Now that everyone else is paying what water really costs, there is money left over to pay for this. We have also been able to initiate health, nutrition, and education programs. Our water system is now far more equitable than it was before. Far more people have potable water than before. We now have a potable water coverage rate of 97 percent in the cities, compared with only 63 percent in 1970, and in the agricultural areas, we have a potable water coverage rate of 94 percent, compared with only 27 percent in 1970.
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