scholarly journals Water Markets, Demand, And Cost Recovery For Piped Water Supply Services : Evidence From Southwest Sri Lanka

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Celine Nauges ◽  
Caroline van den Berg
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Cost Recovery ◽  
Water Markets ◽  
Piped Water ◽  
Water Supply Services

scholarly journals How much are households willing to contribute to the cost recovery of drinking water supply? Results from a household survey

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 225-241
Author(s):  
S. Tarfasa
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Choice Model ◽  
Stated Preference ◽  
Contingent Valuation Method ◽  
Cost Recovery ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Drinking Water Supply ◽  
Water Supply Services

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.

scholarly journals The full cost of the water supply services and reasonable levels of cost recovery case study in HoChiMinh city

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-67
Author(s):  
Hung Thanh Nguyen ◽  
Triet Minh Lam
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Water Shortage ◽  
Cost Recovery ◽  
Environmental Cost ◽  
Full Cost ◽  
Reasonable Cost ◽  
Social Adaptability ◽  
The Face ◽  
Water Supply Services

The determination of the full cost of water supply services and the levels of its reasonable cost recovery is very important in the policy decisions related to water supply services and water environmental protection in the face of pressures of water shortage and pollution are increasing. This paper introduces a general framework for the analysis of the full cost of the water supply services and it has applied to analyze, evaluate for a case study in Ho Chi Minh City. This analysis framework focused on three basic components that make up the full cost of water supply services including: (i) the full cost of providing water (financial costs), (ii) opportunity cost of using water (resource cost), and (iii) the environmental cost (environmental and economic damages caused by water sources pollution). On the basis of the evaluated full cost, the levels and mechanism of reasonable cost recovery also be discussed towards three pillars of sustainable development related to water: financial sustainability of water supply services, sustainability in terms of the natural environment, and social adaptability for changes in the water prices.

Sustainability of Water Supplies in Provincial Egypt

1993 ◽  
Vol 27 (9) ◽  
pp. 47-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. F. Nicholson
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Water Supply Systems ◽  
Waterborne Diseases ◽  
Safe Drinking Water ◽  
Rapid Population Growth ◽  
Water Shortages ◽  
Water Supplies ◽  
Piped Water ◽  
Supply Systems

Life, health and hygiene all depend on access to a plentiful supply of safe drinking water. Piped water supplies in rural Egypt are insufficient to meet the demands of the existing population. This situation is worsening due to the rapid population growth and failure of existing water supply systems. There are already areas of the country with severe piped water shortages. If corrective action is not taken soon densely populated villages will become vulnerable to outbreaks of waterborne diseases. Immediate action is needed to reverse the deterioration of water supply systems and to improve the benefits gained from capital works investments in the sector. This paper promotes the concept that sustainable water systems in rural Egypt depends on a central government and local unit partnership. Also needed are consumer bodies to determine user needs; local units to be given powers to manage the revenue and expenditure accounts; and the central government to concentrate on setting policies and guidelines, and assisting with the implementation of major capital works.

scholarly journals Private Actors, Public Goods and Responsibility for the Right to Water in International Investment Law: An Analysis of Urbaser v. Argentina

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Edward Guntrip
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
International Law ◽  
International Investment ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Foreign Investors ◽  
International Investment Law ◽  
Investment Law ◽  
The Right ◽  
Water Supply Services

International investment law balances public and private interests within the broader framework of international law. Consequently, when water supply services, which constitute a public good, are privatized and operated by foreign investors, questions arise regarding whether foreign investors could be held responsible for the right to water under international law. This article considers how the tribunal in Urbaser v. Argentina allocated responsibility for compliance with the right to water between the host State and the foreign investor when resolving a dispute over privatized water services. It highlights how the tribunal in Urbaser v. Argentina supports different understandings of public and private based on whether the human rights obligation is framed in terms of the duty to respect or protect. The article argues that the tribunal’s rationale overcomplicates the process of allocating responsibility for violations of the human right to water when water supply services have been privatized.

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