Here are some few lawmakers who had confronted the water service concessionaries for gaining and collecting such questionable fees from it’s both residential and commercial subscribers. When, in fact there is no basis for changing the current amounts.
Written by the CNN Philippines just this day November 26, that it was known that Representative Lito Atienza of the Buhay Party List that the concerns for the invironmental fee has been talked and tackled about. Especially the fees charged by Maynilad Water Services Inc. and Manila Water Co. from us.
It has also been stated by Maynilad that, he environmental charge is collected by water companies to cover the expenses for the desludging of septic tanks and other matters related to environmental cleaning.
However it has been reported by the Supreme Court to Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in 1998 to work for the restoration of Manila Bay.