December 2022
Benefit-cost Analysis of Expanding Fresh Life Services in Kisumu, Kenya.
Sanergy is expanding its Fresh Life container-based sanitation service in low-income areas (LIAs) of Kisumu, Kenya. The Aquaya Institute conducted a benefit-cost analysis of Fresh Life’s increased market penetration, including a wide range of potential benefits for households, sanitation duty bearers, and the healthcare sector.
Result Highlights
Benefits outweigh costs for society overall as well as for households across the entire analysis time horizon (15 years).
After 3 years, each dollar invested in Fresh Life’s service expansion could generate $2 in benefits (BCR=2). After 15 years, each dollar invested could generate nearly $4 in benefits (BCR=3.7).upport special exhibitions.
Expanding Fresh Life services to Nyalenda and Manyatta LIAs would generate 25 million USD in net benefits over the next 15 years.
Key Drivers of Benefits & Costs
A positive sanitation externality occurs when community health improves as a result of individual household sanitation access. This analysis assumes that once 75% of households have improved sanitation access, all households, inclusive of those with unimproved or no sanitation access, experience increased disease reduction. Given the projected rate of Fresh Life toilet adoption, the externality is realized in Year 7.
