Notice of the Minister of Water Supply on Water Tariffs

I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2022.08.25 Part I : Sec. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA -25.08.2022 1A This Gazette Extraordinary can be downloaded from www.documents.gov.lk Government Notifications w;s úfYI wxl 2294$51 - 2022 wf.daia;= ui 25 jeks n%yiam;skaod - 2022.08.25 No. 2294/51 - thursDAY, August 25, 2022 EXTRAORDINARY The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Published by Authority) PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Y%S ,xld m%cd;dka;%sl iudcjd§ ckrcfha .eiÜ m;%h 1A- g 37338 - 11 (08/2022) NATIONAL WATER SUPPLY AND DRAINAGE BOARD LAW, No. 2 OF 1974 Notice under Section 84 NOtICE is hereby given in terms of section 84 of the National Water supply and Drainage Board Law No. 02 of 1974 that the following tariffs will be charged with effect from the 01st day of september 2022, from all the consumers supplied with water from the water supply schemes of the National Water supply and Drainage Board. this notice replaces the notice appearing in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 1776/13 dated 18th september, 2012 in respect of the water tariffs with effect from the 01st day of October 2012 and applicable to all consumers who are supplied water by the National Water supply and Drainage Board. Keheliya RambuKwella, Minister of Water supply. Ministry of Water supply, Battaramulla. 25th of August, 2022. I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2022.08.25 Part I : Sec. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 25.08.2022 2A Monthly water bill of any premises includes, in addition to the water charges, monthly service charges, Other Charges and applicable taxes. Water bill generally displays only the total monthly charge and if necessary consumer can request the water bill with separate VAt/sVAt Invoices with prior registration with the National Water supply and Drainage Board. All consumers are categorized as per following table for easy identification and adoption of different tariffs. Note :- One Unit shall be defined as one cubic meter. (1,000 LITRES) Consumer Category Group Type of premises included Customer Tariff No. & Tariff Proposed Table Domestic - samurdhi recipients Water provided to households of samurdhi recipients for domestic purposes.  20-Domestic samurdhi  24-tenaman samurdhi tariff table 01 Domestic other than samurdhi recipients & tenement garden Water provided to households, Other than those of samurdhi recipients & tenement garden  10-Domestic  11-Board Quarters  13-govt Quarters  16-Board Quarters - Ambatale  18-Condominium  19-Embassy residence Domestic Non VAt tariff table 02 tenement & gardens Water provided to tenement gardens & uDA resettlement houses  14-tenaman garden  17-re-settlement Condominium uDA tariff table 03 Public stand Posts and garden taps Water provided through Public stand Posts and garden taps  51-stand Posts  52-garden taps  53-stand Post (C.s.) tariff table 04 schools, religious & Charitable Institutions Water provided to essential purpose of schools, Assisted schools, religious and Approved Charitable Institutions.  12-schools  15-Assisted schools  81-religious  85-Other Nonprofit Organizations tariff table 05 government Institution & Industries Other than sME Water provided to government Institutions & Industrial which are not categorized under small and Medium Enterprises( Non sME)  60-govt. Institution  61-Army  62-Police  64-Premises of Local Authority  73-Industries ( Non sME) tariff table 06 government hospitals Water provided to government hospitals  63-hospitals tariff table 07 small & Medium Industries Water provided to sME Industries  75-small & Medium Industries (under sME) tariff table 08 I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2022.08.25 Part I : Sec. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA -25.08.2022 3A Consumer Category Group Type of premises included Customer Tariff No. & Tariff Proposed Table Commercial Institutes Water provided to sOE, Commercial Premises, tourist hotels/guest houses, Other Commercial and Private Institutions, Commercial Non VAt institutions, NWsDB Premises and Bowser supply  65-sOE  70-Commercial Institutes  71-tourist/guest  80-Other Commercial and Private Institutions  79-Embassy Premises Commercial Non VAt  82-NWsDB premises  77- Mixed Developments  98-Bowser tariff table 09 Port & shipping supply of water to ships calling, over at Ports / harbours & Port City  72-shipping  78-Port City tariff table 10 BOI Approved Industries Water provided to BOI Approved Institutions  74-BOI Approved Industries tariff table 11 Bulk supply Bulk supply of water to Local Authorities & CBO's  90-Bulk (L.A.)  91-Bulk (C.B.O.) tariff table 12 TARIFF TABLES FOR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF WATER SUPPLY TABLE 01 tariff For Domestic - samurdhi recipients No. of units Usage Charge Rs./Unit Monthly Service Charge Rs. 00-05 5.00 100.00 06-10 10.00 100.00 11-15 15.00 100.00 16-20 40.00 100.00 21-25 58.00 100.00 26-30 88.00 200.00 31-40 105.00 400.00 41-50 120.00 650.00 51-75 130.00 1,000.00 Over 75 140.00 1,600.00 I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2022.08.25 Part I : Sec. