Publication: Water and Wastewater Services in the Danube Region: Bulgaria Country Note
Date
2015-05
ISSN
Published
2015-05
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
To evaluate and reflect the
sustainability of services in the region, an overall sector
sustainability assessment was done taking into account four
main dimensions: access to services, quality of services,
efficiency of services, and financing of services. Each of
these dimensions is measured through three simple and
objective indicators. For each indicator, best practice
values are established by looking at the best performers in
the region, and countries closest to those best performers
are deemed to have a more mature sector. A more complete
description of the methodology to assess the sector
sustainability is included in the Annex of the State of the
Sector Regional Report from the Danube Water Program. The
outcomes of this assessment for Bulgaria’s water sector are
presented, which also shows average and best practices in
the Danube region. The Bulgarian sector sustainability score
is 66, which is just above Danube average sustainability of
64. The assessment shows that, on average, the country
performs well in terms of access to piped water, staffing
level, and nonrevenue water. The main deficiencies of
Bulgaria’s water sector identified through the sector
sustainability assessment are operating cost coverage,
investment level, and customer satisfaction level.
Citation
“World Bank. 2015. Water and Wastewater Services in the Danube Region: Bulgaria Country Note. © Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22134 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”