Users in rural Rwanda pay more for water provision
Rwandans buy water at a local vendor in Kayonza district. Private operators estimate that approximately more than one third of the existing rural water systems need rehabilitation or upgrading. PHOTO | CYRIL NDEGEYA
Rural households in Rwanda pay up to four times as much as their urban counterparts for a cubic metre of water.
While a cubic metre from Water and Sanitation Corporation (Wasac) goes for Rwf323, rural families pay between Rwf300 and Rwf1,100 more to buy water from private water operators.
