Editing Geneva (section)

=== Utilities ===
[[File:Cheneviers et Verbois.jpg|thumb|The SIG-owned incinerator of Cheneviers, Verbois dam, and the solar farm]]
Water, natural gas and electricity are provided to the [[municipalities of the Canton of Geneva]] by the state-owned [[Services Industriels de Genève]], known as SIG. Most of the drinking water (80%) is extracted from the [[Lake Geneva|lake]]; the remaining 20% is provided by [[groundwater]], originally formed by infiltration from the Arve. 30% of the Canton's electricity needs is locally produced, mainly by three [[hydroelectricity|hydroelectric]] dams on the [[Rhône]] (Seujet, Verbois and Chancy-Pougny). In addition, 13% of the electricity produced in the Canton is from the burning of waste at the [[Waste management#Incineration|waste incineration facility]] of [[Les Cheneviers]]. The remaining needs (57%) are covered by imports from other cantons in Switzerland or other European countries; SIG buys only electricity produced by [[renewable energy|renewable methods]], and in particular does not use electricity produced using [[nuclear reactor]]s or [[fossil fuels]]. Natural gas is available in the City of Geneva, as well as in about two-thirds of the municipalities of the canton, and is imported from Western Europe by the Swiss company Gaznat. SIG also provides telecommunication facilities to carriers, [[service provider]]s and large enterprises. From 2003 to 2005, "Voisin, voisine" a [[FTTH|fibre-to-the-home]] pilot project with a [[Triple play (telecommunications)|triple play]] offering was launched to test the [[end-user]] market in the Charmilles district.