▁in ▁R w anda . ▁Its ▁prede cess or ▁E WS A ▁had ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 1 8 , 0 0 0 ▁water ▁customers ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁up ▁from ▁only ▁ 3 8 , 5 0 0 ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 . ▁ ▁R ural ▁areas . ▁There ▁are ▁ 8 4 7 ▁pip ed ▁rural ▁water ▁systems ▁in ▁R w anda ▁and ▁ 1 9 , 3 0 0 ▁protected ▁spr ings . ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁pip ed ▁water ▁systems ▁are ▁p ump ed ▁systems , ▁as ▁opposed ▁to ▁gravity ▁systems , ▁since ▁in ▁R w anda ▁many ▁settlement s ▁are ▁at ▁higher ▁alt itude ▁than ▁the ▁water ▁sources ▁serving ▁them . ▁Many ▁systems ▁serve ▁a ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁villages : ▁The ▁largest ▁ones ▁serve ▁up ▁to ▁ 1 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁people ▁living ▁in ▁villages ▁do z ens ▁of ▁kilom eters ▁apart . ▁Al most ▁all ▁users ▁are ▁served ▁through ▁water ▁sales ▁points ▁where ▁water ▁is ▁sold ▁or ▁given ▁away ▁for ▁free ▁by ▁the ▁bucket . ▁House ▁connections ▁are ▁rare ▁in ▁rural ▁areas . ▁ ▁Services ▁in ▁rural ▁areas ▁are ▁provided ▁by ▁community - based ▁organizations ▁( about ▁ 6 5 0 ▁systems ), ▁by ▁private ▁operators ▁under ▁contract ▁with ▁district ▁govern ments ▁( about ▁ 1 4 0 ▁systems ) ▁and ▁priv ately ▁owned ▁systems ▁( about ▁ 6 0 ), ▁most ▁of ▁which ▁were ▁priv ately ▁owned ▁since ▁at ▁least ▁ 2 0 0 0 . ▁ ▁Fin an