We design a survey to provide quantitative evidence about household demand for qualitative aspects of tap water supply …. We focus on two characteristics that are of importance for households: water hardness and aesthetic quality in terms of … characteristics of tap water quality, and administration targets a representative sample of the population in England and Wales. For …

This article introduces an iterative choice procedure for valuing inland water quality. This approach breaks up the … valuation into a series of component tasks. The water quality ladder approach is not valid empirically. Consequently …, respondents in Colorado and North Carolina assessed the value of making water quality rated "good" by EPA, which has a value of …

intervention is social comparison reports (SC), which primarily provide consumers with information motivating behavioral change …. The second intervention is real-time feedback (RTF), which primarily provides consumers with information facilitating … having experienced them for one month. We find that SC leads to a reduction in water use per shower by 9.4%, RTF by 28 …

The purpose of this paper is to determine what types of information may be important in determining the welfare … benefits of preventing toxic water contamination when a given type of toxification occurs (or is likely to occur) in a given … setting. It attempts to identify information and behavior issues that need to be considered when policy makers and others wish …

The purpose of this paper is to determine what types of information may be important in determining the welfare … benefits of preventing toxic water contamination when a given type of toxification occurs (or is likely to occur) in a given … setting. It attempts to identify information and behavior issues that need to be considered when policy makers and others wish …