Participatory Approaches in the Planning of Drinking Water Supply and Basic Sanitation Projects in the Rural Areas of Colombia

Abstract. Improving existing drinking water supply services in developing countries depends crucially on available financial resources. Cost recovery rates of these services are typically low, while demand for more reliable services is high and rapidly growing. Most stated preference based demand studies in the developing world apply the contingent valuation method and focus on rural areas. This study examines the willingness of households to pay for improved water supply services employing a choice model (CM) in an urban area in Ethiopia, a country with the lowest water supply coverage in Sub-Saharan Africa. The design of the choice model allows the estimation of the values of both drinking water reliability and safety. The estimated economic values can be used in policy appraisals of investment decisions. Despite significant income constraints, households are willing to pay up to 60% extra for improved levels of water supply over and above their current water bill, especially households living in the poorest part of the city with the lowest service levels. Women value the improvement of water quality most, while a significant effect is found for averting behavior and expenditures.

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Study on the Performance and Sustainability of Water and Sanitation Initiatives in Rural Areas: Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation in Small Communities (PR0118)

10.18235/0000291 ◽

2016 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Juan Manuel Puerta

Keyword(s):

Drinking Water ◽

Water Supply ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Drinking Water Supply ◽

Water And Sanitation ◽

Small Communities ◽

Water Supply And Sanitation

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GEOECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE QUALITY OF DRINKING WATER SOURCES IN URBAN AND RURAL AREAS OF VORONEZH REGION

Bulletin of Udmurt University. Series Biology. Earth Sciences ◽

10.35634/2412-9518-2020-30-1-53-63 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 30 (1) ◽

pp. 53-63

Author(s):

T.I. Prozhorina ◽

S.A. Kurolap ◽

Yu.A. Presnyakova

Keyword(s):

Drinking Water ◽

Water Supply ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Water Sources ◽

Drinking Water Supply ◽

Monitoring And Control ◽

Voronezh Region ◽

Urban And Rural Areas ◽

And Control

The problem of providing the population of the Voronezh region with clean drinking water is the most acute, since about 30 % of water sources do not meet environmental requirements, which causes a certain risk to the health of the region's population. The paper assesses the current state of centralized and decentralized drinking water supply and sanitation in the cities of Novohopersk, Borisoglebsk, Ostrogozhsk, Ramon and their surroundings, which are administrative centers of the same name municipal districts of the Voronezh region. The problems of providing the population of the region with high-quality drinking water are revealed and ways of solving rational water supply are considered. In addition, based on the results of the chemical composition of drinking water from centralized and decentralized water supply sources, the quality of drinking water supplied to the population of the studied cities was established. The results of the analysis showed that the population of the Voronezh region (for example, the cities of Novohopersk, Borisoglebsk, Ostrogozhsk, Ramon and their surroundings) uses drinking water that does not meet hygienic requirements. Therefore, today it is necessary to strengthen monitoring and control over the quality of drinking water supply, and the population of urban and rural areas of the region need to use household filters for water purification.

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