Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/299105 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Citation: 
[Journal:] Development Engineering [ISSN:] 2352-7285 [Volume:] 7 [Article No.:] 100089 [Year:] 2022 [Pages:] 1-14
Publisher: 
Elsevier, Amsterdam
Abstract: 
We analyze the impact of public water infrastructure and water handling technologies on the water quality and water handling behavior of households in rural Benin using both quasi-experimental and experimental household-level panel data. We find that the installation of improved village-level water sources induces households to reduce water disinfection efforts at home, indicating that households perceive improved public water infrastructure as a substitute for improved water handling to obtain safe drinking water. Consequently, point-of-use drinking water quality does not change. A reduction of contamination with E. coli at points of use can only be achieved if interventions providing drinking water technologies at the water source are complemented by household-level interventions and efforts to teach households how to maintain good water quality.
Subjects: 
Health
Quasi-experimental
RCT
Rigorous evidence
Water handling
Water quality
Water supply
JEL: 
D12
I38
O12
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Document Type: 
Article

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