Publication: Aggregation of Water and Sanitation Provision : Finding the Optimal Scale for Operations
dc.contributor.author | World Bank | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-08-13T15:55:07Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-08-13T15:55:07Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2008-06 | |
dc.description.abstract | When several municipalities unite in a single administrative structure - a process known as aggregation - they can lower the cost of utility services through economies of scale. Aggregation of water supply and sanitation (WSS) services is established practice in some countries and is likely to spread, as decentralization policies leave some service providers too small to be efficient or sustainable. Aggregation offers returns such as shared overhead and lower unit costs through bulk purchasing and pooled operations, plus other benefits that lower costs to customers or improved service at the current cost. Other benefits include greater access to financing, better distribution of skills, more opportunities for cross-subsidization and efficiency, access to new water resources, and new solutions to pollution problems. In 2005, the author studied 21 instances of aggregation of WSS services aggregations, looking for innovative models and factors that contributed to success. The practices author identified may help other countries aggregate municipal utilities. | en |
dc.identifier | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/06/9676750/aggregation-water-sanitation-provision-finding-optimal-scale-operations | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1596/11750 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11750 | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.publisher | Washington, DC | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Water P-Notes; Issue 1 | |
dc.rights | CC BY 3.0 IGO | |
dc.rights.holder | World Bank | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ | |
dc.subject | ACCOUNTING | |
dc.subject | AGGREGATION OF WATER | |
dc.subject | ASSET OWNERSHIP | |
dc.subject | CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS | |
dc.subject | COMMUNITY LEADERS | |
dc.subject | CONFIDENCE | |
dc.subject | CONTINUITY OF SERVICE | |
dc.subject | CROSS-SUBSIDIES | |
dc.subject | CROSS-SUBSIDIZATION | |
dc.subject | DEMOCRACY | |
dc.subject | DUE PROCESS | |
dc.subject | EFFICIENCY OF SERVICE | |
dc.subject | EFFICIENCY OF SERVICE DELIVERY | |
dc.subject | FINANCIAL VIABILITY | |
dc.subject | LEADERSHIP | |
dc.subject | LEASE FEE | |
dc.subject | LOCAL GOVERNMENTS | |
dc.subject | LOCAL SERVICES | |
dc.subject | MODELS OF AGGREGATION FOR WATER | |
dc.subject | MUNICIPAL UTILITIES | |
dc.subject | MUNICIPALITIES | |
dc.subject | NEIGHBORING TOWNS | |
dc.subject | NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS | |
dc.subject | OWNERSHIP OF ASSETS | |
dc.subject | POLITICIANS | |
dc.subject | POLLUTION | |
dc.subject | PRIVATE OPERATORS | |
dc.subject | RAILWAYS | |
dc.subject | ROADS | |
dc.subject | SANITATION | |
dc.subject | SERVICE PROVIDERS | |
dc.subject | SERVICE PROVISION | |
dc.subject | SERVICE QUALITY | |
dc.subject | SMALL COMMUNITIES | |
dc.subject | URBAN CENTERS | |
dc.subject | UTILITIES | |
dc.subject | UTILITY SERVICES | |
dc.subject | WATER COMPANY | |
dc.subject | WATER QUALITY | |
dc.subject | WATER RESOURCES | |
dc.subject | WATER RIGHTS | |
dc.subject | WATER SECTOR | |
dc.subject | WATER SERVICES | |
dc.subject | WATER SUPPLY | |
dc.title | Aggregation of Water and Sanitation Provision : Finding the Optimal Scale for Operations | en |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
okr.date.doiregistration | 2025-04-29T09:34:48.148521Z | |
okr.doctype | Publications & Research::Brief | |
okr.doctype | Publications & Research | |
okr.docurl | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/06/9676750/aggregation-water-sanitation-provision-finding-optimal-scale-operations | |
okr.globalpractice | Poverty | |
okr.globalpractice | Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience | |
okr.globalpractice | Governance | |
okr.globalpractice | Water | |
okr.guid | 175641468313508259 | |
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum | 000333037_20080716012549 | |
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum | 9676750 | |
okr.identifier.report | 44719 | |
okr.language.supported | en | |
okr.pdfurl | http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2008/07/16/000333037_20080716012549/Rendered/PDF/447190BRI0Box31OTE11WSS1Aggregation.pdf | en |
okr.topic | Public Sector Corruption and Anticorruption Measures | |
okr.topic | Water Supply and Sanitation::Town Water Supply and Sanitation | |
okr.topic | Communities and Human Settlements::Urban Slums Upgrading | |
okr.topic | Water Supply and Sanitation::Water Supply and Sanitation Governance and Institutions | |
okr.topic | Urban Development::Urban Services to the Poor | |
okr.topic | Public Sector Development | |
okr.unit | Urban Development Sector Unit (EASUR) | |
okr.volume | 1 of 1 |
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