Providing private water connections for households can be effective at freeing up time for household members, but additional interventions may be necessary to turn that time into productive time for the household. The evaluation shows that households have freed up a significant amount of time from no longer gathering water or doing laundry outside the home; however, the saved time did not translate into increased income for the household. One possible theory is that there are few opportunities for households to use that time for productive activities. If that is the case, additional interventions aimed at income-generation for the household may be necessary.
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