Homeowners reject water price hike

Not a single household in a survey of 250 from 21 communities in Haidian district agrees with a government proposal to immediately raise the price of water by 0.90 yuan to 4.60 yuan per cu m next year.

The survey was conducted ahead of a public hearing which will take place on Dec 16 to hear the municipal government's water hike plan, as well as the alternative of raising the price by 0.30 yuan per cu m every year for the following three years.

Zhu Yufeng, head of the Jinkou neighborhood committee in Haidian district, brought the results of her independent survey to a non-public hearing on water prices on Tuesday.