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We hope that this culture would end soon after improving the ground water level and regular supply of the municipal tap water,” the apartment dweller said. The ground water problem would continue till good amount of rains are recieved in the city, mostly by end of this July,” said a senior ground water supply official said.Due to the water problems, many apartment dwellers are still collecting additional water charges for supplying water to the residents of the apartments.“Generally, our apartment management collects additional water charges in summer. But this year, they are still collecting the water charges from us. Visakhapatnam: Even one month after the beginning rainy season, the residents of many areas are still facing problems due to poor availability of water for domestic purposes.Apart from the invalidity of water from borewells, the tap water supply from Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) has also been irregular for the last few days.R Mutyala Rao, a resident of Sivajipalem in the city said that the tap water supply from GVMC was irregular for the last few days. We still feel this season as summer in terms of water woes and the payment of additional water charges to get water,” said one of the residents of Prince Apartments at Sivajipalem.An apartment management committee member at Madhurawada said that they get a GVMC tanker for Rs 550 for 5000 litre capacity, while a private tanker of the same capacity charge Rs 900 to Rs 1000.“We are depending on the water tankers since beginning of the summer..