Slight discrepancies in the totals are due to rounding. Su Rito Hardoyo 1982. There is no electricity supply in any of the kampungs, and in the dry season no fresh water supply from streams or tanks. Domestic water is obtained only from springs near Klaces, on Nusa Kambangan island, or occasionally from the Citanduy river. Water must be carried in drums an average of five kilometres to most villages, and up to ten kilometers to some Penikel kampungs.
Most houses have small concrete tanks to collect rainwater in the wet season.
The household is the smallest unit in Javanese society, and also forms the basic economic group for production and consumption. In this area a household usually consists of a single nuclear family, but may also include dependent adults and more distant relatives. A newly-wed couple may continue to live with one set of the parents until their own household can be established. Some married couples live permanently with their parents, especially when the latter are too old to work. The population age structure of the Kampung Laut villages is young.