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Sector Performance and Organization before ReformAccording to a consultants report from 1985, there were 8,990 legal connections to Conakry's water system at the end of 1983, for a city with about 800,000 residents. In comparison, Abidjan, which was about twice the size of Conakry and had a long history of private participation in the sector, had over 90,000 connections (SODECI, 1986). Most private conmections were a single tap inside a lot or compound -only a small wealthy minority had running water inside their homes (Durany and Morel a l 'Huissier, 1994, p.19). Deputies, senior civil servants and DEG employees were entitled to legal, but unregistered (and unbilled) connections and there were many illegal connections. In principle, water distribution was metered and consumers were charged according to consumption but, in fact, metering was very rare. The lack of metering makes it difficult to estimate how high
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