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 25.08.2022 4A TABLE 02 Tariff For Domestic Other Than Samurdhi Recipients & Tenement Garden No. of units Usage Charge Rs./Unit Monthly Service Charge Rs. 00-05 20.00 300.00 06-10 27.00 300.00 11-15 34.00 300.00 16-20 68.00 300.00 21-25 99.00 300.00 26-30 150.00 900.00 31-40 179.00 900.00 41-50 204.00 2,400.00 51-75 221.00 2,400.00 Over 75 238.00 3,500.00 TABLE 03 Tariff For Non Samurdhi Tenement Garden No. of units Usage Charge Rs./Unit Monthly Service Charge Rs. 00-05 08.00 100.00 06-10 11.00 100.00 11-15 20.00 100.00 16-20 40.00 100.00 21-25 58.00 100.00 26-30 88.00 200.00 31-40 105.00 400.00 41-50 120.00 650.00 51-75 130.00 1,000.00 Over 75 140.00 1,600.00 I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2022.08.25 Part I : Sec. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA -25.08.2022 5A TABLE 04 Tariff For Public Stand Posts And Garden Taps No. of units Usage Charge Rs./Unit Monthly Service Charge Rs. 00 - 25 15.00 300.00 26 - 50 15.00 500.00 51 - 100 15.00 1,000.00 101 - 200 15.00 1,600.00 Over 200 15.00 2,500.00 TABLE 05 Tariff For Schools, Assisted Schools, Religious and approved Charitable Institutions No. of units Usage Charge Rs./Unit Monthly Service Charge Rs. 00 - 05 6.00 50.00 06 - 10 6.00 65.00 11 - 15 6.00 70.00 16 - 20 6.00 80.00 21 - 25 6.00 100.00 26 - 30 6.00 200.00 31 - 40 6.00 400.00 41 - 50 16.00 650.00 51 - 75 16.00 1,000.00 Over 75 16.00 1,600.00 TABLE 06 Tariff For Government Institutions & Industrial which are not categorized under Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) No. of units Usage Charge Rs./Unit Monthly Service Charge Rs. 00-25 82.00 300.00 I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2022.08.25 Part I : Sec. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 25.08.2022 6A No. of units Usage Charge Rs./Unit Monthly Service Charge Rs. 26-50 82.00 550.00 51-75 82.00 1,100.00 76-100 82.00 1,100.00 101-200 82.00 1,760.00 201-500 82.00 2,750.00 501-1,000 82.00 4,400.00 1,001-2,000 82.00 8,250.00 2,001-4,000 82.00 13,750.00 4,001-10,000 82.00 27,500.00 10,001-20,000 82.00 55,000.00 Over 20,000 82.00 110,000.00 TABLE 07 Tariff For Government Hospitals No. of units Usage Charge Rs./Unit Monthly Service Charge Rs. 00-25 69.00 300.00 26-50 69.00 500.00 51-75 69.00 1,000.00 76-100 69.00 1,000.00 101-200 69.00 1,600.00 201-500 69.00 2,500.00 501-1,000 69.00 4,000.00 1,001-2,000 69.00 7,500.00 2,001-4,000 69.00 12,500.00 4,001-10,000 69.00 25,000.00 10,001-20,000 69.00 50,000.00 Over 20,000 69.00 100,000.00 I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2022.08.25 Part I : Sec. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA -25.08.2022 7A TABLE 08 Tariff for Under SME Industries No. of units Usage Charge Rs./Unit Monthly Service Charge Rs. 00-25 78.00 300.00 26-50 78.00 525.00 51-75 78.00 1,050.00 76-100 78.00 1,050.00 101-200 78.00 1,680.00 201-500 78.00 2,625.00 501-1,000 78.00 4,200.00 1,001-2,000 78.00 7,875.00 2,001-4,000 78.00 13,125.00 4,001-10,000 78.00 26,250.00 10,001-20,000 78.00 52,500.00 Over 20,000 78.00 105,000.00 TABLE 09 Tariff For SOE, Commercial Premises, Tourist Hotels/Guest Houses, Other Commercial And Private Institutions, Commercial Non Vat Institutions, NWSDB Premises, Mixed Developments And Bowser Supply No. of units usage Charge rs./unit Monthly service Charge rs. 00-25 116.00 300.00 26-50 116.00 575.00 51-75 116.00 1,150.00 76-100 116.00 1,150.00 101-200 116.00 1,840.00 201-500 116.00 2,875.00 501-1,000 116.00 4,600.00 I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2022.08.25 Part I : Sec. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 25.08.2022 8A No. of units usage Charge rs./unit Monthly service Charge rs. 1,001-2,000 116.00 8,625.00 2,001-4,000 116.00 14,375.00 4,001-10,000 116.00 28,750.00 10,001-20,000 116.00 57,500.00 Over 20,000 116.00 115,000.00 TABLE 10 Tariff For Ports City & Shipping No. of units usage Charge rs./unit Monthly service Charge rs. 00-25 670.00 300.00 26-50 670.00 600.00 51-75 670.00 1,200.00 76-100 670.00 1,200.00 101-200 670.00 1,920.00 201-500 670.00 3,000.00 501-1,000 670.00 4,800.00 1,001-2,000 670.00 9,000.00 2,001-4,000 670.00 15,000.00 4,001-10,000 670.00 30,000.00 10,001-20,000 670.00 60,000.00 Over 20,000 670.00 120,000.00 TABLE 11 Tariff For BOI Approved Institutions No. of units Usage Charge Rs./Unit Monthly Service Charge Rs. 00-25 85.00 300.00 I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2022.08.25 Part I : Sec. