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Affordability of Decentralized Wastewater Systems: A Case Study in Integrated Planning from INDIA

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: Based on experiences about the planning of decentralized wastewater treatment systems for slums of two rural towns in India, the paper asks to what extent affordability for the future users may impede the realization of other sustainability goals. The planning aimed at ensuring economic, social, and environmental sustainability. To this end the planning process promoted the participation of stakeholders and it was supplemented by an in-depth analysis (using novel methods) of the socio-economic situation of the future users. In particular, an approach towards estimating willingness to pay from small samples was developed. Taking all this information into account, planning identified a well-established technology that it is inexpensive, robust, and easy to maintain. The experiences of this planning process may generalize to other developing countries seeking socially acceptable low cost solutions with reasonable pollution reduction for resolving the sanitation crisis.

Source: Water

DOI: 10.3390/w10111644

Authors: Norbert Brunner, Markus Starkl, Absar A. Kazmi, Alvaro Real, Nitin Jain, Vijay Mishra

Institutions: Centre for Environmental Management and Decision Support, BOKU University, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Fundación Pública Andaluza Centro de las Nuevas Tecnologías del Agua

Language: English

Topic: Wastewater Treatment and Reuse

Subfield: Waste Management and Disposal

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Responsible consumption and production, Clean water and sanitation, Sustainable cities and communities, No poverty

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $3,137