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The impact of tap connection on water use: the case of household water consumption in Dakar, Senegal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2009

ANNE BRIAND ,
CÉLINE NAUGES ,
JON STRAND  and
MURIEL TRAVERS
ANNE BRIAND
Affiliation:
CARE, University of Rouen, 3 avenue Pasteur, F-76186 Rouen Cedex 1, France. Email: [email protected]
CÉLINE NAUGES
Affiliation:
Toulouse School of Economics (LERNA-INRA), 21 Allée de Brienne, F-31000 Toulouse, France. Email: [email protected]
JON STRAND
Affiliation:
World Bank, 1818 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20433, USA. Email: [email protected]
MURIEL TRAVERS
Affiliation:
GRANEM, University of Angers, 13, Allée François Mitterrand, F-49036 Angers Cedex 01, France. Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Predicting residential water demand for non-connected households that obtain connections is a crucial issue for water planners in developing countries. We propose a technique derived from Heckman (1976) to accurately measure the expected increase in water use due to access to tap water while controlling for differences in characteristics between connected and non-connected households. Illustration is made on a cross section of 246 households from Dakar, Senegal. We show that getting a tap connection induces an expected increase in water use of 26 L per capita per day.

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Research Article
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Environment and Development Economics , Volume 15 , Issue 1 , February 2010 , pp. 107 - 126
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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