Residential consumers in Chisinau will pay 18.62 lei/m³ for water and sewerage
IPN,
18 March 2025 12:40
The services provided by "Apă-Canal Chișinău" grew more expensive. Residential consumers will pay 12.99 lei/m³ for water supply, by 2.2 lei/m³ more than before, and 5.63 lei/m³ for sewerage services, up from the current charge of 4.17 lei/m³, IPN reports.The new charges were approved at Tuesday's meeting of the National Agency for Energy Regulation (N
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