ArmInfo. Single operator of Armenia's water supply Veolia Djur company will consider the proposal of the Ministry of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources of Armenia on revising the tariff on drinking water for socially vulnerable inhabitants of the country.
According to the press service of the Ministry of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources of Armenia, this issue was the subject of discussions on June 19 between Minister Artur Grigoryan and France-based Veolia Company Director for Caucasus and Central Asia Malika Ghendouri. During the meeting, the prospective programs of the "Veolia Djur" company were also discussed. The sides expressed their readiness to continue cooperation, aimed at providing the population with qualitative water supply, improving water supply programs, and monitoring the results with the help of audit programs.
To recall, starting from January 1, 2018 the Public Services Regulatory Commission of Armenia increased the water tariff in Armenia from 180 drams to 191,414 drams per 1 cubic meter. Of these, the tariff for water supply was 162.702 drams, and for drainage (water purification) - 28.712 drams. Tariffs for water under a lease agreement with Veolia, for the second year of its operation, should be adjusted depending on the electricity tariff, the inflation rate, and the volumes of retail supplies in the water supply sector. Based on the results of the PSRC monitoring, as well as taking into account the losses in the network, the planned consumption for the year 2018 of 116.2 million cubic meters, as well as changes in the electricity tariff and exchange rates, the water tariff was set at 191.4 drama. The tariff for the supply of wholesale drinking water services and drainage amounted to 57,423 drams per cubic meter against the previous 47,853 drams. The tariff for the drainage of underground waters of the "Yerevan Metro named after Karen Demirchyan" CJSC amounted to 11,114 AMD per cubic meter.
