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IndicatorBeaufort WestB · Western Cape
Electricity: served consumer units14 165As at 30 June 20232023 preliminaryTable 3!F34Municipal consumer/billing units; not population-household access, service reliability or safety.Source
Solid waste management: served consumer units12 978As at 30 June 20232023 preliminaryTable 3!J34Municipal consumer/billing units; not population-household access, service reliability or safety.Source
Sewerage and sanitation: served consumer units15 310As at 30 June 20232023 preliminaryTable 3!H34Municipal consumer/billing units; not population-household access, service reliability or safety.Source
Water: served consumer units15 934As at 30 June 20232023 preliminaryTable 3!D34Municipal consumer/billing units; not population-household access, service reliability or safety.Source
Electricity: free basic domestic units4 593As at 30 June 20232023 preliminaryTable 9!F34Municipal consumer/billing units; not population-household access, service reliability or safety.Source
Solid waste management: free basic domestic units4 593As at 30 June 20232023 preliminaryTable 9!J34Municipal consumer/billing units; not population-household access, service reliability or safety.Source
Sewerage and sanitation: free basic domestic units4 593As at 30 June 20232023 preliminaryTable 9!H34Municipal consumer/billing units; not population-household access, service reliability or safety.Source
Water: free basic domestic units4 593As at 30 June 20232023 preliminaryTable 9!D34Municipal consumer/billing units; not population-household access, service reliability or safety.Source
Electricity: municipal providerProvides serviceAs at 30 June 20232023 preliminaryTable 2!H12Provider responsibility: false means this municipality does not provide the service, not that residents lack access.Source
Solid waste management: municipal providerProvides serviceAs at 30 June 20232023 preliminaryTable 2!L12Provider responsibility: false means this municipality does not provide the service, not that residents lack access.Source
Sewerage and sanitation: municipal providerProvides serviceAs at 30 June 20232023 preliminaryTable 2!J12Provider responsibility: false means this municipality does not provide the service, not that residents lack access.Source
Water: municipal providerProvides serviceAs at 30 June 20232023 preliminaryTable 2!F12Provider responsibility: false means this municipality does not provide the service, not that residents lack access.Source

1 municipalities shown. Missing observations remain unavailable. Consumer-unit size and consultant spending reflect scale, not efficiency. Explicit SCM findings include non-material findings; missing flags do not establish compliance.