Case Studies of Bankable Water and Sewerage Utilities

Type of Report :

USAID-Report

Title :

Case Studies of Bankable Water and Sewerage Utilities

Author :

ARD Inc. (for review by USAID)

Year Published :

19 Aug 2005

URL :

http://pdf.dec.org/pdf_docs/PNADE147.pdf

See Entry/Summary on IRC-Webpage: http://www.irc.nl/page/26981

Description :

This report (prepared by ARD Inc for review by USAID) provides interesting lessons from case studies of eight municipal water and sewerage utilities that have successfully made the transformation from unbankable to bankable conditions. The case studies were selected to ensure a diversity of localities and conditions. Selection factors included consideration of alternative utility management structures, transformation strategies, regions represented, and sizes of populations served. They included:

• Africa (Sub-Saharan): South Africa: Borough of Dolphin Coast; Uganda: National Water and Sanitation Corporation
• Asia and the Near East: Egypt: Alexandria Water Company; - India: Municipality of Alandur Underground Sewerage Project; Philippines: Metro Manila East Zone Concession
• Europe and Eurasia: Hungary: Debrecen Water Works Company
• Latin America & the Caribbean: Colombia: Aguas de Cartagena; Mexico: Municipality of Tlalnepantla de Baz

Lessons Learned :

1. Take advantage of events that raise public demand for transformation.

2. Seek out and support champions for transformation.

3. Ensure that the legal/regulatory framework is conducive to transformation.

4. Incorporate public participation into assistance activities.

5. Incorporate conditionalities into assistance packages to drive change.

6. Consider labour implications of transformation.

7. Identify possibilities for mobilising both public and private resources.

8. Emphasise the application of sound business practices.

(Source: IRC)

Volumes :

VOLUME I: OVERVIEW REPORT

• USAID CaseStudy Bankable Utilities Aug05.pdf

VOLUME II: Compendium of Case Studies

• USAID CaseStudy Bankable Utilities Aug05 Cases Compendium.pdf