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Water Markets, Demand and Cost Recovery for Piped Water Supply Services : Evidence from Southwest Sri Lanka

In many countries water supply is a service that is seriously underpriced, especially for residential consumers. This has led to a call for setting cost recovery policies to ensure that the tariffs charged for water supply cover the full cost of providing for the service. Yet, the question arises on...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nauges, Celine, van den Berg, Caroline
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ACCESS TO SAFE WATER
ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCES
BLOCK PRICING
BLOCK RATE
BLOCK RATE STRUCTURE
CONSTRUCTION
CONTINGENT VALUATION
COST RECOVERY
COST RECOVERY POLICIES
CUBIC METER
CUBIC METERS
DELIVERY OF WATER
DELIVERY OF WATER SUPPLY
DEMAND FOR WATER
DISTRIBUTION OF WATER
DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
FIXED COSTS
FIXED FEE
HAND PUMP
HOUSE CONNECTION
HOUSEHOLD
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS
LITRES PER DAY
LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS
METER INSTALLATION
MONTHLY WATER BILL
MONTHLY WATER USE
PIPE LAYING
PIPED WATER
POOR WATER QUALITY
PRICE ELASTICITIES
PRICE ELASTICITY
PRIVATE WELLS
PUBLIC WELLS
PUMPS
QUALITY OF WATER
RAINWATER
RESIDENTIAL CONSUMERS
SANITATION SERVICES
SERVICE AREA
SERVICE PROVISION
SURFACE WATER
TARIFF STRUCTURE
TOILETS
TOWN
TOWNS
TYPE OF CONNECTION
UTILITIES
UTILITY SERVICES
WATER
WATER AVAILABILITY
WATER CONSUMPTION
WATER DEMAND
WATER DEMAND FUNCTIONS
WATER DEPARTMENT
WATER DISTRIBUTION
WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
WATER MARKETS
WATER PARTNERSHIP
WATER PRESSURE
WATER SERVICE
WATER SOURCE
WATER SOURCES
WATER SUPPLY
WATER SUPPLY SERVICES
WATER TARIFF
WATER TARIFFS
WATER TREATMENT
WATER USE
WELLS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/6858795/water-markets-demand-cost-recovery-piped-water-supply-services-evidence-southwest-sri-lanka-water-markets-demand-cost-recovery-piped-water-supply-services-evidence-southwest-sri-lanka
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8445

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