In the next chapter, we compare electricity and water & sanitation tariffs over the past 25 years and consider why the increases in average municipal water tariffs have gone largely unnoticed.

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The municipality said that its water and sanitation unit developed an ambitious turnaround strategy aimed at improving service delivery to local communities.

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