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Factors determining informal tanker water markets in Chennai, India
Many developing world cities have seen the emergence of informal markets where private tanker truck operators transport water extracted from peri-urban wells to urban consumers. This study adopted a systems-modelling approach to analyzing the informal tanker market in India. The results indicate that the demand for tanker supply was caused by lack of groundwater availability in private wells as well as unreliable piped supply. The study shows that two groundwater factors are relevant: depth to water and aquifer productivity. Together, these could explain the difference in spatial, temporal and consumer-specific variations in tanker dependence.
Factors determining informal tanker water markets in Chennai, India
Many developing world cities have seen the emergence of informal markets where private tanker truck operators transport water extracted from peri-urban wells to urban consumers. This study adopted a systems-modelling approach to analyzing the informal tanker market in India. The results indicate that the demand for tanker supply was caused by lack of groundwater availability in private wells as well as unreliable piped supply. The study shows that two groundwater factors are relevant: depth to water and aquifer productivity. Together, these could explain the difference in spatial, temporal and consumer-specific variations in tanker dependence.
Factors determining informal tanker water markets in Chennai, India
Srinivasan, Veena (author) / Gorelick, Steven M. (author) / Goulder, Lawrence (author)
Water International ; 35 ; 254-269
2010-06-15
16 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
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urban , informal , tanker , water market , India
Factors determining informal tanker water markets in Chennai, India
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