Yeah, it's sad how people intentionally misrepresent and mistranslate things because they want to believe in something. The real Rosstat statistic speak of "ce

Yeah, it's sad how people intentionally misrepresent and mistranslate things because they want to believe in something. The real Rosstat statistic speak of "centralized sewage" not indoor plumbing. I live in Italy less than 10km outside a provincial capital and I also don't have access to centralized sewage. I assume the situation in rural Russia is no different. How is it in rural America? Low density areas often don't build that infrastructure and leave each house to build waste water management system. Old systems are basically just a hole in the ground but modern systems (like the one I had to install, because the Italian law mandates it) are active filters of various kinds.