For all occupied dwellings
[Questions 1-8 were asked of occupied dwellings]

6. Water supply

Cell number 6: Water service
This question is designed to find out whether or not the dwelling receives water through plumbing inside the dwelling, outside of the dwelling, or if it simply does not receive water through pipes.

Piped water inside the dwelling: the dwelling has piped water inside the dwelling [indoor plumbing] when there are one or more faucets inside the construction; i.e. there is at least a faucet in the kitchen; but not when the only faucet available is found in the patio of the house.

When there is piped water inside the dwelling, box number 1 is marked if it comes from the public system; that is, when the water supply and installation of pipes has been supplied by the local, state, or both authorities.

Box number 2 is marked if water comes from a private system; that is, if the installation comes from a person, a group of persons, or a private company that charges the public for the service without intervention of the authorities.

A person who has a personal well, from which water is drawn via pipes into the dwelling, is considered to receive water from a private service, and mark box number 2.

Piped water outside of the Dwelling: The dwelling has piped water outside of the dwelling when the piped water does not reach inside the dwelling; rather it reaches the patio, building, or water is simply taken from a public faucet.

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The public faucet should not be more than 200 meters from the dwelling. If the faucet is closer than 200 meters then box number 3 is marked with an "X", if the faucet is farther away than 200 meters, box number 4 (does not have [piped water]) is marked.

Does not have [piped water]: when the water used in the dwelling does not come from a pipe but is obtained from a well, spring, river, etcetera, box number 4 is marked.