Water and wastewater fees were increased in 2007. Rates for households were set at 0.14 to 0.18 (in larger cities) manat/m3 for households and 0.70 manat/ m3 for the remaining consumers, and 1.2 manat/m3 for consumers who use water as a raw material. Reportedly, in 2009 all companies and industries connected to the grid had meters, w'hile slightly over 50 per cent of the households connected had meters. In this way, the rate of fee collection from consumers increased in larger cities from 63.1 percent in 2006 to 71.7 percent in 2009.