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Why is it more difficult for many small communities to provide water and sewege to their citizens than it is to provide them with police and fire protection?
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∙ 12y ago
I am going to break your question down a little bit here:
Police and Fire protection are funded by your local government (Even Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squads). There are many things that go into the funding levels and required services.
Even if there is a low population density in a given area, services still need to be required due to enforcement and protection requirements. If a woods fire starts in a low population density area but it is a very dense forest, the implications are much more wide spread.
Water and Sewage is directly demand driven. If you have a rural road that has 10 residents, and they are spread out over a long stretch, the Water and Sewage providers still have to maintain that level of service across the entire stretch. The cost involved in this does not provide incentive to install water systems proactively. These systems will only be installed on demand.
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