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Infrastructure and water supply
Explain how limited infrastructure can affect water supply.
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- 1 Explains how limited infrastructure affects water supply; two basic points or one developed point can earn full marks.
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If there are not enough pipes or treatment works, clean water cannot reliably reach households. People may have to use expensive water deliveries or unsafe sources, so the supply is unreliable and may spread disease.
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There are not enough pipes.
That names limited infrastructure but needs the effect on reliability, safety or access to water supply.