although the average charge for water supply was eur m eur m for wastewater collection and eur m for wastewater treatment in around the oecd average the level of costrecovery has been below for both water supply and sewage collection while it appears to be close to for sewage treatment for some services there is costrecovery of around suggesting that in some municipalities a significant part of the cost is still covered by grants from municipal government local communities do not have enough skilled professional staff to stimulate efficient operation of water utilities or to set up adequate price regulation schemes