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The Mayor anticipates that this commitment of the government team will take this Friday the Board of Directors of Aguas de Murcia.

The measure will especially benefit Murcian families and households that carry an average consumption

The Mayor of Murcia, José Ballesta, today announced that the City Council will hold a fall in the price of water, thus fulfilling the commitment of the government team to lower this rate.

Thus, José Ballesta said that "the Board of Directors of Aguas de Murcia to be held this Friday will propose lower rates of water supply to all Murcia, a drop that especially benefit those households made an average consumption, which will favor directly to the Murcian families. "

"Water is a public service and, therefore, a company that is mainly public should not have benefits, but should revert directly to the citizens of the municipality and, through this way, and also to an improvement in the management and certain wage moderation, may be enforced very soon lowering the price of water, "the mayor.

The reduction of the public price of water depends on the consumption of cubic meters performed and "is one of the first performances of a study of adequacy of the rates that will make this year 2016," said the mayor, adding that "in the Council administration will renew the leadership of the company and will propose an audit ".

Thus, it will divide the current block of 0-20 cubic meters in two blocks (from 0 to 10 and 11 to 20) in order to focus the lowering of tariffs in the most representative consumers: Murcia households They are performing an average consumption.

In addition, the City will keep the bonuses to large families and retirees.

Support family savings and reduction of the tax burden

This commitment adds to the already materialized by the city of Murcia to support household savings and reduce the tax burden to Murcia homes, because this year the tax ordinance the City reduce property tax, eliminate the fee for a license to open and freeze other municipal taxes.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia