Group asks court to resolve water rate petition

An urban poor consumer group on Friday asked the arbitration body to resolve the decision of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) disallowing the water rate petition of the two water concessionaires to cover their expenses in the past five years.

Raymund Timbol, co-convenor of the Coalition of Filipino Consumers (CFC) an umbrella organization of five urban poor groups, says the arbitration body must quickly resolve the issue because it might affect the operations of water concessionaires, which depend only on rates charged directly to their consumers.