Question

90% of urban water supply and sanitation services are currently in the ______________

(a) industry

(b) agriculture

(c) government

(d) public sector

I have been asked this question in an interview for internship.

This question is from Water Supply Works topic in division Road Estimating, Sanitary and Water Supply Work of Civil Engineering Drawing

Answer 1

Right choice is (d) public sector

To elaborate: They are owned by the state or local authorities, or also by collectives or cooperatives. They run without an aim for profit but are based on the ethos of providing a common good considered to be of public interest. In most middle and low-income countries, these publicly owned and managed water providers can be inefficient as a result of political interference, leading to over-staffing and low labour productivity.