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Households’ willingness to pay for quality of drinking water in Jaffna area of Sri Lanka

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dc.contributor.author Sooriyakumar, K.
dc.contributor.author Sumangkalai, P.
dc.contributor.author Sivashankar, S.
dc.date.accessioned 2022-08-22T04:51:26Z
dc.date.available 2022-08-22T04:51:26Z
dc.date.issued 2020
dc.identifier.uri http://repo.lib.jfn.ac.lk/ujrr/handle/123456789/6096
dc.description.abstract Jaffna Peninsula of Sri Lanka depends on groundwater for drinking water. Supply of clean drinking water has become limited due to overuse of agrochemicals, widespread use of pit latrines, and seawater intrusion. The aim of this study is to estimate the willingness to pay for the attributes of water quality and supply. One hundred and twenty households were randomly selected in the study area. A choice modeling approach was employed. The result indicates that, on average, households’ willingness to pay for the improvement of water quality is three times higher than their monthly payment. Households are willing to pay more for reduction in calcium than for reduction in nitrate and improvement of other attributes. The education level of households influences willingness to pay for the improvement of water quality more than the income level of households. There is high potential to finance for the improvement of the water quality from the households. Water supply and drainage board can afford to supply the drinking water at the WHO standard and charge price on a volumetric basis. The findings of this study would be useful for policymakers to set the appropriate price and policy to develop a sustainable project. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology en_US
dc.subject Choice modeling en_US
dc.subject Conditional logit model en_US
dc.subject Water quality en_US
dc.subject Willingness to pay en_US
dc.title Households’ willingness to pay for quality of drinking water in Jaffna area of Sri Lanka en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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