Water service delivery in Pietermaritzburg: A community perspective

Water SA

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 435-448

  Smith, J A ^a   Green, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Community; Free basic water; Municipal water service delivery; Water tariffs

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING; PUBLIC POLICY; WATER METERS;

COMMUNITIES; FREE BASIC WATER; MUNICIPAL WATER SERVICE DELIVERY; WATER TARIFFS;

WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

PERCEPTION; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER SUPPLY;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KWAZULU-NATAL; PIETERMARITZBURG; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 26444588053     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 03784738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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