scholarly journals Organisational Design for Improved Performance of Urban Water Utilities in Developing Countries

10.1596/29451 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.M. Kayaga ◽  
W. Kingdom ◽  
A. Jalakam
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Water Utilities ◽  
Urban Water ◽  
Organisational Design ◽  
Improved Performance

scholarly journals Effective water safety management of piped water networks in low-income urban settlements

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 402-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sam Kayaga
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Financial Economic ◽  
Water Utilities ◽  
Urban Water ◽  
Water Safety ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Urban Settlements ◽  
Relevant Community

Spiralling low-income settlements are a big challenge to urban water utilities of developing countries. To extend and maintain water services to these settlements, urban water utilities need to develop innovative solutions for overcoming various physical/technical, institutional, structural/legal and financial/economic constraints associated with these informal areas. This paper draws from documented pilot projects of implementing community-managed Water Safety Plans (WSPs) in various developing countries, and synthesises necessary ingredients for effective implementation of WSPs in low-income urban settlements. Urban water utilities need to partner with community members, but the former should keep a facilitating/overseeing role, given the overly technical nature of WSPs. The terms of the partnership should be mutually agreed and well documented; the utility should allow full participation of the relevant community members in the overall Operation and Maintenance (O&M) plan for the low-income settlement, in order to enhance community ownership of the water supply system, and continuously develop the capacity of relevant community members. The relevant community members should be facilitated, through participatory approaches, to develop bespoke community-based WSPs along with simple monitoring tools. Implementing community-managed WSPs will be easier and more effective if O&M systems and community management approaches are already institutionalised within the water utility.

A planning-oriented sustainability assessment framework for peri-urban water management in developing countries

2013 ◽  
Vol 47 (20) ◽  
pp. 7175-7183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus Starkl ◽  
Norbert Brunner ◽  
Eduardo López ◽  
José Luis Martínez-Ruiz
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Urban Water ◽  
Assessment Framework ◽  
Urban Water Management

scholarly journals Managing Apparent Loss and Real Loss from the Nexus Perspective Using System Dynamics

Water ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 231
Author(s):  
Seo Hyung Choi ◽  
Bongwoo Shin ◽  
Eunher Shin
Keyword(s):  
System Dynamics ◽  
Water Loss ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Water System ◽  
Economic Feasibility ◽  
Water Utilities ◽  
Urban Water ◽  
Water Losses ◽  
Urban Water System ◽  
Apparent Loss

When water utilities establish water loss control programs, they traditionally focus on apparent loss rather than real loss when considering economic feasibility in the water sector. There is an urgent need for new management approaches that can address complex relationships and ensure the sustainability of natural resources among different sectors. This study suggests a novel approach for water utilities to manage water losses from the water-energy (WE) Nexus perspective. The Nexus model uses system dynamics to simulate twelve scenarios with the differing status of water loss and energy intensities. This analysis identifies real loss as one of the main causes of resource waste and an essential factor from the Nexus perspective. It also demonstrates that the energy intensity of each process in the urban water system has a significant impact on resource use and transfer. The consumption and movement of resources can be quantified in each process involved in the urban water system to distinguish central and vulnerable processes. This study suggests that the Nexus approach can strongly contribute to quantifying the use and movement of resources between water and energy sectors and the strategic formulation of sustainable and systematic water loss management strategies from the Nexus perspective.

scholarly journals Evolución y perfiles de eficiencia de los organismos operadores de agua potable en México / Evolution and Efficiency Profiles of Urban Water Utilities in Mexico

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 563 ◽  
Author(s):  
América N. Lutz Ley ◽  
Alejandro Salazar Adams
Keyword(s):  
Production Costs ◽  
Water Utilities ◽  
Urban Water ◽  
Per Capita Gdp ◽  
Consumption Level ◽  
Global Efficiency ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Performance Results

En este trabajo se analiza la eficiencia física, comercial y global de los organismos operadores de agua en las localidades urbanas de México entre 2002 y 2008. A partir de sus puntajes se forman cuatro grupos que se comparan atendiendo a las variables que podrían afectar su desempeño. Los resultados indican que no existen cambios significativos en las eficiencias en este periodo. La eficiencia física es mayor en las localidades grandes, con elevados niveles de consumo, de PIB per cápita y de costos de producción; en cambio la eficiencia comercial y la recaudación por metro cúbico son superiores en las localidades que cuentan con mayor cobertura de micromedición. AbstractIn this paper, physical, commercial, and global efficiency of Mexican urban water utilities between 2002 and 2008 is analyzed. Utilities were grouped in four categories depending on their scores; afterwards the groups were compared in terms of variables that can affect their performance. Results indicate that there are not significant changes in the levels of efficiencies in this period. Physical efficiency is higher in large localities, where consumption level, per capita GDP, and production costs were also greater; whereas commercial efficiency and revenue per cubic meter are greater in localities with higher metering coverage.

scholarly journals Data and Information Systems Management for the Urban Water Infrastructure Condition Assessment

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nelson Carriço ◽  
Bruno Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Condition Assessment ◽  
Water Utilities ◽  
Urban Water ◽  
Water Infrastructure ◽  
Systems Management ◽  
Maturity Level ◽  
Information Systems Management ◽  
The World ◽  
Vital Component

Most of urban water infrastructure around the world were built several decades ago and nowadays they are deteriorated. So, the assets that constitute these infrastructures need to be rehabilitated. Since most of the assets are buried, water utilities face the challenge of deciding how, where and when to rehabilitate. Condition assessment is a vital component on plan rehabilitation actions and is mostly based on the data collected from the managed networks. This collected data need to be put together in order to be transformed into useful information. Nonetheless, the large amount of assets and data involved makes data and information management a challenging task for water utilities, especially in those with as lower digital maturity level. This paper highlights the importance of data and information systems' management for urban water infrastructure condition assessment based on the authors' experience.

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