Translated from Tharros:

Following the decision of the Board of Directors of the DEYA Kalamata, at the center of yesterday’s meeting of the Municipal Committee The costing-pricing study of water services and the new pricing policy of the municipal enterprise. An issue that flared up, such as discussions and critiques of costs, priorities and social footprint of decisions.

According to the proposal of the majority, it was submitted Proposal for an increase of 2 euros per quarter – about 7% – in tariffs Water supply.

The “necessity” of the increase, as noted, is attributed to the skyrocketing energy costs, the water scarcity that burdens the and the Municipality of Kalamata with increased needs for drilling, but also in the overall increase in operating expenses.

It was also recalled that the last tariff readjustment of DEYAK took place in 2015, while all these years the company absorbed the increases in energy, materials, equipment and fuel entirely.

For its part, the minority voted against the proposal, leaving spikes for the management of the municipal enterprise. Such as argued, instead of increases, reductions should be considered, citing – inter alia- that the equity of the Municipal Enterprise, in the budget of 2026, exceed 7,500,000 euros.

In addition, the fact that in addition to the price of water per cubic metre, in the invoice “participate” the fixed fee, the VAT, the cultural fee and the sewerage fee.

On the part of the “People’s Rally”, the municipal councilor and member of the Municipal Committee, Christina Kantzilieri, commented that with the creation of the Regulatory Authority for Waste, Energy and Water (RAAEY), but also the bill for the mergers of DEYA, was… The above development is natural, since the government aims at privatization and commercialization of the public social good of water and the full concession of water of its management to private individuals.

In fact, he stressed that the risks from the assignment of the public water service to companies that will be able to They operate according to the rules of the market, as did electricity. The pricing will be shaped according to use, reciprocity and profit for investors. The cost of restoring infrastructure or modernising it networks will be passed on to consumers. The cost-benefit logic, according to the way in which the market operates, will only have a negative impact on the quality of drinking water, with all that this implies for Public Health.

The last act for the validity of the decision will be its discussion and approval by the Municipal Council.