The Economic Value of Basin Protection to Improve the Quality and Reliability of Potable Water Supply: Some Evidence from Ecuador | Land Portal

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Date of publication: 
December 2009
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ISBN / Resource ID: 
AGRIS:US2016200983

This study estimates the willingness to pay (WTP) of Loja’s households to protect two micro-basins that supply over 40 percent of potable water to the city. Results indicate that households have an average WTP of $5.80 per month, which corresponds to a 25 percent increase in the self-reported monthly water bill, to preserve the basins.

Authors and Publishers

Author(s), editor(s), contributor(s): 

Zapata, Samuel D.
Benavides, Holger M.
Carpio, Carlos E.
Willis, David B.

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