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OSE will reward users who consume less in the midst of the water crisis

OSE will reward users who consume less in the midst of the water crisis

The president of the state company, Raúl Montero, announced that a program of benefits will soon be implemented in the rates of “little spenders” to encourage responsible consumption.

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The National Administration of State Sanitary Works (OSE) will grant tariff benefits to those users who consume less water, as a measure to promote the responsible use of this resource in the midst of the water crisis that has the Uruguay.

This was announced by the president of OSE, Raul Montero, in statements to Informativo Sarandí: “We are going to reward those who spend less, we are going to discount them. We will have to implement it quickly,” she said.

Although he clarified that the state company cannot exempt fees on its own account since it is the Executive power who has the power to set the prices of services, did ensure that work on this alternative of benefits. The first announcement was given after the interpellation that Montero and the vice president of OSE, Susanna Montaner, they had yesterday in the Senate, in charge of the front Enrique Rubio.

According to the president of the water company, It is a prize for “little spenders”. “I spend less than 30% of the average that I spent in the last three months,” Montero exemplified, so OSE is going “to lower I don’t know what percentage: 40%, 30%, 20%, 50%.”

Likewise, Montero said that he would like to have announced it this Wednesday, but the interpellation together with the ministers of Atmosphere and Public health it took all day.

The problem is not money

During the radio interview, Montero also referred to Rubio’s comment during the interpellation about whether OSE confronted budget limits by the Executive Branch when making decisions regarding the water deficit. In this sense, the president of the state company assured that “It’s not that we’re not doing things because we don’t have money and we don’t have support”.

He also pointed out that from OSE there is no doubt that the “provisional dam” will be carried out in the Santa Lucia Riverunder the reservoir of Running Waters”. “We are not going to postpone something that we have to do quickly. OSE is not without money. OSE did well in the previous year, it did not go badly. OSE met its investment goal last year and was left with money in box. It’s not that we’re asking for alms,” he said. Even the public company “has the capacity to borrow in the short term as well”

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