Please don't lecture.
I was a water treatment operator for almost 10 years. I know what water and sewer infrastructure is. It is not limited to transmission lines nor do urban customers begin to pay for the real costs of water and sewer. 
 
"AWWU has over 52,000 water customer accounts which equates to an approximate population base of 216,800 residents. "
https://www.awwu.biz/website/about_us/aboutawwu.htm
 
"Anchorage received more than $200 million state 
and federal dollars for water and sewer infrastructure between 1979 and 1985.  This subsidy covered 90% of total capital 
additions during this period.(24)
  In addition, an exemption from 
Clean Water Act requirements allows Anchorage to
 discharge its sewage into Cook Inlet after 
primary treatment, without incurring the significant cost of secondary treatment. "
http://www.iser.uaa.alaska.edu/Publications/sustainA.pdf
I cannot resent folks getting basics- I cannot.