Water Policy Vol 8 No 5 pp 461–473 © IWA Publishing 2006 doi:10.2166/wp.2006.055
Factors influencing household willingness to pay (WTP) for drinking water in peri-urban areas: a case study in the Indian context
L. Venkatachalam
Institute for Social and Economic Change, Nagarbhavi, Bangalore 560 072, India Tel: 91-80-2321 5468.Fax: 91-80-2321 7008venkat@isec.ac.in. Website: www.isec.ac.in
ABSTRACT
One of the major issues confronted by the agencies formulating polices for water supply projects in developing countries is how to achieve efficiency, equity and sustainability. Achieving these objectives warrants an understanding of the determinants of household behaviour towards various aspects of water supply projects, such as improved water supply services and the associated willingness to pay value for specified services. Since these determinants are site-specific in nature, it is imperative that the water supply authorities identify and accommodate these factors appropriately in water supply policies. This paper discusses the results of a case study that looked into identification of such determinants of household behavior in relation to improved water supply services in a peri-urban context in Tamil Nadu, India.
Keywords: Contingent valuation; India; Individual connections; South Asia; Water supply; Willingness to pay
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