Staff Paper No. 53 THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF POTABLE WATER SUPPLY PROJECTS TO HOUSEHOLDS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Dale Whittington and Venkateswarlu Swarna January 1994 Department of Environmental Sciences & Engineering University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Adapted from a Staff Study Report prepared under the supervision of U Ba Lay Senior Economist Economics and Development Resource Center Asian Development BankAsian Development Bank P.O. Box 789 1099 Mania Philippines ©1994 by Asian Development Bank Janwary 1994 ISSN 0116273 ‘The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Asian Development Bank,Foreword The Asian Development Bank Staff Paper Series presents the results of selected preliminary research undertaken by the Economics and Development Resource Center. It is designed to stimulate discussion and critical comment on socioeconomic ues facing the developing countries of Asia and the Pacific. It is hoped that in some small way the discussion generated by the series will increase our understanding of the development process in the region. $.C. Jha Chief Economist Economics and Development Resource Center,