abstract: 'Economic and population growth in Mexico City (CDMX) is the main cause

  of an increase in water demand against a naturally limited endowment,

  which increases the gap between water demand and supply. In a water

  scarcity environment, households are facing pressure to maintain their

  involvement in the city''s only operating body, the Water System of

  Mexico City (SACMEX) total supply. The objective of this work is to

  measure the inequality in the distribution of drinking water and water

  subsidies between households connected to the public network of CDMX in

  order to generate objective indicators of the phenomenon. Having such

  information provides a baseline scenario of the problem and allows for

  the delineation of a policy covering the minimum levels of well-being in

  the supply of drinking water that is appropriate for the most important

  city in the country. The method consists of measuring inequality through

  continuous variables estimating the Lorenz curve, the Gini coefficient,

  the targeting coefficient and elasticity in water consumption and in

  water subsidies among households in CDMX. Data comes from a household

  survey carried out in 2011, Consumption Habits, Service and Quality of

  Water by Household in Mexico City (EHCSCA). Results show that drinking

  water and subsidies present a regressive distribution, benefit

  high-income households and, to a lesser degree, the poorest households

  in the city and highlight the urgency and importance for SACMEX to

  redefine its policy on water distribution, fees and subsidies. The

  present study''s scope can contribute to the monitoring of the

  distribution of drinking water and of subsidies among household groups.

  The study justifies that the indicators employed in this work can be

  used and are recommended as a valuable tool in water management,

  especially in a dynamic environment.'
affiliation: 'Rodriguez-Tapia, L (Corresponding Author), Autonomous Metropolitan Univ,
  Dept Econ, Azcapotzalco Univ Ave San Pablo 180, Mexico City 02200, DF, Mexico.

  Morales-Novelo, Jorge A.; Rodriguez-Tapia, Lilia, Autonomous Metropolitan Univ,
  Dept Econ, Azcapotzalco Univ Ave San Pablo 180, Mexico City 02200, DF, Mexico.

  Revollo-Fernandez, Daniel A., Autonomous Metropolitan Univ, Area Environm \& Growth,
  Dept Econ, CONACYT UAM, Azcapotzalco Unit Ave San Pablo 180, Mexico City 02200,
  DF, Mexico.'
article-number: '1023'
author: Morales-Novelo, Jorge A. and Rodriguez-Tapia, Lilia and Revollo-Fernandez,
  Daniel A.
author-email: 'jamn8647@gmail.com

  lrt3@prodigy.net.mx

  darevollof@conacyt.mx'
author_list:
- family: Morales-Novelo
  given: Jorge A.
- family: Rodriguez-Tapia
  given: Lilia
- family: Revollo-Fernandez
  given: Daniel A.
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.3390/w10081023
eissn: 2073-4441
files: []
journal: WATER
keywords: 'water distribution; water subsidies; inequality in domestic water

  supply; inequality in subsidies; water in CDMX; water and households'
keywords-plus: WILLINGNESS-TO-PAY; DEVELOPING-COUNTRIES
language: English
month: AUG
number: '8'
number-of-cited-references: '56'
orcid-numbers: 'Morales-Novelo, Jorge A/0000-0002-9143-2452

  Rodriguez-Tapia, Lilia/0000-0002-1456-999X'
papis_id: b5f27d028c960ff26ad0180577a4b8f3
ref: Moralesnovelo2018inequalityaccess
times-cited: '16'
title: Inequality in Access to Drinking Water and Subsidies between Low and High Income
  Households in Mexico City
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000448462700057
usage-count-last-180-days: '3'
usage-count-since-2013: '14'
volume: '10'
web-of-science-categories: Environmental Sciences; Water Resources
year: '2018'