Areas of responsibility of the district council include local planning, building control, council housing, refuse collection, recycling, and some leisure services and parks.
en.wikipedia.org Over 99% of residents had mains electricity, piped drinking water, a flush toilet and regular refuse collection.
en.wikipedia.org Partly because of this, they were particularly popular with local authorities for varied applications, including highway maintenance tippers, refuse collection vehicles and street lighting maintenance tower wagons.
en.wikipedia.org Scarcity of water, which had to be trucked in, as well as primitive sewage and refuse collection kept the development modest.
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