Every year, the Togolese State could get nearly CFA670 million from fees collected on water extraction activities. The calculation was made by the ministry of water and rural hydraulics.
The fees would be collected from parties using the water for industrial purposes: sachet and bottled-water makers, agro-food, mining, extractive, manufacturing industries, cement plant, and agroindustries.
A decree issued on May 18, 2021, by the ministry of hydraulics, sets the modalities for the calculation, rates, and the mode of collection (of the fee).
In 2010, Togo adopted a regulation on water. The goal of this code was to preserve water resources, from being overused and polluted. Under article 143, this code instituted the application of user-pays and polluter-pays principles, based on effluents’ volumes discharged.
The ministry behind the move said implementing this rule will allow modulating prices according to cross-subsidies while guaranteeing the poorest populations access to clean water, in sufficient quantity and quality.
