1.1 Background Urban water supply and sanitation services have commonly been provided
by state-owned, monolithic water organizations. As part of a general move to market-led …

This note highlights the wide variation in performance on key indicators: unaccounted-for
water, labor costs, the working ratio, service coverage, water prices and connection costs …

The term 'privatization, covers a broad spectrum of water utility management, operations,
ownership arrangements, ranging from private provision of services and supplies (eg …

This paper performs a literature update of quantitative studies of water and sanitation
services (WSS), with an emphasis on tracking the benchmarking literature. There are 190 …

Those responsible for utility operations can only manage what they measure, so having
information on productivity trends and relative performance enables utility managers to …

Aging infrastructure and decreasing demand: A dilemma for water utilities - Qureshi - 2014 -
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Clean water is a precious natural resource that is essential to the health and well-being of
our ecosystems, people and economy. Consequently, we have built a complex water …

1. INTRODUCTION AND MOTIVATION Prior to 1989, the water industry in England and
Wales was organized as ten publicly owned regional water authorities (RWAs) providing …

This article provides an overview of the top ten water utility future trends identified through
an assessment of the literature, interviews with public water supply community leaders, and …

Worldwide, the public sector finances, builds, operates, and owns mosi: of the assets in the
water and sanitation sector; facilities are often inefficient, service coverage and quality are …