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA -25.08.2022 9A No. of units Usage Charge Rs./Unit Monthly Service Charge Rs. 26-50 85.00 575.00 51-75 85.00 1,150.00 76-100 85.00 1,150.00 101-200 85.00 1,840.00 201-500 85.00 2,875.00 501-1,000 85.00 4,600.00 1,001-2,000 85.00 8,625.00 2,001-4,000 85.00 14,375.00 4,001-10,000 85.00 28,750.00 10,001-20,000 85.00 57,500.00 Over 20,000 85.00 115,000.00 TABLE 12 Tariff For Bulk supply of water to Local Authorities & CBO's No. of units Usage Charge Rs./Unit Monthly Service Charge Rs. 00-25 30.00 300.00 26-50 30.00 550.00 51-75 30.00 1,100.00 76-100 30.00 1,100.00 101-200 30.00 1,760.00 201-500 30.00 2,750.00 501-1,000 30.00 4,400.00 1,001-2,000 30.00 8,250.00 2,001-4,000 30.00 13,750.00 4,001-10,000 30.00 27,500.00 10,001-20,000 30.00 55,000.00 Over 20,000 30.00 110,000.00 I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2022.08.25 Part I : Sec. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 25.08.2022 10A Miscellaneous Charges and Conditions 1. New service Connections: the cost of providing a new service connection will be levied from the consumer. 2. Customers who do not use water at all during a particular month are charged at minimum monthly service charge and VAt Amount. 3. If a meter is found to be out of order or if it is removed for repairs or calibration, the consumption, of water during the time that the meter is not available to record consumption, shall be calculated according to the average rate of daily consumption obtained during any three no’s of successive readings without immediate month preceding the removal of meter or the meter becoming defective. 4. testing of water meters at the request of consumers: the fee for testing of water meters at the request of the consumers shall be determined by the general Manager of the National Water supply and Drainage Board, based on costs incurred for the testing of such meter. If on testing such meter it is proved that the meter had been over/under registering by more than 02% of the correct consumption, this fee will be refunded and bill(s) should be revised based on complaint date. 5. Incentive for prompt Payment: Consumers paying their water bills within 14 working days from the date of issue of the bill will be given a rebate of 01.5% (Or amount determined periodically by the general Manager of the National Water supply and Drainage Board) on the value of the bill. Arrangements are available for consumers to deposit money with the Board in advance to meet the cost of water bills. 6. surcharge for delay in Payment: Consumers are expected to pay bills, within a period of 14 days. If consumers fails to settle the water bill within a period of 30 days from the date of issuing a bill, an additional charge of 02.5% (Or amount determined periodically by the general Manager of the National Water supply and Drainage Board) on the value of the bill per month on the balance outstanding shall be made from the date the bill was issued. 7. Disconnection of service connections: the general Manager of the National Water supply and Drainage Board shall have the power to disconnect the service connection of consumers, whose bills are in arrears for a period of more than 30 days. 8. re-Connection Fee: the fee for re-connecting the supply, after the service has been disconnected, shall be determined by the general Manager of the National Water supply and Drainage Board, based on the costs incurred for such re-connection. 9. Bowser charge excludes costs incurred for transport and other overheads, which would be recovered on the basis of actual and service charges in table No. 09 are not be applied for bowser supply. 10. A customer who is not registered for e-billing shall pay an amount determined periodically by the general Manager of the National Water supply and Drainage Board for the "Environmental Conservation Fund". I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2022.08.25 Part I : Sec. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA -25.08.2022 11A 11. If any officer/employee who authorized by the General Manager of the National Water Supply and Drainage Board visits to the customer house and collects the water bill fee, customer shall pay a “convenience fee” determined periodically by the general Manager of the National Water supply and Drainage Board. 12. Electricity bill and any other costs that are presently borne by the National Water supply and Drainage Board on secondary pumping systems that were developed by the government organizations, say National housing Development Authority, urban Development Authority, etc. to supply water to occupants of housing schemes shall be fully paid to National Water supply and Drainage Board by the occupants of the particular housing scheme in addition to the water tariff. 13. Violation of regulations: If any regulation, under which the water supply has been provided, is violated by any consumer, action will be taken under the relevant provisions of the National Water supply and Drainage Board Law No. 02 of 1974, the National Water supply and Drainage Board (Amendment) Act, No. 13 of 1992 or any other subsequent amendment to the legislation. EOg 08 - 0251 PRINTED AT THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, SRI LANKA.