{"id":56603,"date":"2024-01-13T18:54:26","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T18:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/lilongwe-water-board-angers-customers-with-k8500-sewage-fee"},"modified":"2024-01-13T19:30:45","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T19:30:45","slug":"lilongwe-water-board-angers-customers-with-k8500-sewage-fee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/lilongwe-water-board-angers-customers-with-k8500-sewage-fee","title":{"rendered":"Lilongwe Water Board angers customers with K8,500 sewage fee"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) has come under fire from its customers after introducing K8,500 fee as sewer service charge. Customers have bashed the board for the fee, describing it as high and exploitative.<\/p>\n

LWB together with Lilongwe City Council (LCC) is implementing Lilongwe Water and Sanitation Project (LWSP), a World Bank funded project focusing on implementation of sanitation improvements in Lilongwe City.<\/p>\n

As part of the project, the two organisations conducted free sewer connection in some areas of Lilongwe such as Area 47 sector 3 and 4, Area 1 (Falls) and Area 49 Old and New Gulliver.<\/p>\n

Houses connected to the sewer lines no longer use septic tanks to dispose sewage but the sewage is being carried away from homes by the LWB sewer lines.<\/p>\n

Recently, LWB has been sending messages to customers telling them that the board has taken over sewer services management from LCC effective 1 October, 2023 and that customers will be charged for sewer services.<\/p>\n

\u201cSewer service charges will be added to your bill from this 1 Nov. Residential customers\u2019 fee is K8,500, while for Commercial and institutional Customers it\u2019s 35% of the water bill,\u201d reads part o the message.<\/p>\n

The board has clarified that the fee only applies to customers connected to sewer lines. However, customers living in areas connected to sewer lines have complained that they are being charged the sewer fees even though their houses are not connected to the sewer lines.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo Lilongwe Water Board has added a monthly sewer charge to the monthly bills, 8500 is a lot to be collecting from an individual.. It\u2019s not as if you clean these pipes everyday, I for one been having dirty water the whole of this month..<\/p>\n

\u201cTimes are hard already..revisit your charges this is too much aaaah..so in a year on top of my water bills I will be giving this corporation a 102000..kuba uku (this is theft) Lilongwe Water Board,\u201d said one person on social media who added that his house is not connected to the LWB sewer line.<\/p>\n

Commenting on LWB Facebook page, one Facebook user described the charge as daylight robbery. \u201cOur monthly water consumption is less the sewer services charges, the amount is way way higher. Manyi Ake omwewa kudulitsa chonchi? Muziyenda door to door kuzapopa or what?\u201d she commented.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow do you justify charging everyone the same fee when usage is different from house to house? My water bill barely even hits K7000,\u201d another person said.<\/p>\n

Posting on X, journalist Chachacha Munthali wrote: \u201cOn another day, in another context, I would describe this as bullshit, but since this is polite company I will resist that temptation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many customers have also faulted the board for not raising awareness about the sewer line charge before introducing it. LWB prepaid customers looking to buy tokens for prepaid water this month have been caught unawares as they are not being given valid tokens until they pay K8,500 for the sewer lines.<\/p>\n

\u201cI bought water worth K2000 yesterday but the token did not work. I have been told that I have to first pay K8,500 before I can be able to buy water,\u201d one customer said. Meanwhile, the board is yet to respond to the issues.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Malawi. Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) has come under fire from its customers after introducing K8,500 fee as sewer service charge. Customers have bashed the board for the fee, describing it as high and exploitative. 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