Editing Economy of Hungary (section)

==== Public utilities ====
Electricity is available in every settlement in Hungary.

[[Pipeline transport|Piped gas]] is available in 2873 settlements, 91.1% of all of them.<ref name="4993t_bb_villamosenergi_">{{cite web |url=http://www.mti.hu/cikk/438182/ |title=Több villamosenergiát, de kevesebb gázt fogyasztott a lakosság (People Use more Electricity but Less Gas) |date=8 November 2009 |publisher=Hungarian News Agency Corp. |language=hu |access-date=18 January 2010}} {{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> To avoid gas shortages due to [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] pipeline shutdowns like the one in January 2009,<ref name="2986hungary_receives_no_">{{cite news |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKL765030320090107?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=10174&sp=true |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201123211/http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKL765030320090107?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=10174&sp=true |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 February 2013 |title=Hungary receives no gas via Ukraine, industry suffers |author1=Krisztina Than |author2=Balazs Koranyi |date=7 January 2009 |work=Reuters|access-date=18 January 2010}}</ref> Hungary participates both in the [[Nabucco pipeline|Nabucco]] and the [[South Stream]] gas pipeline projects. Hungary also has strategical gas reserves: the latest reserve of 1.2 billion cubic meters was opened in October 2009.<ref name="2699_tadt_k_a_biztons_gi">{{cite web |url=http://szegedma.hu/hir/szeged/2009/10/atadtak-a-biztonsagi-foldgaztarolot-algyon/#more-35098 |title=Átadták a biztonsági földgáztárolót Algyőn (Security Gas Reserve Opened in Algyő) |date=1 October 2009 |publisher=Hungarian News Agency Corp. |language=hu |access-date=18 January 2010 |archive-date=10 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100510021016/http://szegedma.hu/hir/szeged/2009/10/atadtak-a-biztonsagi-foldgaztarolot-algyon/#more-35098 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2008, 94.9% of households had running water.<ref name="1756settlements_and_dwel">{{cite web|url=http://portal.ksh.hu/pls/ksh/docs/eng/xstadat/xstadat_annual/tabl2_03_08ie.html |title=Settlements and dwellings with public water supply |publisher=Hungarian Central Statistical Office |access-date=18 January 2010}} {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Though it is the responsibility of municipal governments to provide people with healthy water supply,<ref name="6312hungarian_national_w">{{cite web |url=http://www.oieau.fr/ciedd/contributions/at3/contribution/REMAI.html |title=Hungarian National Wastewater Program |author1=Ibolya Gazdag |author2=János Rémai |publisher=Hungarian Ministry of Transport, Communication, and Water Management |access-date=18 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721015103/http://www.oieau.fr/ciedd/contributions/at3/contribution/REMAI.html |archive-date=21 July 2011}}</ref> the Hungarian government and the European Union offer subsidies to those who wish to develop [[water supplies]] or [[Sewage collection and disposal|sewage systems]].<ref name="8547hungary__water___was">{{cite web |url=http://www.envirodesk.be/node/48083 |title=Hungary: Water & Wastewater Industry |date=18 February 2009 |access-date=18 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130120195119/http://www.envirodesk.be/node/48083 |archive-date=20 January 2013}}</ref> Partly because of these subsidies, 71.3% of all dwellings are connected to the sewage system, up from 50,1% in 2000.<ref name="9132settlements_and_dwel">{{cite web|url=http://portal.ksh.hu/pls/ksh/docs/eng/xstadat/xstadat_annual/tabl2_03_09ie.html |title=Settlements and dwellings with public sewerage |publisher=Hungarian Central Statistical Office |access-date=18 January 2010}} {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

Internet penetration has been rising significantly over the past few years: the ratio of households having an internet connection has risen from 22.1% (49% of which was broadband) in 2005 to 48.4% (87.3% of which was broadband) in 2008.<ref name="2830ict_usage_in_househo">{{cite web|url=http://portal.ksh.hu/pls/ksh/docs/eng/xstadat/xstadat_annual/tabl4_07_14ie.html |title=ICT usage in households and by individuals |publisher=Hungarian Central Statistical Office |access-date=18 January 2010}} {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

The Ministry of Economy and Transport introduced the eHungary program in 2004 aiming to provide every person in Hungary with internet access by setting up "eHungary points" in public spaces like libraries, schools and cultural centers.<ref name="9054ehungary_program____">{{cite web |url=http://www.elost.org/hungary.pdf |title=eHungary Program 2.0 |publisher=Hungarian Ministry of Economy and Transport |access-date=18 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828105604/http://www.elost.org/hungary.pdf |archive-date=28 August 2008}}</ref> The program also includes "the introduction of the eCounsellor network – a service through which professionals provide assistance for citizens in the effective usage of electronic information, services and knowledge".<ref name="7428ehungary">{{cite web |url=http://www.epractice.eu/en/cases/ehungary |title=eHungary |author=Marianna Posfai |date=8 January 2008 |access-date=18 January 2010}}</ref>