Water Utility Management International

Volume 1 Issue 4
December 2006

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Contents

NEWS, including:

US funding for critical infrastructure training

The Water Environment Federation has been given a $1.7 million grant by the US Department of Homeland Security to implement a three-year comprehensive training programme addressing 'interdependencies between the water sector and other critical infrastructures'.

Ofwat warning on future price reviews

Philip Fletcher, chair of economic regulator Ofwat, has warned the water industry in England and Wales and its investors not to assume that the regulator would reach similar conclusions either on the cost of capital or financial indicators at the next price review in 2009 as it did in the most recent review.

ANALYSIS

Finding the funds - the challenge for water

The Millennium Development Goals and the World Water Vision are laudable and commendable, but delivering the colossal investment that is requierd in global water and wastewater infrastructure presents the ultimate challenge. New institutional and financial models must be found, writes Paul Garrett.

Projecting long-term finding needs

An ambitious new report has assessed the water supply and sanitation capital investment needs for over 50 countries around the world, the extent to which these can be met by tariffs, and the prospects that private sources of funding could fill the gap. Keith Hayward reviews the report.

FEATURES

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Improving water utility management and performance in developing countries

By Julie Fisher, Sam Kayaga and Josses Mugabi

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Development of national wastewater tariff guidelines for China

By Max Clark, Chi-Rong Huang and Sheng-Bin Lui

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Challenges and opportunities: issuing water and wastewater revenue bonds in China

By Edward Markus and Myron Olstein

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Sustainability reporting by 21 Australian water utilities: a comparison of reports 2002-03 and 2004-05

By Mescal Stephens

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Multi-level financial analysis of residential water and wastewater rates and rate-setting practices

By Jeff Hughes, Shadi Eskaf and Rich Thorsten

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Skills support for management in eastern Europe

By Keith Hayward