When pits fill up: Supply and demand for safe pit-emptying services in Kisumu, Kenya.

ABSTRACT: Improving sanitation conditions in low-income communities is a major challenge for rapidly growing cities of the developing world. The expenses and logistical difficulties of extending sewerage infrastructure have focused increasing attention on the requirements for safe and cost-effective fecal sludge management services. These services, which are primarily provided by the private sector, include the collection and treatment of fecal waste from latrine pits and septic tanks. To determine the degree to which market forces can promote safe fecal sludge removal in low-income neighborhoods of Kisumu, Kenya, we compared household willingness-to-pay for formal pit emptying with the prices charged by service providers. Through surveys of 942 households and a real-money voucher trial with 646 hou

SUBMITTER: Peletz R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7470379 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature