DOI: 10.11648/j.sd.20261404.16 ISSN: 2331-0650

Groundwater Preservation in the Logone River Basin

Maya Ernest
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Water resources are a valuable asset for agricultural and industrial consumption, as well as for household needs. It is widely recognized that groundwater must be protected from all forms of pollution to maintain healthy biodiversity. The Logone River provides users with economic benefits: irrigated agriculture, fishing, groundwater, and recreational opportunities. Water property rights are complex to define, and a water market is difficult to establish. In the absence of property rights and a market, conflicts among users are inevitable. Although a market for property rights exists, we do not know how water resources are allocated among different users. In this sense, water resource management models must address these issues. This study therefore attempts, firstly, to examine the determinants of households' willingness to pay to preserve the water table in the Logone basin, and secondly, to estimate the value of households' willingness to pay (WTP). To achieve our objectives, we used the logit model, which allowed us to identify the variables that influence or do not influence household WTP. Subsequently, the Cameron and James method from 1987 guided us in estimating the average value of household WTP. We deduce from this study that the only decision-making variable is essentially income. All surveys indicate that their WTP would increase as long as their income remained high.

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