Awareness of coping costs and willingness to pay for urban drinking water service: Evidence from Lahore, Pakistan

Hasan, Syed M.; Akram, Agha Ali; Jeuland, Marc

doi:10.1016/j.jup.2021.101246

Cited by 11 publications

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“…Lahore is the second-largest city in Pakistan with a population of approximately 11.1 million (PBS 2017 ). The population is expected to reach 13 million by 2030 and urban water demands are expected to double by 2050, thus resulting in increased domestic sewage being produced over time (Hasan et al 2021 ). Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) Lahore is responsible for services provided related to water and sanitation.…”

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Situational assessment for fecal sludge management in major cities of Pakistan

Maqbool

Shahid

Khan

2022

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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With enhanced focus on global sanitation, access to toilets at the household level is increasing in developing countries although the provision of sewer networks is not expanding at the same pace. This is resulting in the adaptation of on-site sanitation facilities to contain the fecal sludge. The fecal sludge generated by the on-site sanitation facilities requires emptying, treatment, and safe end-use or disposal. In this study, the sanitation situation and need for fecal sludge management was evaluated in major cities of Pakistan including Karachi (provincial capital), Lahore (provincial capital), and Islamabad (national capital). Primary and secondary data were collected from key informant interviews of the stakeholders, national and international reports, research, and review articles. Infographics on wastewater and fecal sludge from origin to disposal were developed using a shit flow diagram tool and enabling environment was evaluated with a modified service delivery assessment tool. The results indicate that sewerage network coverage exists for 60%, 63%, and 50% of the areas in Karachi, Lahore, and Islamabad respectively. The sewerage network in major cities is old, leaking, and insufficient, thus a limited amount of wastewater reaches the treatment plants. Total wastewater treatment in Karachi and Islamabad is 10% and 9% respectively whereas, in Lahore, there is no infrastructure for the same. The safe sanitation in Lahore (8%) and Islamabad (25%) is coming from on-site sanitation systems with fecal sludge buried safely onsite. National level sanitation programs exist in the country but are limited to reducing open defecation and containments of fecal sludge only. The inclusion of complete fecal sludge management related framework, guidelines, and policies can help achieve the goal of safe sanitation for all.

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Situational assessment for fecal sludge management in major cities of Pakistan

Maqbool

Shahid

Khan

2022

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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“…More closely related to this study, Hasan et al. (2021) examined the impact of information on the costs households incur to cope with unreliable water supply (coping costs) on households' willingness to pay for improvements in service reliability and drinking water quality in Lahore, Pakistan. The study used a “counting the costs” information treatment in which enumerators worked with respondents in the treatment group to complete a detailed worksheet to estimate the costs households incur to cope with irregular water supply.…”

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Out of Sight Out of Mind: Household Perceptions of “Fair” Water Prices in Nairobi, Kenya

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Mulwa

Cook

2023

Water Resources Research

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Providing piped water and sewer services is extremely capital intensive, yet most of this infrastructure is buried, hidden from citizens and ratepayers. Roman emperors built elaborate public fountains to increase the salience of massive infrastructure investments to the public, yet modern households give scarce thought to the water network that serves them. At the same time, tariffs are often too low to recover operations and maintenance costs, let alone capital replacement and system expansion. We use a field experiment to investigate whether providing 353 households in Nairobi, Kenya with information about the water infrastructure that serves them changes their perceptions of water and sewer bills. Compared to a control group, we find that providing households verbal and visual information (in person) about the capital intensity of water service delivery in Nairobi increased their perceptions of “fair” water bills by 15%–24% above the control mean of 404 KSH/mo.

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“…The findings showed a positive WTP among 473 residents while the mean WTP was between EUR 29.70 and EUR 75.50. Further [ 59 ], estimated the WTP for improving water reliability and quality using the contingent valuation method. They did a random experiment involving the calculation of the cost of coping with poor-quality water service.…”

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Traditional beliefs and willingness to pay for improving a mining-polluted river in Ghana

Arthur,

Vondolia,

Dasmani

2023

Heliyon

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Awareness of coping costs and willingness to pay for urban drinking water service: Evidence from Lahore, Pakistan

Cited by 11 publications

References 27 publications

Situational assessment for fecal sludge management in major cities of Pakistan

Situational assessment for fecal sludge management in major cities of Pakistan

Out of Sight Out of Mind: Household Perceptions of “Fair” Water Prices in Nairobi, Kenya

Traditional beliefs and willingness to pay for improving a mining-polluted river in Ghana

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