水当然不应该成为昂贵的奢侈品，但政府不愿意按合理水平收水费制约了它们投资于水公用设施的能力，包括合理的废水收集和处理系统。
While water obviously shouldn’t become an expensive luxury good, governments’ reluctance to charge appropriately for it has undermined their ability to invest in water utilities, including proper wastewater collection and treatment.