17年来首次，水价要起30%
sonatam • • 41377 次浏览Water prices to increase by 30% from July 1 in two phases
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Chew Hui Min
SINGAPORE - Water prices will increase for the first time in 17 years, Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat said on Monday (Feb 20).
Including taxes, the prices will go up by 30 per cent in two phases. The first hike will be from July 1 this year, and the second from July 1 next year.
But lower and middle income households will get help to manage the increase.
"Water prices were last revised in 2000, almost 20 years ago. We need to update our water prices to reflect the latest costs of water supply," Mr Heng said in the 2017 Budget speech in Parliament.
There will also be a water conservation tax of 10 per cent on Newater for business users.
In addition, a sanitary appliance fee and waterborne fee will be restructured to become a single volume-based fee.
Households using more water, that is above 40 cubic m, will be charged a higher rate to discourage water wastage.
The increase will be less than $25 per month for three-quarters of businesses, and less than $18 for three quarters of
But after subsidies, 75 per cent of HDB households should see an increase of less than $12 a month in their water bills.
Households in one-room and two-room flats will not see any increase in their bills, Mr Heng said.
They will be receiving U-Save rebates of up to $380 for the year, an increase of $120 from $260. Three-room flat households will get an increase of $100 in U-Save rebates, four-room flats an increase of $80 and five-room flats $60.
Executive and multi-generational flat households will get $40 more. These increases are permanent and will cost an additional $71 million a year. About 880,000 HDB households will benefit.
The price increase will go towards maintaining Singapore's water infrastructure, and more expensive sources of water such as desalination.
With more unpredictable weather patterns, water levels at the Linggiu Reservoir in Johor have been falling. It supplies about 60 per cent of Singapore's water needs.
Singapore has invested in desalination and Newater plants which are "costly but necessary" investments, Mr Heng said.
Singapore now uses 430 million gallons of water a day, with the domestic sector accounting for 45 per cent, and the non-domestic sector, the rest.
Water demand is expected to more than double by 2060.
The country gets water from four National Taps - Newater, water from local catchment areas, desalination and imported water.
Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Masagos Zulkifli said in a Facebook post that the price increase was necessary to meet future demand and strengthen water security
"Rising costs of resources and the use of more complex development approaches have exerted upward pressure on the costs of producing and delivering water," he wrote.
The tariffs for domestic potable water, which are calculated monthly, stand at $1.17 per cubic m for the first 40 cubic me and $1.40 per cubic m thereafter, excluding taxes.
This will go up to $1.19 for the first 40 cubic m and $1.46 per cubic m thereafter from July 1, 2017.
Prices will be $1.21 and $1.52 respectively from July 1, 2018, excluding taxes.
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sonatam 楼主#1
这下卖食阁里卖水的也要起价了咖啡乌一杯1.5指日可待啊
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#2
工资怎么不涨30%温水继续煮。沸腾前就走。
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#3
这涨幅太快了小弥留之际
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#4
看上去似乎很多，但是每月也用不了多少钱的水每月utilities bill大头是电
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#5
一家四口算 水费也要三四十块的 小煮
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#6
每个月都是50左右的路过
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#7
天啦我们家都是百多
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sonatam 楼主#8
光水费100多？你家有多大的游泳池啊ditto
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#9
哈哈哈我冲凉就半个小时了
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#10
层主太浪费水了要节水
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#11
最黑的是政府涨停车费，每天多花好几块
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#12
就是咯 涨幅蛮多的呢
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#13
好吧 每天冲凉半个小时百多跑不掉的 哈哈
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#14
家里有个大鱼缸的伤不起1吨多水呢，要经常换水，容我哭会儿
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#15
额 要练习快速洗澡大法了么xmlzj
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#16
洗碗机要勤开了之前以为反正水便宜，大多数时候女佣手洗，只偶尔人多时候开
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#17
还有手洗衣服也浪费水父母总喜欢手洗
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#18
我反省很久了以前还被罚过, 说我们家是新加坡用水的top 20%还是什么, 但是我特别有洁癖, 全家的床单被单每个星期都要洗一次, 地一天拖两次, 厕所每个星期洗两次, 衣服每天洗衣机要洗两桶, 大家有什么好的省水的方法吗
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#19
弄个省水洗衣机，换上强力洁厕精多晒晒被单减少洗的频率，另外龙头也换上省水的
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#20
看层主描述的好像也就每天拖地这个可以想办法省省可以每天主要是用吸尘器吸地，湿拖地一次就够了，不要用传统的拖把，用3m那种海绵头的拖把，清洗起来比较省水。
其它换洗床单、洗厕所、每天洗两轮衣服等等很正常啊，除非你家洗衣机是波轮的？感觉滚筒洗衣机比波轮的省水多了。要是洗衣机的问题可以考虑换个省水型的。 -
#21
看来我还是很节约用水的
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#22
