1.   Colonias are communities of mostly low-income families and lack basic human services, such as water, sewer service, streets and lighting.

2.   Developers sold tiny lots with no water, electric or sewer service to poor people, who built their own, often substandard homes.

3.   Here no plans exist to bring water, let alone sewer service.

4.   In addition, further analysis by city engineers has caused Claessens to be convinced that the city did not overcharge anyone for sewer service.

5.   It was possible only after a restoration of sewer services, one of numerous problems spawned by Floyd.

6.   Martinez is visiting his sister in Colonia Independencia, a collection of drab one-room, adobe houses without running water, sewer service or other basic services.

7.   Restoring drinking water and sewer services will take days after that.

8.   Various academic sources report slightly lower rates of water service and slightly higher rates of sewer service.

9.   A group that represents investor-owned water utilities said customers ought to pay the true cost of providing water and sewer service.

10.   At issue is a state proposal to allow developers who propose building projects in areas of the state eligible for sewer service to skirt strict new environmental reviews.