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No water meter: House owner compounded RM3,000
Published on: Sunday, May 28, 2017
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Tawau: A rented house at Batu 2, Jalan Saddani was discovered to have not been using a water meter by the Water Department on Friday.District Water Engineer, Ishar Sulaiman Ismail, said a team of their enforcement personnel arrived at the location to carry out water disconnection operations at 10am.

"We also compounded the 46-year-old house owner RM3,000 for failing to make the connection of water to the house legal," he said.

According to him, the compound is in accordance to provisions under Section 49(b) of the Water Supply Enactment 2003.

The operation this time, he said, was focused on getting to illegal connections in the housing estates areas here.

Hence, he reminded all consumers to comply with the Water Supply Enactment 2003 or face heavy fines if found guilty.

Ishar also called for the cooperation of the public to report to the police on any theft or water leaks to the Tawau Water Department Hotline number (019 535 4600). - Lagatah Toyos





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