对了，看到楼下层主说水龙头水龙头可以用带起泡器的，比直接出水的省水
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sonatam 楼主#23
买扫地机器人吧，每天开出来扫，那效果比拖地要好我都后悔为啥那么晚才买
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#24
我家洗东西频率跟层主家真是一摸一样啊！而且几乎都在家煮，但是水费也没有那么夸张。看来确实是你洗澡洗太久啦。
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#25
可是有些污迹必须得湿拖才能弄掉啊扫地机器人只能吸干的灰，如果地上有沾到了水的脏迹，扫地机器人吸不起来。遇到顽固脏迹，用拖地机器人也拖不干净。
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#26
我家买了irobot 880感觉机器人很傻，效率低，总是被困住
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sonatam 楼主#27
虽然不能不能100%代替，但是的确可以省很多力气
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sonatam 楼主#28
我观望了很久，下手买的时候880没了后来等不到880特价就入了980，目前用的还好，没被困住过
不过机器人都傻傻的，不要看着它扫就好了，出门前开起来就好 -
#29
是障碍物太多了吧？我也是买的irobot机器人，每次放它打扫的时候都要先清理地面障碍物…比如把垃圾桶风扇衣帽架等等可移动的都拿走、把餐椅举起倒扣在餐桌上、电线什么的都是绑好悬空以防绊到机器人……这样的话机器人扫得还挺顺利，不会卡住傻掉。
其实换做我亲自扫地的话，把场子清理开也会更容易打扫，这么想的话我就不嫌我家的机器人傻了*_* -
#30
我家的880也很傻。。经常回不去，坚持清扫一个屋子。。
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#31
只起30%吗？
整个关于水费和卫生费的账单，恐怕是不止哦。
有图有真相。看看used water涨了多少。涨的30%只是portable water的。
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#32
如果用水多涨幅就超过30%啦。
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#33
除了一天只拖地一次其他的我家也是啊， 而且我家现在5个大人一个孩子。水费并没有很吓人呢。
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#34
你这个电费该很高吧每天给机器人充电的话。
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#35
给你个建议家里水总闸门关30%，你一个月下来水费至少可省20%
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#36
层主家里一定是一尘不染的
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#37
默默的看了看上个月的水单才8块多。。。
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#38
以后都要在gym洗澡了我已然有时候因为早晚懒得洗头，会午餐时间去公司旁边的gym洗澡。现在更可以督促自己每天去gym运动了~哈哈哈
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#39
好奇1吨水的鱼缸什么样子能给张相片看一下吗？
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sonatam 楼主#40
17年来首次，水价要起30%Water prices to increase by 30% from July 1 in two phases
Published 1 hour ago
Updated 9 min ago
Email
Chew Hui Min
SINGAPORE - Water prices will increase for the first time in 17 years, Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat said on Monday (Feb 20).
Including taxes, the prices will go up by 30 per cent in two phases. The first hike will be from July 1 this year, and the second from July 1 next year.
But lower and middle income households will get help to manage the increase.
"Water prices were last revised in 2000, almost 20 years ago. We need to update our water prices to reflect the latest costs of water supply," Mr Heng said in the 2017 Budget speech in Parliament.
There will also be a water conservation tax of 10 per cent on Newater for business users.
In addition, a sanitary appliance fee and waterborne fee will be restructured to become a single volume-based fee.
Households using more water, that is above 40 cubic m, will be charged a higher rate to discourage water wastage.
The increase will be less than $25 per month for three-quarters of businesses, and less than $18 for three quarters of
But after subsidies, 75 per cent of HDB households should see an increase of less than $12 a month in their water bills.
Households in one-room and two-room flats will not see any increase in their bills, Mr Heng said.
They will be receiving U-Save rebates of up to $380 for the year, an increase of $120 from $260. Three-room flat households will get an increase of $100 in U-Save rebates, four-room flats an increase of $80 and five-room flats $60.
Executive and multi-generational flat households will get $40 more. These increases are permanent and will cost an additional $71 million a year. About 880,000 HDB households will benefit.
The price increase will go towards maintaining Singapore's water infrastructure, and more expensive sources of water such as desalination.
With more unpredictable weather patterns, water levels at the Linggiu Reservoir in Johor have been falling. It supplies about 60 per cent of Singapore's water needs.
Singapore has invested in desalination and Newater plants which are "costly but necessary" investments, Mr Heng said.
Singapore now uses 430 million gallons of water a day, with the domestic sector accounting for 45 per cent, and the non-domestic sector, the rest.
Water demand is expected to more than double by 2060.
The country gets water from four National Taps - Newater, water from local catchment areas, desalination and imported water.
Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Masagos Zulkifli said in a Facebook post that the price increase was necessary to meet future demand and strengthen water security
"Rising costs of resources and the use of more complex development approaches have exerted upward pressure on the costs of producing and delivering water," he wrote.
The tariffs for domestic potable water, which are calculated monthly, stand at $1.17 per cubic m for the first 40 cubic me and $1.40 per cubic m thereafter, excluding taxes.
This will go up to $1.19 for the first 40 cubic m and $1.46 per cubic m thereafter from July 1, 2017.
Prices will be $1.21 and $1.52 respectively from July 1, 2018, excluding taxes.
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