Water use restrictions or wastewater recycling? A Canadian willingness to pay study for reclaimed wastewater

Dupont, Diane

doi:10.1016/j.wre.2013.03.002

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“…Similar reasons were also found in [10]. Statistical analyses like this were carried out in previous studies [10,17,23,32], aiming to correlate the collected replies on WTP to the socio-economic and demographic conditions of the respondents. Correlations were frequently found [10,17,23,32], but in some cases they were not evident.…”

Section: Socio-economic Characteristics and Awareness Of The Problemmentioning

confidence: 58%

“…It was found that, assuming e = 0.05, for the specific investigation, the number of respondents had to be 400 across Ferrara. Table 3 reports the descriptive statistics for the main characteristics of the respondents in terms of gender, age, living area, education level, job title, and yearly family income as often presented [17,23,32]. Fifty-four percent of the respondents were female and mostly in the age range of 36-56 years.…”

Section: The Surveymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Willingness to Pay for Recreational Benefit Evaluation in a Wastewater Reuse Project. Analysis of a Case Study

Verlicchi

Aukidy

Zanni

2018

Water

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The study deals with the evaluation of the recreational benefit of a reclaimed water reuse project in the municipality of Ferrara, north Italy, by means of the contingent valuation method. It also provides an analysis of the public acceptance of the project, determined by eliciting the willingness of the local people to contribute to the realization of this project in monetary terms (their willingness to pay). The project involves the upgrade of the existing wastewater treatment plant by conventional (rapid sand filters) and natural (constructed wetland) treatments. The latter will be constructed within the urban park surrounding the wastewater treatment plant area and will combine the objectives of both wastewater treatment with recreational services, since they will create equipped green areas open to the public. The study is based on the answers provided by 400 respondents, who are residents in the four districts of the municipality of Ferrara. It emerges that willingness to pay is strongly influenced by the socio-economic characteristics of the respondents, with an amount on average of 48 €/family.In evaluating the feasibility of a reuse project of reclaimed water, attention is generally devoted to the technical aspects concerning the treatment train able to guarantee respect of the local legal requirements for the final effluent in relation to its purpose (civil, rural, and industrial direct reuse) [6]. However, efforts to reduce and optimize the investment and operation and maintenance costs must also be made. In some cases, a cost-benefit analysis of the project is also carried out [4,7-9] that aims to evaluate the different benefits related to the project itself. In this context, it is worth noting that recreational benefits could become decisive in the economic feasibility of a project [4].Moreover, the participation of the local population in the decision-making process and in questions concerning public issues increases awareness of the problems under discussion and could also be of benefit in terms of acceptance of the project itself. As remarked by Tziakis et al. [10], the construction/upgrade of a wastewater treatment plant must be "approved of" by the residents, who should also be willing to pay for its construction and operation.In this context, in order to evaluate the economic feasibility of the projects, the contingent valuation method (CVM) can be effectively used to enhance the non-market benefits associated with this type of project, for example for recreational and landscape benefits, in order to estimate the total economic value of the investments. It allows the value of non-market goods and services to be determined and is the most widely-used method in evaluating environmental assets by surveying people's willingness to pay for such an asset and/or what they would be willing to receive by way of compensation in order to tolerate such a cost; i.e., preservation of a natural park, or the upgrade of a wastewater treatment plant [11].Numerous studies have been published dealing with the appl...

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Section: Socio-economic Characteristics and Awareness Of The Problemmentioning

confidence: 58%

Section: The Surveymentioning

confidence: 99%

Willingness to Pay for Recreational Benefit Evaluation in a Wastewater Reuse Project. Analysis of a Case Study

Verlicchi

Aukidy

Zanni

2018

Water

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“…Although water reclamation is characterized by a lower environmental impact compared to the options of desalination or water transfer (EC, 2013a), it has not yet been widely adopted. Among the obstacles for its establishment are the absence of common EU environmental and health standards for reused water (they are planned to be issued by the EC by 2015) (EC, 2013a) and the public objection due to lack of trust in public authorities for taking the necessary precautions to prevent environmental and health risks (Dupont, 2013). To tackle this issue, it is important to adopt a communicative strategy for raising public awareness on water reclamation by providing information on the relative benefits and risks, providing access to information regarding the quality of reclaimed water and by engaging people (Dolnicar et al, 2011;Marks and Zadoroznyj, 2005).…”

Section: Wastewater Reclamationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Review and assessment of the adaptive capacity of the water sector in Cyprus against climate change impacts on water availability

Papadaskalopoulou

Katsou

Valta

et al. 2015

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

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“…While the level of acceptance in Canada is lower than the figure of Australia (80 % and 95 %, respectively), its WTP is substantially higher ($150 compared to $121 per year) 2 (Dupont, 2013). Therefore, besides perception of the climate change, there are other factors that influenced the WTP such as personal experience, income, preferences, age and knowledge (Dolnicar et al, 2011).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A greater support of reclaimed wastewater for agriculture, public utilities and low-contact purposes was well recognized (Boyer et al, 2012) Reclamation Project (the US) and Toowoomba (Australia) (Po et al, 2003). The public objections for indirect and direct potable uses mainly come from the lack of trust in public authorizes, health and environmental concerns (Dupont, 2013). Nonetheless, it seemed that public reluctance towards drinking purified treated wastewater was less serious than previously.…”

Section: Social Perceptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A mini-review on the impacts of climate change on wastewater reclamation and reuse

Ngo

Guo

et al. 2014

Science of The Total Environment

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To tackle current water insecurity concerns, wastewater reclamation and reuse has appeared as a promising candidate to conserve the valuable fresh water sources whilst increasing the efficiency of material utilization. The climate change, nevertheless, poses both opportunities and threats to the wastewater reclamation industry. Whereas it elevates the social perception on water-related issues and fosters an emerging water-reuse market, the climate change simultaneously presents adverse impacts on the water reclamation scheme, either directly or indirectly. These effects were studied fragmentally in separate realms. Hence, this paper aims to link these studies for providing a thorough understanding about the consequences of the climate change on the wastewater reclamation and reuse. It initially summarizes contemporary treatment processes and their reuse purposes before carrying out a systematic analysis of available findings.

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Water use restrictions or wastewater recycling? A Canadian willingness to pay study for reclaimed wastewater

Cited by 31 publications

References 29 publications

Willingness to Pay for Recreational Benefit Evaluation in a Wastewater Reuse Project. Analysis of a Case Study

Willingness to Pay for Recreational Benefit Evaluation in a Wastewater Reuse Project. Analysis of a Case Study

Review and assessment of the adaptive capacity of the water sector in Cyprus against climate change impacts on water availability

A mini-review on the impacts of climate change on wastewater reclamation and reuse

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