Water Utility Management International

Volume 2 Issue 2
June 2007

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Contents

NEWS, including:

US organisations set out utility management guidance

Seven key US water and environmental organisations have issued a report outlining recommended utility performance measures and encouraging the use of these tools and management qualities by utilities around the country.

Contract award for Northern Irish asset management

Northern Ireland Water, the new government company that replaced the Northern Ireland Water Service at the beginning of April, has announced that a consortium led by environmental agency MWH has won a contract to implement an asset management model to deliver the Northern Ireland Asset Management Plan 3 (NIAMP3).

ANALYSIS

Calls for the private sector to meet Canada's cash needs

A new report calls for greater involvement of the private sector in Canada's water sector. Lis Stedman reports.

The value of an international perspective when regulating water

Water sector regulation in England and Wales is based on comparing the performances of water companies. The regulator also sets this process in a wider context by comparing these performances with international practice. Lis Stedman reviews the findings of the latest comparison.

FEATURES

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Russia’s road to water sector reform

By Lis Stedman

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Cooperation in the Dutch water sector: developments in North Holland

By Lilian Bernhardi

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The Philippine Water Revolving Fund: sustainable financing for water supply and sanitation

By Daniel Moore

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A question of cost: UK guidance on cost forecasting

By Steve Whalley

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Why water utility customers don’t pay their bills promptly

By Josses Mugabi, Sam Kayaga and Ian Smout

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Water and liberalisation of services: European scenarios

By Jeremy Allouche

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Institutional governance and regulation of water services

By Michael Rouse