Water utilities
Upcoming IP3 training courses on water and wastewater utility finance
The Institute for Public-Private Partnerships (IP3) has several upcoming courses on the financing of infrastructure services like water and wastewater. These include: Fundamentals of Utility Tariffs: Determining Revenue Needs and Structuring Rates (April 4, 2012 – May 18, 2012) – Online, US$950 Fundamentals of Infrastructure Project Finance (May 2, 2012 – June 15, 2012) – […]
Arrangements and cost of providing support to rural water service providers
Smits, S. … [et al.] (2011). Arrangements and cost of providing support to rural water service providers. (WASHCost working paper ; no. 5). The Hague, The Netherlands, IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre. 42 p. : 1 fig., 16 tab. 37 ref. Download full paper This joint WASHCost and Triple-S paper is about the costs […]
Meeting the challenge of financing water and sanitation : tools and approaches
OECD (2011). Meeting the challenge of financing water and sanitation : tools and approaches. (OECD studies on water). Paris, France, OECD Publishing. 142 p. : 13 fig., 5 tab. ISBN : 9789264120525 (PDF) ; 9789264120518 (print) doi: 10.1787/9789264120525-en Order online / Look inside (free online preview) Price: €25 | $35 | £22 | ¥3200 | […]
Kuwait: conserving water through pre-paid supply
The Ministry of Electricity and Water’s pre-paid water supply project aims to conserve water and generate state revenues. Acting Minister of Electricity and Water, Salem Al-Othaina, who inaugurated phase one at Jabriya Water Plant, described it as one of the ministry’s “crucial projects”, Pre-paid water systems are being introduced in four phases at a cost […]
Palestine: World Bank grants US$3 million for Gaza water and sanitation
The World Bank has approved a grant of US$3 million to the Gaza Coastal Municipalities Water Utility (CMWU) to fund cost overruns in the implementation of a US$ 31 million project to improve access and delivery of water and sanitation services to people in the Gaza Strip. The Gaza Emergency Water Project (GEWP), which was […]
India, Delhi: water board levying sewerage charges, privatising billing and metering
The Delhi Jal Board (city water board) has approved levying sewerage development charges on those premises which do not have a DJB water connection, or have a cut-off connection, but discharge sewage into its sewer system. The monthly levy will be in the range of 150 to 2,500 Indian rupees [US$ 3.30 to US$ 55] […]
Palu: ADB loans US$ 16 million Water Sector Improvement Program
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a US$ 16 million for the Water Sector Improvement Program in the Pacific island state of Palau (pop. 20,000). The programme will address regulatory, management, technical and pricing problems that currently result in high non-revenue water losses and undermine cost recovery. It will also help establish the Palau […]
Kenya, Kisumu: water firm introduces pre-paid meters
To improve on revenue collection and access to water, Kisumu Water and Sewerage Company (Kiwasco) has introduced a pre-paid water metering system. The pilot project scheduled to run for the next six months in Nyalenda, beginning this month, is being led by a Namibian based company TagMeter Namibia. “Earlier this year, we concluded a memorandum […]
Capacity development grants: EU Water Facility has €40 million for water partnership projects
In 2010 the EU earmarked €40 million of the ACP-EU Water Facility to support water partnership projects. These are not-for-profit partnerships intended to: “develop capacity in the ACP water & sanitation sector, leading to better water and sanitation governance and management, and to the sustainable development and maintenance of infrastructure”. The European Commission is awarding […]
Indonesia, Jakarta: struggling to provide clean water to all
Like many big cities in the developing world, the city of Jakarta, with a population of nine million people, is struggling to provide clean water to all its residents. In some poor neighborhoods international organizations like Mercy Corps and its Communal Master Meter project (small community-managed piped water system), are trying to help. Some 55 […]
