The water informality trap
(2022) , 2 pages
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Choueiri, Yasmina 
- Abstract
- Many parts of the world with chronic and intermittent water shortages rely on informal water systems such as deliveries from water tanker trucks, purchased bottled water, or water pumped from local wells. While these sources are flexible and adaptable to people’s demand and help them overcome their daily water shortage, they tend to burden water users with additional costs and require additional energy inputs. This news paper article focuses on informal water services in Beirut (Lebanon) and examines their socio-economic and environmental impacts. It analyzes affordability disparities between high- and low-income communities by considering the additional costs of informal water sources and residents’ different coping behaviors and capabilities. The research also assesses environmental impacts of informal water systems with a comparative energy-water nexus and carbon footprint analysis of formal (piped infrastructure) and informal water sources.
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Choueiri, Y. (2022). The water informality trap. Yasmina Choueiri. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/100313