household level data for 2007 and 2009 in the United States - the Survey of Consumer Finances. We find that asset diversity …

. This paper demonstrates that poorer households, for whom the costs of avoidance comprise a greater share of disposable … income, bear disproportionate costs of water quality violations in the United States. Following a health-based water quality … decreases by approximately $7 per month. This is associated with a decrease of about 1,500 calories per household member per day …