Of the country's 87, 000 reservoirs that had been built by 2007 43% were in disrepair.
Bridges and roads are in disrepair, blackouts are routine, and untreated sewage pollutes drinking water.
The trouble, says the government, is that the country's water-treatment plants are in disrepair.
Many of the major bridges in the country are obsolete and in disrepair.
They understand they must join the policy battle and offer serious reforms to a health-care system that is in disrepair.
Now, even though the town's docks are in disrepair, that should change.
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For years, the cemeteries' worst enemy was time: weather battered the marble and iron, families moved away and left their tombs in disrepair.
The house, which was then being rented out, was in disrepair.
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Several stables are in disrepair, and the federation's future museum is presently a dilapidated trailer containing photos, animal hides and a hodgepodge of memorabilia and artifacts.
The owner of part of a Lincolnshire seaside resort has apologised for leaving the site in disrepair since it was destroyed by fire five years ago.
But in the pre-Katrina days, these buildings were in disrepair.
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To let partisan grandstanding cut necessary transportation investments and consign American businesses to roads that are in disrepair, and travel and shipping delays that cost millions of dollars, is inexcusable.
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Is the yard or house in disrepair?
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Instead, especially in Saudi Arabia, attendance at live matches is falling, soccer stadiums are in disrepair, and the national team won only one game in this year's Gulf Cup a debacle that led to the ouster of Dutch legend Frank Riijkaard as the Saudi team coach.
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This past year we have chosen to help the Utah National Parks Council of the Boy Scouts of America, the largest council in the United States with 42, 000 volunteers, serving 84, 000 youth, to rebuild a half dozen of their camps that are in disrepair.
In one episode, after commenting on the typical gripes about bedroom size in a contemporary home on Lesbos, Ms. Robinson turns to her agent, bemused: "The other thing that slightly worries me is the ruins, for want of a better word, " she says, referring to an ancient-looking stone wall in disrepair in an adjacent lot.
The lido, adjacent to the paddling pool in Ynysangharad Park, fell into disrepair in the 1980s and closed in 1991.
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Architectural landmarks like Palacio Baburizza, the fine arts museum founded by a Croatian-Chilean minerals magnate in 1916, fell into grave disrepair and eventually shuttered in 1997.
The northern part of the tourist corridor used to boast casinos considered the pinnacle of luxury and style, but has fallen into disrepair in recent years.
The group has documented some 3, 000 heritage buildings in Puran Dhaka, most of which have fallen into disrepair and are in danger of destruction.
An architectural landmark erected by a local captain of industry in 1923, the building fell into disrepair after changing ownership some 15 times in the ensuing decades.
Project manager Gabriella Misuriello said it had been in a state of disrepair.
Half of the 153 schools are in need of a total rebuild, while the rest are in a state of disrepair.
Meanwhile, many good state schools are told there's no money as they stand in a state of disrepair with ever-diminishing support services.
Most important in the search for a new tenant is to avoid letting the venue fall into disrepair like the Olympic Stadium in Athens, which is now in shambles, abandoned and overgrown with weeds.
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By the time someone presents behavioural symptoms, such as forgetfulness, his brain is already in a significant state of disrepair.
Crumlin Road Courthouse in north Belfast has been lying derelict for 15 years and is in a state of serious disrepair.
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