Domestic Water Use and Values in Swaziland: A Contingent Valuation Analysis

Farolfi, Stefano; Mabugu, Ramos; Ntshingila, Sincengile Nokubonga

doi:10.1080/03031853.2007.9523766

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“…The results in this study as well as in Ref. [17] are consistent with Sullivan [27], who states that households located far from water sources have high indices of water poverty.…”

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confidence: 80%

“…This result shows that an increase in 1% of time spent in water collection decreases the number of trips by 0.3%. Farolfi et al [17] report that an increase in time spent to collect water tends to increase willingness to pay for services which provide water near to the household, such as the canalized water and public tap. The results in this study as well as in Ref.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The model in Eq. (8) follows Poisson distribution according to Wooldridge, which is cited by Farolfi et al [17]. In this type of models, it is important to test for the dispersion of the data.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Banda et al [14] and Kanyota [16] found that the willingness to pay to install a canalized water system at home is about in 27.67 rands/month in South Africa. Farolfi et al [17] in their study revealed that willingness to pay for the improvement of water supply services increases with an increase in household income. The authors also found that as the number of hours needed to fetch water increases, the willingness to pay for improving water services also increases.…”

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Analysis of Factors Determining the Demand for Water: A Case Study of Sabié Administrative Post, Moamba District, Mozambique

Manjate¹,

Mutondo²

2016

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Abstract:Water is an important resource for human being. However, it has been increasingly becoming the limited resource. Therefore, the debate of water issues has been centered in mechanisms to implement sustainable water management. Hence, understanding the determinants of water demand might help design appropriate water management policies, however, they are not known in Mozambique. Due to the lack of knowledge about the determinants of water demand in Mozambique in general and in Sabié in particular, the present study was conducted to analyse the factors determining the water demand for irrigation and domestic use using a linear regression model and travel cost method, respectively. The results show that an increase in 1 h of irrigation time increases the quantity demanded of irrigation water by 362.04 m 3 and an increase in one irrigation per week increases the quantity demanded of irrigation water by 1,065.61 m 3 . Additionally, the results show that an increase in 1% of time spent in water collection decreases the number of trips by 0.3% and an increase in 1% in the number of household members involved in water collection decreases the number of the water collection trips by 0.23%. Household having private taps have less number of trips collecting water compared to those collecting water from public taps and boreholes as well as rivers. Therefore, the water demand for irrigation is determined by time spent for irrigation per day and the number of irrigations per week, and water demand for domestic use is determined by time spent for water collection, number of household members involved in water collection, the volumes of the containers used to collect water, the number of containers used to collect water, the quantity of water consumed by the household as well as the main source of water (river, boreholes and public tap).

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“…The results in this study as well as in Ref. [17] are consistent with Sullivan [27], who states that households located far from water sources have high indices of water poverty.…”

Section: Analysis Of Factors Determining the Demandsupporting

confidence: 80%

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Analysis of Factors Determining the Demand for Water: A Case Study of Sabié Administrative Post, Moamba District, Mozambique

Manjate¹,

Mutondo²

2016

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“…The close-ended, double-bounded approach with an open-ended option to determine the maximum amount beyond which the farmer will not be willing to pay was employed. The CV methodology has been used to elicit consumers' WTP for almost all environmental services, including household water supply (Ayamga et al, 2008 andFarolfi, Mabugu &Ntshingila, 2007), watershed services and conservation (Ndetewio, Mwakaje, Mujwahuzi & Ngana, 2013), improved sanitation services (Whittington et al, 1993) …”

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Farmers’ Willingness to Pay for Private Irrigation Supply in Nandom District, Ghana

Yussif¹,

Obeng²,

Ansah³

2017

Ghana J. Dev. Stud.

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Contingent valuation and rural potable water systems: A critical look at the past and future

Witt

2018

WIREs Water

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Determining the value of environmental goods that impact human populations, such as potable water, is often highly problematic. The all‐too‐common lack of realistic markets for the provisioning of these goods necessitates the use of nonmarket valuation techniques. Contingent valuation surveys are often an appropriate method, thanks to their ability to value hypothetical changes and nonuse values, and their limited prior data requirements. When properly implemented, contingent valuation surveys can estimate the maximum willingness to pay of surveyed individuals, allowing the value of the environmental good to be accurately measured. An analysis of the extant body of contingent valuation studies of rural potable water systems in developing and emerging countries indicates that rural water consumers are willing to pay, often substantially, for the creation of a potable water system or for improvements to existing system. Studies involving changes to existing potable water system, through improving an existing system for greater reliability or sustainability, showed a high degree of consistency in respondents' willingness to pay estimates as a percentage of income or current water tariff. Higher incomes, higher levels of education and youth, among other characteristics, were found to be positively correlated with higher willingness to pay estimates. Future contingent valuation studies focusing on improving comparability through greater methodological consistency, and addressing the impact of community power dynamics, intercommunal cleavages, and subsidies could be especially productive. This article is categorized under: Human Water > Value of Water Engineering Water > Planning Water Human Water > Water Governance

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Domestic Water Use and Values in Swaziland: A Contingent Valuation Analysis

Abstract: The paper reports on the use of the contingent valuation method to study the determinants of Swazi households' willingness to pay (WTP)

Cited by 15 publications

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Analysis of Factors Determining the Demand for Water: A Case Study of Sabié Administrative Post, Moamba District, Mozambique

Analysis of Factors Determining the Demand for Water: A Case Study of Sabié Administrative Post, Moamba District, Mozambique

Farmers’ Willingness to Pay for Private Irrigation Supply in Nandom District, Ghana

Contingent valuation and rural potable water systems: A critical look at the past and future

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