At a time when, in France, the central government is placing new hope in the principle of governance of its utilities by means of performance indicators, this article argues that governance through performance measurement and management tools alone, however sophisticated, is not enough to meet the current challenges facing public water governance. ...
In France, water supply and sanitation can be delegated to private operators by local communities. The renewal of delegation contracts is often considered to be insufficiently competitive. We hypothesize that this may be due to the fact that the incumbent operator knows the existing network better than his competitors. This type of private informat...
Issues on service quality are crucial for water utility management and regulation. Omitting these aspects can lead to important biases in estimating costs of services. In our article, we integrate in a translog cost model variables proxying the output multi-dimensionality. We test and consider endogenous output quantity and quality. The scale issue...
In view of the enormous direct and indirect economic and ecological effects of CO_2-induced corrosion, a pressure-independent CO_2 sensor with high ionic activity was to be developed for applications in communal sewage systems. The sensor is based on a new chemical analysis technique and is the first to enable continuous monitoring of CO_2 concentr...
Subjects discussed at the conference were: The position of the German water management industry, consulting services, operation, financing models, US cross-border leasing, co-operation with communities and water management groups, benchmarking, export of know-how by German water supply utilities. / Die Konferenz beschaeftigte sich mit den folgenden...
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