Basic principles for urban water value assessment and price setting towards its full cost recovery – pinpointing the role of the water losses

Kanakoudis, Vasilis; Gonelas, Konstantinos; Tolikas, D.

doi:10.2166/aqua.2011.093

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“…These sub-costs are dynamic sizes, as they depend on various parameters (e.g., time season, geographic region, population density, economic activity). These interconnections make the precise definition as to which factor (and to what extent) is responsible for FWCR; a very intriguing task to achieve [21].…”

Section: Full Water Cost Recovery Principlementioning

confidence: 99%

“…DC includes the costs a water utility pays to provide water of sufficient quantity and appropriate quality to its customers [21]. DC includes the Operation/Maintenance Costs (staff, energy, chemical, stock, materials, fees/expenses to third parties); Administrative and Other Costs (management related); and Annual Equivalent Capital Costs (of new investments, depreciation of existing infrastructure).…”

Section: Direct Cost-dcmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…DC includes the Operation/Maintenance Costs (staff, energy, chemical, stock, materials, fees/expenses to third parties); Administrative and Other Costs (management related); and Annual Equivalent Capital Costs (of new investments, depreciation of existing infrastructure). The necessary waterworks and the way the water utility operates affect the level of the DC and its components [21][22][23].…”

Section: Direct Cost-dcmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…RC actually expresses the revenue losses caused by water misallocation. In regions facing serious water shortage problems, it is suggested that both definitions are used and the total RC value includes both components [21].…”

Section: Resource Cost-rcmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The worth-living development aims at reducing in time, and not just maintaining, the cost of equal opportunity among the users and/or within the same use. In any case, RC can be defined as the gap between the existing allocation and the optimal one [21]. A water resource RC changes when its reserves and supplying capacity change by time.…”

Section: Resource Cost-rcmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Integrating the Carbon and Water Footprints’ Costs in the Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC Full Water Cost Recovery Concept: Basic Principles Towards Their Reliable Calculation and Socially Just Allocation

Kanakoudis

Tsitsifli

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2012

Water

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This paper presents the basic principles for the integration of the water and carbon footprints cost into the resource and environmental costs respectively, taking the suggestions set by the Water Framework Directive (WFD) 2000/60/EC one step forward. WFD states that full water cost recovery (FWCR) should be based on the estimation of the three sub-costs related: direct; environmental; and resource cost. It also strongly suggests the EU Member States develop and apply effective water pricing policies to achieve FWCR. These policies must be socially just to avoid any social injustice phenomena. This is a very delicate task to handle, especially within the fragile economic conditions that the EU is facing today. Water losses play a crucial role for the FWC estimation. Water losses should not be neglected since they are one of the major "water uses" in any water supply network. A methodology is suggested to reduce water losses and the related Non Revenue Water (NRW) index. An Expert Decision Support System is proposed to assess the FWC incorporating the Water and Carbon Footprint costs.

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Section: Full Water Cost Recovery Principlementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Direct Cost-dcmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Direct Cost-dcmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Resource Cost-rcmentioning

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Section: Resource Cost-rcmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Free-Market Economics and Developmental Statism as Political Paradigms: Implications for Water Governance Theory and Practice in Developing Countries

Chikozho

Mapedza²

2016

Freshwater Governance for the 21st Century

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Key actors in various developing countries are often confronted by diffi cult choices when it comes to the selection and deployment of appropriate water governance regimes taking into account national socio-economic and political realities. Indeed, scholars and practitioners alike continue to grapple with the need to create the optimum water-supply and allocation decision-making space applicable to specifi c developing countries. This chapter uses case studies to explore the utility of free-market economics and developmental statism as two major paradigms that have emerged in the face of enduring questions about how best to govern watersupply systems in developing countries. The chapter establishes that increasing pressure on available natural resources may have already rendered obsolete some of the water-supply systems and governance regimes that have served human societies very well for many decades. It is also clear that national water-supply governance paradigms tend to change in tandem with emerging national development theoretical frameworks and priorities. Each nation or local government feels compelled to adopt a particular framework to fulfi l its needs taking into account the broader global water policy context. While many developing countries have adopted water policy prescriptions from the international arena, national and local socio-economic and political realities ultimately determine what works and what does not work on the ground. Local realities have also helped to inform how nation-states domesticate global concepts for their local purposes. Thus, the choice between free-market approaches and developmental state-oriented approaches is never simple, and hybrid models are often deployed. Indeed, the majority of countries and municipalities rely on a mix of market economics and developmental statism to make their water governance regimes more realistic and workable on the ground.

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Tap Water Costs and Service Sustainability, a Close Relationship

Cabrera

Pardo

Arregui

2012

Water Resour Manage

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Water is currently an essential and strategic resource for society and its importance will rise in the future due to the increasing number of threats. However, water management is not currently up to par taking into consideration this well acknowledged importance. Generally speaking, water use is not efficient and loss figures are often too high. The reasons behind this situation are complex and diverse, however, in principle, they can be divided into four categories: cultural, political, social and economic. Since the latter are of most importance, this paper focuses on water costs from source to tap.The economic analysis presented quantifies the costs of a sustainable urban water service in a structured way. The second part of the paper present a case study in which the economic losses linked to leakage are assessed as a function of how expenses are recovered. The cost of apparent losses could also be assessed in a similar way and will always be higher, since apparent losses (unlike real ones) are present throughout the whole water cycle, thus increasing the unit costs.

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Basic principles for urban water value assessment and price setting towards its full cost recovery – pinpointing the role of the water losses

Cited by 33 publications

References 21 publications

Integrating the Carbon and Water Footprints’ Costs in the Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC Full Water Cost Recovery Concept: Basic Principles Towards Their Reliable Calculation and Socially Just Allocation

Integrating the Carbon and Water Footprints’ Costs in the Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC Full Water Cost Recovery Concept: Basic Principles Towards Their Reliable Calculation and Socially Just Allocation

Free-Market Economics and Developmental Statism as Political Paradigms: Implications for Water Governance Theory and Practice in Developing Countries

Tap Water Costs and Service Sustainability, a Close Relationship

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