The impact of tap connection on water use: the case of household water consumption in Dakar, Senegal

Anne Briand (), Celine Nauges, Jon Strand and Muriel Travers ()
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Anne Briand: LASTA - Laboratoire d'Analyse des Sociétés, Transformations et Adaptations - UNIROUEN - Université de Rouen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université
Muriel Travers: GRANEM - Groupe de Recherche Angevin en Economie et Management - UA - Université d'Angers - AGROCAMPUS OUEST - Institut National de l'Horticulture et du Paysage

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Abstract: Predicting residential water demand for non-connected households that obtain connections is a crucial issue for water planners in developing countries. We propose a technique derived from Heckman (1976) to accurately measure the expected increase in water use due to access to tap water while controlling for differences in characteristics between connected and non-connected households. Illustration is made on a cross section of 246 households from Dakar, Senegal. We show that getting a tap connection induces an expected increase in water use of 26 L per capita per day.

Keywords: INCREASE IN WATER USE; TAP WATER HOUSEHOLDS; DAKAR; WATER DEMAND; HOUSEHOLDS; WATER PLANNERS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; CONNECTIONS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-02
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Published in Environment and Development Economics, 2010, 15 (1), pp.107-126. ⟨10.1017/S1355770X09990076⟩

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DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X09990076

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