Interviewer instructions
Question 5 - Water Supply
Mark:
With indoor plumbing:
1 - General system - when the dwelling is served with water piped from a general supply system, with indoor plumbing to one or more rooms;
2 - Well or spring - when the dwelling is served with piped water connected to a well or spring, with indoor plumbing to one or more rooms;
3 - Other form - when the dwelling has indoor plumbing but the reservoir (or tank) is supplied from rain water or by truck, etc.;
Without indoor plumbing:
4 - General system - when the dwelling is served with water taken from a general system piped to the premises without there being indoor plumbing in the dwelling;
5 - Well or spring - when the dwelling is served with water from its own well or spring without indoor plumbing; or
6 - Other form - when the water used in the dwelling is obtained from a public font, well, spout, etc. located off the premises without there being indoor plumbing.
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If there are different types of water supply, record the most important in the order described above.