There are only a few days left in the campaign by the public utility "Vodovod i kanalizacija" - Skopje, which lets debtors settle overdue water bills without the late-payment interest tacked on. The deadline is June 5. Until then, customers can sign an installment agreement and dodge the extra charges.

The break applies whether the debt is regular or already in court - and that's exactly the part worth using, especially for households that have been dragging an old bill for years, one that grows on its own through interest. For many, it's the interest, not the principal, that makes the debt impossible to pay off.

One detail in the decision deserves attention: the campaign does not cover state and local government bodies, state institutions, agencies, funds or public enterprises. In other words - the relief is for the ordinary citizen, not for the institutions. Which is, in principle, both logical and fair.

Still, campaigns like this raise a quieter question. When a public utility waives interest just to collect its overdue debts, that's an admission that collection otherwise doesn't work the way it should. The interest amnesty is welcome for those who'll use it - but it's also a reminder that routine collection, in a system that runs normally, wouldn't need campaigns like this. For now, for anyone with a water debt, the advice is simple: use the deadline by Friday, because nobody's guaranteeing the next chance like it.