The document discusses standardized reforms in the water sector in Mozambique and the diversity of water service provision in Greater Maputo. It outlines legal and policy reforms from the 1990s that privatized water services and allowed private sector involvement. However, it finds a mismatch between the formal legal framework and realities on the ground, where many small-scale independent providers (SSIPs) provide services through associations and social networks outside the formal system. The document examines efforts to "formalize" SSIPs by integrating them into the formal regulatory system, but finds this aims more to control SSIPs rather than enable improved services, and is seen as a temporary measure until the formal network can expand to all areas.