Executive Summary
- Dairy Spring Limited (DSL) is a limited liability company, which was incorporated in 2001. In 2002, the National Water Commission (NWC) in accordance with section 27 of the National Water Commission Act (NWC Act) issued the Dairy Spring Limited Water Supply Licence, 2002 to DSL. Following the expiration of its initial 10-year non-exclusive water supply licence, DSL applied for and was granted the Dairy Spring Limited Water Supply and Distribution Licence, 2018 (“the Licence”) on 2018 December 17 by the Minister of Economic Growth and Job Creation. The tenure of the company’s new Licence is for a period of twenty (20) years.
- On 2019 August 27, DSL submitted a Tariff Application (“Application”) to the OUR for an increase in its water rates. The current rates have been in effect since 2011 February 11. The proposal is for a 50% increase in water rates per 1000 litres to both its commercial and export customer categories. Table1.1 below shows the rates, which have been proposed by DSL.