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WATER RATE HIKE. People line up to fetch water from a tanker in this Feb. 8, 2022 photo while a pumping station in Barangay Bajumpandan, Dumaguete City, was being fixed. The Dumaguete City Water District has postponed a water rate hike due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Typhoon Odette onslaught, and rising fuel prices. (Photo courtesy of Metro Dumaguete Water) DUMAGUETE CITY - A scheduled water rates adjustment that will be effective here next month has been put on hold. Kate Young, spokesperson of Metro Dumaguete Water (MDW), told the Philippine News Agency on Monday that the Dumaguete City Water District (DCWD) has deferred the water rate hike to help the people who are still reeling from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, the onslaught of Typhoon Odette, and the current hike in fuel prices. MDW is a joint public-private venture between Metro Pacific Water and the DCWD, although the latter still has the authority over certain administrative matters, among other things, Young said. In a ....

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