This paper formulates and estimates a household-level, billing-cycle water demand model under increasing block prices … household demographics in the utility's service territory to recover the impact of these factors on water demand. An index of … models are used to compute the distribution of utility-level water demand and revenues for any possible price schedule …

The paper provides an integrated framework to assess water markets in terms of their institutional underpinnings and … the three 'pillars' of integrated water resource management: economic efficiency, equity and environmental sustainability …. This framework can be used: (1) to benchmark different water markets; (2) to track performance over time; and (3) to …

Providing clean water requires maintenance, as well as the initial connections that are typically measured. Frequently …, the water supply fails in the developing world, especially when users don't pay the marginal cost of water. This paper … uses the timing of frequent, unexpected water service outages in Lusaka, Zambia to identify the short-term impacts of piped …