RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Cooperation between First Nations and Municipalities: Do Water-Sharing Arrangements Improve Drinking Water Quality?
JF Land Economics
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 433
OP 457
DO 10.3368/le.99.3.053022-0042R
VO 99
IS 3
A1 Deaton, B. James
A1 Lipka, Bethany
YR 2023
UL http://le.uwpress.org/content/99/3/433.abstract
AB Many communities engage in water-sharing arrangements (WSAs) with nearby communities. Using data characterizing drinking water systems in the Canadian province of Ontario, we assess the following question: Do WSAs influence drinking water quality outcomes for recipient water systems? We find that WSAs are associated with improved drinking water quality outcomes for First Nations recipient systems. We do not associate WSAs with improved outcomes for municipal recipient systems. These differing effects may be due to provincial state capacity, which is available to all municipalities, irrespective of WSA status, and the subset of First Nations systems in a WSA.