Jumapam Requests Rate Rise Between 20 to 83 Percent

by Maureen Dietrich
20 Feb 15
mazmessenger.com
 

Rigoberto Félix Díaz says new tariffs are fairer.

With the proposal sent by Mazatlán’s water department (Jumapam) to the State Legislature last week to increase water rates from between 20 and 83 percent, the department would garner an additional 100 million pesos annually above the 300 million it presently collects.

If approved, the proposal which has gone through its first reading in congress would allow for repairs and renovation of the municipality’s drainage system said Jumapam Manager Rigoberto Eélix Díaz.

The proposal divides water taxes into three different categories and would be a “fairer” distribution of payment for water users who all presently pay the same rate throughout the municipality. The idea, said Félix Díaz, is for people who live in residential zones, which represent 14 percent of users, pay the maximum 83 percent increase or 35 pesos more.

It is unfair, he stated, that a home in El Cid pays the same minimum rate as one in Colonia Villa Tutuli.

The proposed rate hike for domestic users which represents 40 percent of the tax base is 20 percent or eight pesos.

The intermediate tariff which will be applied to homes valued between 500,000 and one million pesos will increase 35 percent or 14 pesos.

Commercial establishments and industries will see their tariffs increase from 119 to 143 pesos monthly.

Proposed rates are for the minimum of 13 cubic meters of water supply and do not include the 45 percent charge for drainage and sewage treatment.

(from Noroeste)