Sewerage bills totalling RM750 million owed to Indah Water Konsortium Sdn Bhd (IWK), the national sewerage company owned by the Minister of Finance Incorporated, has yet to be settled by consumers nationwide.
Its chief executive officer Datuk Ir Abdul Kadir Mohd Din said that out of the total, RM450 million were arrears owed by domestic consumers while the balance were owed by commercial consumers.
"The sewerage bills had been in arrears since 1997," he told Bernama at the IWK Community Service Programme at Taman Debunga Wangi in Merlimau, here Thursday.
During the programme officiated by Melaka Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam, 10 units of IWK vehicles and machinery were involved in emptying septic tanks in the compounds of houses of worship in the Merlimau area.
Ir Abdul Kadir said each month about 80 per cent of consumers nationwide settled their sewerage bills while the unsettled sewerage bill increased from month to month.
He said, currently the operational cost for sewerage treatment in the country exceeded the payment made by consumers.
He said IWK was studying various methods, including on-line payment and periodical payment through credit cards to facilitate consumers in making payments.
Meanwhile, Mohd Ali said the government was building a sewerage treatment plant costing RM43 million in Alor Gajah to raise the capacity of the sewerage system in the state.
"The sewerage treatment plant is expected to be ready in June. Under the 10th Malaysia Plan, the government will build sewerage treatment plants in Balai Panjang and Batu Berendam," he said.- BERNAMA
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