COMPARISON OF THE COST OF WATER
BOUGHT FROM INFORMAL VENDORS WITH
THE COST OF WATER SUPPLIED
THROUGH HOUSE CONNECTIONS
|
| City |
A
Cost of Water for Domestic Use
(House Connections -
10 m3/month) |
B
Price charged by informal vendors |
Ratio B/A |
| |
US$/m3 |
(US$/m3) |
|
| Vientiane |
0.11 |
14.68 |
135.92 |
| Male* |
5.70 |
14.44 |
2.53 |
| Mandalay |
0.81 |
11.33 |
14.00 |
| Faisalabad |
0.11 |
7.38 |
68.33 |
| Bandung |
0.12 |
6.05 |
50.00 |
| Delhi* |
0.01 |
4.89 |
489.00 |
| Manila |
0.11 |
4.74 |
42.32 |
| Cebu |
0.33 |
4.17 |
12.75 |
| Davao* |
0.19 |
3.79 |
19.95 |
| Chonburi* |
0.25 |
2.43 |
9.57 |
| Phnom Penh |
0.09 |
1.64 |
18.02 |
| Bangkok* |
0.16 |
1.62 |
10.00 |
| Ulaanbaatar |
0.04 |
1.51 |
35.12 |
| Hanoi |
0.11 |
1.44 |
13.33 |
| Mumbai* |
0.03 |
1.12 |
40.00 |
| Ho Chi Minh |
0.12 |
1.08 |
9.23 |
| Chiangmai* |
0.15 |
1.01 |
6.64 |
| Karachi |
0.14 |
0.81 |
5.74 |
| Lae* |
0.29 |
0.54 |
1.85 |
| Chittagong* |
0.09 |
0.50 |
5.68 |
| Dhaka |
0.08 |
0.42 |
5.12 |
| Jakarta |
0.16 |
0.31 |
1.97 |
| Colombo* |
0.02 |
0.10 |
4.35 |
| * Some water vending but not common. |
| Source: Second Water Utilities Data
Book Asian and Pacific Region, Asian Development Bank, October
1997. (tables 11 and 18). |
|
(Compiled by C. Ertuna, Chief, Population and Rural and Urban Development
Division, ESCAP)
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