To Tatou Vai said today that some village community centres or meeting houses have been receiving invoices for water usage that are high and this has led to complaints.
This high water usage arises from some water stations maintained by To Tatou Vai and managed by volunteers being on the same connection as the community centres or meeting houses themselves.
The CEO of TTV, Apii Timoti, confirmed it was never intended the stations maintained by TTV to ensure potable water was available to residents without charge would then be a burden on the establishments where they are located.
Mr. Timoti said there are 21 water stations and 3 of them are separately metered. No one is charged and the purpose of the meter is to monitor usage. The project to separately meter has begun and the separate metering of all 21 water meters will be completed before the end of the month.
In the meantime, Mr. Timoti asks those responsible for the invoices given to community centres and meeting houses not to pay them as TTV will be issuing a credit on those invoices up to the date the water station is taken off their meter.