Tag Archive | cost recovery
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$950 Fundamentals of Infrastructure Project Finance (May 2, 2012 – June 15, 2012) – […]
Palu: ADB loans US$ 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 […]
Pro-poor water services: investment scenarios for Kamapala, Uganda
Water service to the urban poor presents challenges to political leaders, regulators and managers. A new study identifies technology mixes of yard taps, public water points (with and without pre-paid meters) to meet alternative constraints, and reflecting populations served and investment requirements. Three investment scenarios have different implications for improving water access to over 400,000 […]
Post-construction support and sustainability in community-managed rural water supply
Bakalian, A. and Wakeman, W. (eds) (2009). Post-construction support and sustainability in community-managed rural water supply : case studies in Peru, Bolivia, and Ghana. (Water Sector Board discussion paper series ; no. 14). Washington, DC, USA, Bank-Netherlands Water Partnership (BNWP), World Bank. xvii, 114 p. : 2 boxes, 1 fig., 38 tab. Incl. ref. Download […]
Drinking water treatment: becoming more affordable with U.S. help
An affordable, sustainable drinking water treatment system designed by a U.S. laboratory is being used successfully in Ghana, India, Sri Lanka, Mexico, South America and the Philippines. The technology, which uses ultraviolet light to disinfect water safely and cheaply, was designed by Ashok Gadgil at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. [...] […]
Ethiopia: Forum Reflects on WSS financing
The third meeting of the Forum for Learning on Water and Sanitation (FLoWS), held on 28 November 2008 in Adama/Nazareth, reflected on current directions of water supply and sanitation (WSS) financing in Ethiopia. The meeting included presentations and debates on the country’s water policy and the system of engaging actors in policy processes, Joint Budget […]
Brazil: Abcon promotes fair rates for water, sewerage services
Brazil’s national water and sewerage concessionaires association Abcon has started a campaign to promote fair rates for water and sewerage services. Speaking at a seminar on sources of financing for water and sanitation, organised by a lower house commission on environment and sustainable development, Abcon president Yves Besse mentioned several constraints faced by his members, […]
Argentina: the negative effects of nationalizing water services
Argentina’s government-controlled water utility Aysa, which serves Buenos Aires, was unable to satisfy demand at the beginning of 2008, due to insufficient service expansion investments. About two years ago, the federal government revoked then-concessionaire Aguas Argentinas’ contract because the company allegedly also failed to carry out promised investments as well as reports of nitrate pollution. […]
