Holló Szilvia Andrea: Budapest's Public Works - Our Budapest (Budapest, 2010)

Developing utilities on doctor's orders

Rates falling due, road surfaces torn up where a pipe burst, service suspended at the least expected times. These are the only occasions on which the proverbial person in the street is alerted to the existence of public services; after all, modern infrastructures have long been taken for granted. The major public utilities ensure that the private customer is supplied with electricity, gas and drinking water, and that sewage and stormwater are properly drained.