<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jeuland, Marc</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">McClatchey, Marcella</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Patil, Sumeet R.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pattanayak, Subhrendu K.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Poulos, Christine M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Yang, Jui-Chen</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Do Decentralized Community Treatment Plants Provide Clean Water? Evidence from Rural Andhra Pradesh, India</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Land Economics</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2021</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2021-05-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">345-371</style></pages><doi><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10.3368/le.97.2.345</style></doi><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">97</style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Though there is little evidence on its effectiveness, a decentralized community water system (CWS), such as a market-based kiosk, is thought to be appropriate where piped services are infeasible or unreliable. We assess changes in household behaviors, water quality, and health following the installation of a CWS in rural India, using quasi-experimental methods. Three negative findings stand out: (1) few households use the CWS, (2) water quality is lower among CWS users, and (3) childhood diarrhea is higher among CWS users. This appears to stem from reduced self-protection by users amid continuing reliance on multiple water sources. Decentralized supply solutions will not deliver environmental quality unless household protective behaviors are maintained.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>