Tenants of the Zetagradnje residential building in II Montenegrin Battalion Street in the Zagorič neighborhood of Podgorica claim that their water bills for the previous month are significantly higher compared to the summer period.
"The whole building has a problem. We got huge water bills. It turns out that each apartment, on average, used 30 to 40 cubic meters of water for October. It's just unrealistic," said one of the tenants, providing "Vijesti" with more of his bills.
He pointed out that his bill for September is slightly more than seven euros, which, as he explained, "matches the factual situation and real consumption for that month."
"However, our bill for October has tripled and it amounts to more than 21 euros. That is not clear to us. I deal with computers, and I notice great illogicalities. I do not understand this difference in the accounts. The bill for August was nine euros, which is okay, because it's summer, so I understand that consumption was higher," he said.
From Podgorica "Vodovod i kanalizacija", headed by Aleksandar Nišavić, they said that the Zetagradnja building in Ulica II Montenegrin battalion has three entrances, as well as that it has 190 apartments.
"In the records for all 190 apartments, we noticed that about 30 apartments have consumption that is ten cubic meters higher than the average. We have no reports of malfunctions at that address for the previous month," said Vodovod.
They advised the tenants of that residential building to check whether the consumption on the meter is "approximately the same as the consumption on the account".
"If the deviation is greater, the consumer is obliged to file a complaint and to investigate the reason for the increased consumption," said the Podgorica Waterworks.
The director of that company, in a guest appearance on the "Colors of the Morning" show, said last week that a cubic meter of water in Podgorica will be 1 percent more expensive, i.e. 41 cents per cubic meter, from January 15.
Thus, as he explained, the household water bill will be higher by one and a half to two euros on average. That price, Nišavić said, is aligned with the methodology and approved by the regulatory agency.
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