Challenges and opportunities in AMP4 [water supply industry]

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Tempest
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Supply Industry

Urban sanitation in Nigeria: the past, current and future status of access, policies and institutions

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-137
Author(s):  
Obiora B. Ezeudu
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
Current Status ◽  
The Past ◽  
Urban Sanitation ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Future Status

AbstractThough rated among the largest economies in sub-Saharan Africa, Nigeria is currently grappling with enormous socio-economic challenges such as high poverty rate, power and water supply shortages, large-scale unemployment ratio, economic recession and underperforming agricultural sector. Judging by the scale of urgent political and economic importance, urban sanitation definitely ranks low among the government’s priorities. No wonder political slogans and manifestos of political parties feature provision of water supply while sanitation is conspicuously usually omitted. This is suggestive of the opinion that having not critically understood the status, challenges and opportunities associated with sanitation in the country’s urban areas might be partly responsible for this. Thus, the current work presents a detailed review of the past, current and future status of urban sanitation in Nigeria in terms of access coverage, policies, institutions and future challenges and opportunities. The past status was difficult to evaluate because of the absence of data and unclear definitions of the term ‘sanitation’. The current status shows among other findings that water supply issues receive domineering attention than sanitation, mainly due to merging together of discussions, policies and implementation of the two issues together. In cases where sanitation crops up in the agenda, rural areas are favored more than the urban areas. This pattern is also common in the literature. But the future of urban sanitation in Nigeria is double-edged depending on actions or inactions of the government and other stakeholders. The study further makes recommendations for – balanced and sustainable urban development planning, restructuring of land and housing policies and creation of enabling market environment that could trigger a viable sanitation industry – as the way forward.

Future Demands on the Water Supply Industry

1961 ◽  
Vol 53 (5) ◽  
pp. 615-618 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank C. Mirgain ◽  
Marvin T. Skodje
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Supply Industry ◽  
Future Demands

Creating a national benchmarking system for the utilities of water supply and wastewater sector in Russia

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 438-443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksander V. Pariy ◽  
Aleksander V. Lysov
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Integrated Assessment ◽  
Development Process ◽  
General Situation ◽  
Water Industry ◽  
Energy Company ◽  
Supply Industry ◽  
Benchmarking System

Despite the vast resources of drinking water, Russia today is facing some serious problems in the water supply industry. The authors believe that creating a nation-wide benchmarking for Russia's water industry will play an important role in the development process for efficiently functioning water utilities. The main objective is to make improvements in quality of the services provided to the population and to rationalize the management methods by using the best practices and existing technologies as well as conducting a comprehensive integrated assessment of the general situation in the sector and at separate utilities. The article describes the steps taken by the management of Lipetsk Municipal Energy Company to organize benchmarking in the housing and communal utilities sector, mostly in water supply and wastewater services.

Major Water Industry Reform in Australia: A Case Study from Queensland

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
W.B. Adams
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
State Government ◽  
The State ◽  
Severe Drought ◽  
Water Industry ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
The Government

The State Government of Queensland, Australia, has recently embarked on unparalleled reform of the water industry in the populous South-East corner of the state. This reform goes well beyond that previously seen in either the Australian electricity or water industries, and involves the geographic aggregation of 25 separate local government-owned water authorities into a five-tiered, vertically disaggregated series of new water supply and delivery businesses. Particular priority has been placed on establishing the bulk and manufactured water, trunk distribution and grid management entities that will be crucial to meeting the short and long-term water supply needs of this rapidly-growing region, however the scope of reforms covers the full water supply chain through to the consumer. The scale and pace of the reform poses significant challenges for both the industry and its regulators. To achieve the Government's aggressive timetable and delivery outcomes, all parties have had to mobilise quickly and manage the complex task of business transformation while maintaining service continuity - and against a backdrop of severe drought, unprecedented capital works programs, ongoing population growth and concurrent local government amalgamations and boundary changes. If executed properly, however, the reforms offer many potential benefits for the Government, the water authorities, and the community. This paper examines the progress of the Queensland reforms to date, and discusses the approaches taken, key observations, and challenges and opportunities for both the water businesses and the regulators.

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