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Sewerage Rates

Sewerage services in Malaysia are managed by Indah Water Konsortium Sdn. Bhd, which is wholly owned by the Minister of Finance Incorporated. The company operates in 87 local authorities except those in Kelantan, district of Johor Bahru, Pasir Gudang and KEJORA in Johor, Kelantan, Ketengah in Terengganu, Sabah and Sarawak.

Domestic Customers

Premises and Government quarters receiving connected sewerage services	RM8 (US$2.50) per month
Premises and Government quarters with individual septic tanks	RM6 (US$1.88) per month
Houses in village/new village/ or estates with individual septic tanks or receiving connected sewerage services	RM3 (US$0.94) per month
Low cost houses and Government quarters (in categories F,G,H and I as defined by the Government General Orders) with individual septic tanks or receiving connected sewerage services	RM2 (US$0.63) per month

Industrial Customers

Premises receiving connected sewerage services	RM2.50 (US$0.78) per head per month
Premises with individual septic tanks	RM2.00(US$0.63) per head per month

Commercial Customer

Monthly sewerage services charges for commercial premises is the sum of the Basic Charge based on the premises Annual Value and the Excess Charge based on average water consumption in excess of 100 meter cube (m³).

Annual Value of Property		Monthly charge for premises receiving connected sewerage services		Monthly charge for premises with individual septic tanks
RM	US$	RM	US$	RM	US$
2,000 or less	625 or less	8	3	7	2
2,001 - 5,000	625 -1,563	14	4	8	3
5,001 - 10,000	1,563 - 3,125	20	6	14	4
10,001 - 20,000	3,125 - 6,250	26	8	19	6
20,001 - 30,000	6,250 - 9,375	29	9	21	7
30,001 - 40,000	9,375 - 12,500	32	10	23	8
40,001 - 50,000	12,500 - 15,625	35	11	25	8
50,001 - 60,000	13,902 - 16,682	38	12	27	8
60,001 - 70,000	18,750 - 21,875	41	13	29	9
70,001 - 80,000	21,875 - 25,000	44	14	31	10
80,001 - 90,000	25,000 - 28,125	47	15	33	10
90,001 - 100,000	28,125 - 31,250	50	16	35	11
100,001 - 200,000	31,250 - 62,500	180	56	120	38
200,001 - 400,000	62,500 - 125,000	495	155	330	103
400,001 - 600,000	125,000 - 187,500	522	163	348	109
600,001 - 800,000	187,500 - 250,000	1,980	619	1,320	413
800,001 - 1,000,000	250,000 - 312,500	2,160	675	1,440	450
1,000,001 - 3,000,000	312,500 - 937,500	4,320	1,350	2,880	900
3,000,001 - 5,000,000	937,500 -1,562,500	8,800	2,750	5,400	1,875
5,000,001 - 7,000,000	1,562,500 - 2,187,500	9,200	2,875	6,000	1,875
More than 7,000,000	More than 2,187,500	9,600	3,000	6,600	2,063

 

Monthly Excess Charge
Water Usage	Excess Charge
Up to 100 m³	No charge
More than 100 m³	30 sen (US$0.094) per m³
More than 200 m³	45 sen (US$0.078) per m³

The excess charges are subject to an annual revision based on the water consumption data for the previous year obtained from the Water Authority.

Source: Indah Water Konsortium Sdn Bhd - www.iwk.com.my

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