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Jonathan P. Truslove, Andrea B. Coulson, Emma Mbalame and Robert M. Kalin
Service provision for Afridev handpumps through community management in Malawi is a notable challenge. Essential preventative maintenance is often neglected, and repairs are undertaken on a reactive basis. The costs of major repairs are not recognized at...
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Rizky Prayoga, Anindrya Nastiti, Seth Schindler, Siska W. D. Kusumah, Arief D. Sutadian, Eka J. Sundana, Elivas Simatupang, Arie Wibowo, Bagus Budiwantoro and Majid Sedighi
The establishment of decentralized drinking water systems in urban areas is technically and financially feasible, and these ?off-grid? systems can complement investment in traditional piped water systems. However, users often see ?off-grid? systems as th...
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N. V. Papulovskaya,I. N. Izotov,D. Yu. Blinichkin,A. Yu. Kataev
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The article deals with the testing problem that arises when developing devices for the Internet of Things (IoT) systems. Smart devices that provide data transmission over the Internet are becoming more and more popular. For example, energy metering devic...
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Raquel de Souza Pompermayer,Humberto Angelo,Alexandre Nascimento de Almeida,Pedro Guilherme de Andrade Vasconcelos,Eraldo Aparecido Trondoli Matricardi,Maristela Franchetti de Paula,Eder Pereira Miguel
This paper presents an estimate of the water demand in Distrito Federal, a Federative Unit of Brazil where the capital of Brazil is located. We develop a water demand model based on the tariff structure to capture the essential aspects of water use by co...
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Christian Klassert, Katja Sigel, Bernd Klauer and Erik Gawel
Arid developing countries face growing challenges from water scarcity, which are exacerbated by deficient piped water supply infrastructures. Increasing block tariffs (IBTs), charging higher rates with increasing water consumption, can potentially reconc...
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Stanss Levynna Hermien Verronica Joyce Lapian,Altje Tumbel
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The tourism and hotel sectors generally have the potential to have a negative impact on the environment, welfare and socio-culture of local communities, especially if the construction of these hotels does not follow the green building architecture. This ...
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Bartolomé Deyà-Tortella, Celso Garcia, William Nilsson, Dolores Tirado
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This study analyses water prices and residential water consumption using micro data for three different housing typologies in Calvia with contrasting household characteristics. We examine the effect of a price reform of the sanitation fee (implemented in...
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Shabbir Ahmad, Saleem H. Ali, M. Usman Mirza, Hina Lotia
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This paper seeks to question the effectiveness of water pricing as a means of consumer behavioural change in urban centres of the Global South by analysing the domestic usage for water in a major industrial city of Pakistan. Using survey data of 1100 hou...
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Andrea Guerrini, Giulia Romano, Chiara Leardini and Martina Martini
Efficiency improvement is one of three patterns a public utility should follow in order to get funds for investments realization. The other two are recourse to bank loans or to private equity and tariff increase. Efficiency can be improved, for example, ...
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Miguel A. García-Rubio, Alberto Ruiz-Villaverde and Francisco González-Gómez
Recently, in the context of the Integrated Water Resources Management, demand policies are playing a more important role as opposed to traditional supply policies based on the construction of large hydraulic infrastructures. In this new context, water ta...
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