Publication: Water and Wastewater Services in the Danube Region: Slovakia Country Note
Date
2015-05
ISSN
Published
2015-05
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
In order 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 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 the Slovak Republic water
sector are displayed, which also shows average and best
practices in the Danube region. The country sector
sustainability score is 82, which is far above the Danube
average sustainability score of 64, and among the best
practices in the region. The assessment shows that, on
average, the country performs well in terms of continuity of
service, access to piped water and flush toilets, wastewater
compliance, staffing level, nonrevenue water, and collection
ratio. The main deficiencies of the Slovak water sector
identified through the sector sustainability assessment are
the level of investment, the operating cost ratio and the
wastewater treatment coverage.
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Citation
“World Bank. 2015. Water and Wastewater Services in the Danube Region: Slovakia Country Note. © Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22132 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”