Household systems are maintained by individual families. Each family is responsible for their system and their system only.
Advantages:
- promotes independence
- family understands the value of their system
- those who benefit = those who are responsible (high incentives for maintenance)
- household systems don't benefit from scale
- poorest households may not be able to afford
- elderly households without children may have trouble with maintenance
Advantages:
- benefits from scale (i.e. bigger systems sometimes offer lower price per person)
- promotes a sense of community
- only one system to maintain
- enables free riders (people who benefit but do no work)
- can create hierarchies (those who maintain the system have power over those who don't)
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If you're referring to filtration systems, I think the standard is for Point-Of-Use (POU) systems. With the filtration occurring at the household level, the clean water is less likely to be recontaminated. I feel like there have been many studies on the lack of efficacy at a community-based system, because the water become contaminated again as it is carried home and stored.
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