OREANDA-NEWS. On 1 August 2008 was announced, that AS Tallinna Vesi submitted an application to Tallinn City Government to increase the water and wastewater tariffs by 13.4%. Tallinn City Government is required to approve new tariffs by September 30th, 2008.

Changes in water and wastewater tariffs have been agreed with Tallinn City Government already in 2002. The change in tariffs is based on the formula, which takes into consideration the consumer price index (CPI) of the current year and the volume of investments planned for 2002-2010. The new tariff comprises of 2% investment coefficient and 11.4% CPI.

The new water and wastewater tariffs will be approved by Tallinn City Government and will be applied from 1st January 2009.