CDO water utility seeks 68-percent tariff hike

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Cagayan de Oro City Water District (COWD), the country’s first public water utility, is seeking a 68-percent increase in its tariff to help fund its investment requirements.

Based on its petition with the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA), COWD plans to increase the water tariff in two tranches; first, ...