Water fee losses hurt city revenue

Water fee losses hurt city revenue

BOGOR (JP): Many businessmen here have not obtained permits
for using groundwater, causing revenue losses in fees collected
by the administration, an official said on Saturday.

"It's because they are reluctant to process the permit which
has to be filed in Bandung," Hidayat Gandana, Bogor's Mining
Agency chief said.

He urged the West Java administration to transfer the permit
authorization to the Bogor office in a bid to properly list the
number of artesian well customers.

"We expect to gain about Rp 1.2 billion per year in fees from
the use of groundwater," Hidayat said. (24/edt)