Pattanayak, Subhrenduvan den Berg, CarolineYang, Jui-ChenGunatilake, Herath2014-03-102014-03-102006-10https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17237The need for reform in urban water and sanitation service delivery is urgent. Countries are making moves to achieve reforms, bringing in changes to the way they manage utilities, charge for water, and regulate the sector. This paper investigates how a set of basic assumptions on service coverage, service levels, tariffs, and subsidies in the proposed transactions in southwest Sri Lanka held up against consumer preferences. This paper provides the background information and describes the main features of the survey data. The paper then discusses a set of features that were used in the initial transaction design. This is followed by information on the impact of the different household preferences on these transaction features, and what this means in term of redesigning these features to ensure that the transaction would be more pro-poor. Conclusions and policy recommendations follow in the final section of this report.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO WATERALTERNATIVE WATERALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCESALTERNATIVE WATER SUPPLYAVERAGE WATER CONSUMPTIONBLOCK RATEBLOCK RATESBLOCK TARIFFCENTRAL GOVERNMENTCHEAP WATERCONNECTED HOUSEHOLDSCONNECTIONCONNECTION CHARGECONNECTION CHARGESCONNECTION COSTCONNECTION COSTSCONNECTION FEECONNECTION FEESCONNECTION SUBSIDYCONSUMER PREFERENCESCONSUMPTION CHARGECONSUMPTION CHARGESCUBIC METERCUBIC METER OF WATERCUBIC METERSCUBIC METERS OF WATERCUBIC METERS PER MONTHDECISION MAKERSDELIVERY OF WATERDELIVERY OF WATER SUPPLYDELIVERY OF WATER SUPPLY SERVICESDEMAND FOR WATERDEMAND FOR WATER SUPPLYDISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITSDOMESTIC CONSUMERSDOMESTIC USERSDRINKING WATERDRINKING WATER QUALITYFINANCIAL VIABILITYGOOD QUALITY WATERHIGH LEVELSHIGH VALUESHOURS OF WATERHOUSE CONNECTIONSHOUSEHOLD BUDGETHOUSEHOLD CONNECTIONSHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD WATERHOUSEHOLD WATER CONSUMPTIONHOUSEHOLDSHYGIENEINCIDENCE OF WATERINVESTMENT COSTSINVESTMENT PROGRAMINVESTMENT REQUIREMENTSLOCAL SERVICESLOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDSMONITORING PROGRAMMONTHLY BILLMONTHLY WATERMONTHLY WATER BILLNATIONAL WATEROPERATOR TARIFFOVERHEAD TANKPIPED WATERPRICE ELASTICITIESPRICE ELASTICITYPRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMANDPRIVATE OPERATORPRIVATE OPERATORSPRIVATE WELLSPROVISION OF SERVICEPROVISION OF WATERPROVISION OF WATER SUPPLYPROVISION OF WATER SUPPLY SERVICESPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEMSPUBLIC TAPPUBLIC TAPSPUBLIC WELLSQUALITY OF DRINKING WATERQUALITY STANDARDSQUALITY WATERQUALITY WATER SUPPLYRESIDENTIAL CONSUMERSRESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERSSAFE WATERSAFE WATER SUPPLYSANITATIONSANITATION SERVICESANITATION SERVICE DELIVERYSANITATION SERVICESSERVICE DELIVERYSERVICE IMPROVEMENTSERVICE PROVIDERSERVICE PROVISIONSERVICE STANDARDSSEWERAGESEWERAGE SERVICESTARIFF LEVELSTARIFF REVENUETARIFF STRUCTURETOWNTOWNSURBAN AREASURBAN CENTERSURBAN HOUSEHOLDSURBAN WATERUSERSUTILITIESUTILITY REVENUESVOLUME OF WATERWATERWATER COMPANIESWATER CONNECTIONWATER CONSUMPTIONWATER CONTAMINATIONWATER COVERAGEWATER METERWATER METERSWATER NETWORKSWATER PARTNERSHIPWATER PRICESWATER QUALITYWATER QUALITY STANDARDSWATER SECTORWATER SECTOR REFORMWATER SERVICEWATER SERVICESWATER SOURCESWATER SUPPLY SERVICEWATER SUPPLY SYSTEMWATER SYSTEMSWATER TARIFFSWATER UTILITYWELLS10.1596/17237