An analytical review of the efficiency of water and sanitation utilities in developing countries

TB Cetrulo, RC Marques, TF Malheiros - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
… of analyzing the efficiency of water utilities and the large … on the quantitative studies of water
and sanitation services, … regulatory incentives on operator efficiency and economies of scope…

A review of frontier approaches to efficiency and productivity measurement in urban water utilities

AC Worthington - Urban Water Journal, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
water sector as it stands to achieve productive and efficient … inherent conditions of urban
water utilities (supply variability, … for effective competition and efficient markets in urban water (…

European water utility management: Promoting efficiency, innovation and knowledge in the water industry

G Romano, A Guerrini, RC Marques - Water Resources Management, 2017 - Springer
… of Spanish water utilities, the paper measures their efficiency … that private management is
more efficient in the use of labor input, … , to achieve an effective benchmarking and fairer tariffs. …

Urban water sector performance in Africa: A step-wise bias-corrected efficiency and effectiveness analysis

D Mbuvi, K De Witte, S Perelman - Utilities Policy, 2012 - Elsevier
… ► A step-wise approach is suggested to evaluate utility performance. ► We distinguish
efficiency from effectiveness in African water utilities. ► Utilities across the East, West and …

Measuring the efficiency of water utilities: a cross-national comparison between Portugal and Italy

N Ferreira da Cruz, RC Marques, G Romano… - Water Policy, 2012 - iwaponline.com
… of water utilities in these two Mediterranean countries. We assess their performance using
composite (global) indicators on a sample of 88 water utilities, … the effectiveness, efficiency and …

A review of residential water conservation tool performance and influences on implementation effectiveness

D Inman, P Jeffrey - Urban Water Journal, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
… to engage governments, water utilities and the public on water conservation issues if future
… to question the efficiency and sustainability of using water price as a method of reducing …

Factors affecting the performance of water utility companies

A Guerrini, G Romano, B Campedelli - International Journal of Public …, 2011 - emerald.com
… , wastewater and sewerage industry in order to encourage the selection of companies that
could potentially be more efficient and effective. The method we used could be applied also to …

The cost-effectiveness of energy savings through water conservation: a utility-scale assessment

ES Spang, S Manzor, FJ Loge - Environmental Research Letters, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
… conservation programs prove to be cost-competitive with the energy efficiency programs
enacted by the utility. When using estimates of EI with expanded system boundaries that include …

Evaluating the institutional sustainability of an urban water utility: a conceptual framework and research directions

S Kayaga, J Mugabi, W Kingdom - Utilities Policy, 2013 - Elsevier
… to develop a more effective assessment tool for tracking a water utility's progress towards …
that are imparted to people to become efficient and effective actors in an organisation. Some of …

[引用][C] The changing water utility: Creative approaches to effectiveness and efficiency

GP Westerhoff, JB Mannion - 1998 - American Water Works Association