A housing developer has earned the wrath of the authority when it failed to install water meters to house buyers who have paid for the deposit for the meter.

The developer was compounded a hefty RM12,000 for their failure to do so, said district water engineer Ishar Hamka Ismail.

According to him, a water enforcement team visited the new residential area at Jalan Ranggu and discovered that there were no water meters installed despite records showing that the homeowners have paid for it.

"The 57-year-old developer was compounded RM12,000 under Section 49 (b) of the Water Supply Enactment 2003" he said.

Ishar urged consumers to abide by the stated rules of the law.

He also sought the cooperation of the public to inform them of any illegal water connection in their areas or water pipe leakages.