Water by the truck, diesel, gas, cement, block, bread — what people in Khiam actually paid this month, kept by residents and readable by anyone, including family abroad.
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Neighbours are starting to report local prices — add yours.
Nobody publishes what it costs to run a household in Khiam right now. The mains water network is broken, so water arrives by truck at whatever the driver asks. Fuel, gas and building materials have to be brought to a border village, and the price is whatever it is that week. What people know, they know from each other.
So this board is a way of writing it down. Sign in, tap an item, put in what you actually paid. Everyone can read the board without an account, including family abroad who are sending money and have no way of knowing whether the figure they were told is normal. It shows the middle of recent reports, never one person's number, and reports fade off after six weeks.
Trucked water
1 m³ (1,000 litres) delivered · The tanker (صهريج) to the house. If yours is priced by the whole load, divide by how many cubic metres it holds so the numbers can be compared.
No prices reported yet — be the first.
Diesel (mazout)
20-litre jerrycan · For the generator, the heating, or the pump.
No prices reported yet — be the first.
Cooking gas cylinder
10 kg cylinder, refilled
No prices reported yet — be the first.
Cement
50 kg bag, delivered · The single most-asked rebuilding price.
These are prices neighbours report paying — not official prices, and not advice on where to buy. Anyone can read the board; reporting a price takes a free account, which keeps it honest. We show the median of recent reports once at least 3 people have reported an item, so no single number sets the figure. A report ages off after about 42 days, so the board stays current on its own.
These are neighbours saying what they paid, not official prices. They are not a shop directory, not a recommendation, and not a judgement about whether a price is fair — one delivery up a broken road honestly costs more than another. The board needs three reports on an item before it shows a middle figure, because one or two numbers are not a price. Nothing here is an official ceiling: the Ministry of Energy and Water sets national maximums for fuel and gas, and the town's Generator Bill Checker works the generator tariff separately.