Okinawa's Haebaru and Yaese towns mistakenly collected 44.65 million yen in water bills; 6,625 cases of double deductions, up to 1.44 million yen per case

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Okinawa's Haebaru and Yaese towns mistakenly collected 44.65 million yen in water bills; 6,625 cases of double deductions, up to 1.44 million yen per case

The Nanbu Waterworks Corporation (President: Masamitsu Kinjo), which is responsible for the water supply business in the towns of Haebaru and Yaese in Okinawa Prefecture, announced on the 21st that it had made double withdrawals from water bills for 6,625 account transfer contracts, resulting in the mis-collection of a total of 44,659,055 yen. The double withdrawals were for water and sewerage charges for January, and were refunded by the 17th o…