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What Kim Kataguiri said about replace minimum water tariff with a tariff structure of fixed and variable components, without minimum consumption charges

Kim Kataguiri

Kim Kataguiri

July 8, 2026

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Kim Kataguiri: Mr. President, Members of the Chamber, this is a bill that aims, today, to eliminate the minimum water tariff and replace it with a basic tariff.

Kim Kataguiri: Today, if a person consumes, for example, 10 cubic meters of water, they will pay the same as someone who consumes zero, because it's as if you, Sergeant Fahur, walked into a bar and there was a 50 reais tab: the guy who consumed pays 50 reais, and the guy who didn't consume pays 50 reais as well.

What we want to do is the following — that's how the water tariff works today —: if you consumed nothing, you will pay for the chair you sat on, for the waiter who said "hi" to you, you will pay 15 reais; and the person who consumed will pay the 15 reais plus what they consumed.

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Kim Kataguiri: Basically, we are changing the structure to make tariffs fairer, especially for that consumer who ends up paying for others' consumption.

Kim Kataguiri: So, we move to the vote, Mr. President. "Rapporteur's Vote a) Assumptions of constitutionality, legality and legislative technique Regarding formal constitutionality, all aspects related to legislative competence, the legitimacy of parliamentary initiative and the appropriate instrument for addressing the matter were respected.

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details how the minimum tariff burdens those who consume less, explaining the current model.

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