However, water utilities are largely dissatisfied with the prices set as they do not cover full service costs, but rather a fraction of operating and maintenance costs. Prices are far from being economically viable and are indeed one of the main reasons for the poor state of the water supply infrastructure and especially that of wastewater management. There is no area-w'ide hydrological monitoring network and flood protection installations are not reliable and often not functional, due to poor maintenance and war damage.