Water for daily life: Estimating basic household water needs in Lima and Quito

IF 3.8 3区经济学 Q3 ENERGY & FUELS

Utilities Policy Pub Date : 2025-05-03 DOI:10.1016/j.jup.2025.101940

Lisa Bagnoli, Clara Pasman, Tomás Serebrisky, Ben Solís Sosa

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Abstract

This paper estimates the basic water needs, understood as the volume of water necessary to fulfill a household's core domestic activities, among low-income households in Lima (Peru) and Quito (Ecuador). It utilizes water utility records, detailed socioeconomic characteristics from a novel survey, and climate variables. In Lima, basic water needs are estimated at 15.9 m³ per household in July (winter) and 17.8 m³ in January (summer). With fewer seasonal variations in Quito, basic water needs are 20.2 m³ per household in both months. These results provide important insights for the design of water policies and tariff structures.

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日常生活用水：估计利马和基多的基本家庭用水需求

本文估计了利马（秘鲁）和基多（厄瓜多尔）低收入家庭的基本水需求，即满足家庭核心家庭活动所需的水量。它利用了水公用事业记录、一项新调查的详细社会经济特征和气候变量。在利马，7月（冬季）每户的基本用水需求估计为15.9立方米，1月（夏季）为17.8立方米。基多的季节变化较小，两个月每户的基本用水需求为20.2立方米。这些结果为水政策和关税结构的设计提供了重要的见解。

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Utilities Policy ENERGY & FUELS-ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

CiteScore

6.80

自引率

10.00%

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审稿时长

66 days

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