Performance and ownership in the governance of urban water

García‐Rubio, Miguel Á.; González‐Gómez, Francisco; Guardiola, Jorge

doi:10.1680/muen.2010.163.1.51

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“…The selection of studies we have reviewed provide evidence for a mutual influence between regulation and ownership (McKay, 2003;Martínez-Espiñeira et al, 2009;García-Rubio et al, 2010). Our review suggests that the price cap rules will limit or enable funding and that access to funding drives infrastructure investment choices.…”

Section: Ownership and Riskmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…Ownership and efficiency have been widely debated internationally (Bayliss, 2003;McKay, 2003;Wallsten & Kosec, 2008;Martínez-Espiñeira et al, 2009;García-Rubio et al, 2010), and improvements to productivity and efficiency were a central consideration in pohcy decisions made by the UK govemment that led to privatization of the water companies in 1989. Emerging evidence suggests that successful privatization and efficient delivery of service is contingent on a wide range of additional factors (Saal et al, 2007;Ruester & Zschille, 2010).…”

Section: Ownership and Riskmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The impact of regulation, ownership and business culture on managing corporate risk within the water industry

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Although the specifics of water utility ownership, regulation and management culture have been explored in terms of their impact on economic and customer value, there has beeti little meaningful engagement with their influence on the risk environment and risk management. Using a literature review as the primary source of informatioti, this paper maps the existing knowledge base otito two critical questions: what are the particular features of regulation, ownership and management culture which influence the risk dynamic, and what are the implications of these relationships in the context of ambitions for resilient organizations? In addressing these queries, the paper considers the mindful choices and adjustments a utility must make to its risk management strategy to manage strategic tensions between efñciency, risk and resilience. The conclusions note a gap in understanding of the drivers required for a paradigm shift within the water sector from a re-active to a pro-active risk management culture. A proposed model of the tensions between reactive risk management and pro-active, adaptive risk management provides a compelling case for measured risk management approaches which are informed by an appreciation of regulation, owtiership and business culture. Such approaches will support water authorities in meeting corporate aspirations to become 'high reliability' services while retaining the capacity to out-perform financial and service level targets.

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Section: Ownership and Riskmentioning

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Section: Ownership and Riskmentioning

confidence: 99%

The impact of regulation, ownership and business culture on managing corporate risk within the water industry

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“…Spain is a highly heterogeneous country, where climatic and regional differences emerge. Some papers have shown that, once controlled for non-controlled inputs and environmental factors, efficiency differences between private and public management tend to disappear (García-Rubio et al 2010;González-Gómez et al 2013).…”

Section: Ppps In Spanish Water Sector: Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Facing the Challenges of Water Governance

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Since ancient times, water services provision in Spain has been a difficult task to drive. Several pressures have been identified. On the one hand, Spain is the most semi-arid country in the EU (Lopez-Gunn et al. 2012), and droughts and other water scarcity issues frequently affect some regions of the country. Moreover, climate change emerges as a major threat for water management in Spain. An increase of the average temperatures up to +1.9 °C has been predicted for 2040 (CEDEX 2011), jointly with a reduction in rainfall (up to 6%). In some specific areas, such as Canary Islands and the southern basins, significant changes in rainfall patterns are expected (Garrido et al. 2013). Southern basins could experience reductions of up to 13% of surface water runoff and around 15% of aquifers' recharge, while the reductions at Eastern Mediterranean basins would be below 10%. Northern basins will also experience reductions, but their relative profuse resource availability will likely mitigate the impact (Garrido et al. 2013).

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