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100			_aGupta, D.B.
245			_aWater and its sustainable pricing
260			_c2003
300			_ap.l99-112.
362			_aOct-Dec
520			_aThis paper examines the4 sustainability of demand-based rural water-provision schemes that are partially or entirely financed by beneficiary communities. This is done through a study of the Swajal Pariyojana, which is a water-provision scheme conceived by the World Bank for villages in Uttaranchal and Uttar Pradesh. Our findings reveal that the level of water charges and efficiency in their collections are consistent with sustainability, as far as operation and maintenance expenditures are concerned. Willingness-to-pay studies reveal that it may be possible to even recover a significant proportion of the capital costs through water charges. - Reproduced.
650			_aWater supply
700			_aMitra, Siddhartha
773			_aMargin
909			_a59403
999			_c59403 _d59403