tariff mechanism based on Article 39 Clause “A” of the 7th National Development Plan Law, said: the water tariff system is designed in such a way that, while supporting vulnerable groups and consumers who consume well, abusive consumers are encouraged to change their behavior and manage consumption.
Isna wrote: He added: The main approach of this policy is to establish justice in paying for water and prevent unfair financial burdens on subscribers who have a conventional consumption pattern. In this way, high-consumption subscribers will benefit from the support tariffs and the cost of consumption above the model will increase in proportion to the amount of consumption.
The vice president of planning and economic affairs of the country’s water and sewage engineering company, stating that this mechanism turns consumption reduction into an economic choice for high-consumer and heavy-consumer subscribers, noted that subscribers who reduce their consumption and return to the range of the consumption pattern, can benefit from a reduction in bill costs and benefit from subsidies many times more than the amount of water saved.
Alavian Sadr emphasized: The purpose of this approach is not only to increase the cost of water for heavy consumers, but to create an economic incentive to improve consumption behavior, manage demand and encourage customers to comply with the consumption pattern. The results of the implementation of this policy show that a part of high-consumer and abusive subscribers have been encouraged to reduce their consumption; So that the amount of water consumption in 1404 has decreased by 3.2% compared to 1403. Continuation of fair tariff policies along with culture building and people’s participation can provide the basis for more equitable enjoyment of this national capital by the users while protecting the limited water resources.
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