Willingness to pay for ancillary water service improvements in Puerto Rico

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2023-11-09 DOI:10.1142/s2382624x23500108

Hector Tavarez, Levan Elbakidze

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Abstract

Water scarcity impedes economic development and can be expensive or infeasible to resolve in many developing countries with recurring water service outages. In such circumstances, water supply organizations may be able to improve ancillary water service attributes to alleviate the burden of service interruptions. We use a discrete choice experiment to estimate households’ willingness to pay (WTP) for improved water quality, coordinated scheduling of planned service interruptions, water use restrictions, and improved dissemination of information about upcoming service interruptions in Puerto Rico. The results indicate that households’ WTP varies considerably across attributes and is greatest ($ 28/month per household) for ensuring adequate water quality. Preferences for water service improvements vary across geographic locations and latent user groups.

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愿意为波多黎各附属供水服务的改善支付费用

缺水阻碍了经济发展，在许多发展中国家，解决缺水问题可能代价高昂或不可行的。在这种情况下，供水组织可能能够改善辅助供水服务属性，以减轻服务中断的负担。我们使用离散选择实验来估计波多黎各家庭为改善水质、协调计划服务中断的调度、用水限制和改善即将到来的服务中断的信息传播而支付的意愿(WTP)。结果表明，不同属性的家庭WTP差异很大，确保足够水质的家庭WTP最高(每户每月28美元)。改善供水服务的偏好因地理位置和潜在用户群体而异。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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