Higher water tariff mulled

Filepic of a worker using water to hose down some plastic containers at a shop in Penang.

PENANGITES will have to pay more for water soon to deter them from wasting water especially in light of the drought problem, said Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng.

He said the move was necessary as the soft approach to educate the public to reduce their water consumption all these years had failed.