Car-wash services, hotels and restaurants will pay wasterwater fee higher in the coming time according to a draft proposed by the Ministry of Finance.— File Photo
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - The Ministry ofFinance has proposed increasing fees for wastewater discharged by carwashes,hotels and restaurants.
The proposal was part of a draft onenvironmental protection fees that will replace Decree 154/2016/ND-CP.
The fee is planned to be equivalent to 15 percentof the water price (VAT excluded), compared to 10 percent as previous.
Decree 154’s Article 6 regulated the wastewaterfee was 1.5 million VND per year for production and processing workshopsdesigned with wastewater capacity less than 20cu.m per day.
The implementation of the Decree 154 since 2016showed that workshops with the same designed capacity for wastewater dischargehad different production or processes, meaning the volume of dischargedwastewater was also different.
For example, mechanical and garment facilitieshad a small amount of wastewater, less than 5 cu.m per day while they had topay the same fee of 1.5 million VND (65 USD) a year.
According to the Decree 154, carwash services,restaurants and hotels owners paid the same wastewater fees as households.
The wastewater at production workshops had ahigher level of environmental pollution compared with households.
So the Ministry of Finance has proposed localauthorities decide the fee for motorbike-car wash services, hotels andrestaurants depending on wastewater discharge volumes.
This draft is receiving the attention of publicopinion, especially those directly affected: owners of restaurants, hotels andcar-wash services.
Nguyen Dung, a restaurant owner in Cau Giay district,Hanoi said: “We have options to deal with this price increase. Currently, therestaurant does not increase prices, however, with the current economicsituation, we also have to increase according to the market.”-VNS/VNA
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Car-wash services, hotels and restaurants will pay wasterwater fee higher in the coming time according to a draft proposed by the Ministry of Finance.— File Photo
