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Water and Liberalisation. European Water Scenarios

Analysis of the Environmental Implications of the Scenarios

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Herbke, Nadine; Britta Pielen; Jessica Ward and R. Andreas Kraemer 2007: "Chapter VII. Analysis of the Environmental Implications of the Scenarios." in: Matthias Finger; Jeremy Allouche and Patrícia Luís-Manson (eds.): Water and Liberalisation. European Water Scenarios., 167-176. London: IWA Publishing.

The book "Water and Liberalisation. European water scenarios" presents the results of the EUROMARKET project that analysed the organisation of the water supply and sanitation (WSS) sector in Europe. At the heart of the project was the development of possible scenarios for the future of the European WSS sector. Ecologic contributed one chapter to the book and analysed the environmental implications of the different scenarios.

Nadine Herbke, Britta Pielen, Jessica Ward and R. Andreas Kraemer analysed the six scenarios from an environmental perspective and identified three particularly determinant factors with potentially great environmental impacts, namely the length of the contract, the regulative framework in which companies operate and the level of monitoring they are subject to.

Although no scenario could be said to present clear advantages from an environmental point of view, it appeared that the Delegation Contract scenario failed to provide in itself adequate incentives for the implementation of long-term oriented water protection and infrastructure maintenance measures, as opposed to the Direct Public Management and Community Management scenarios. However, no single system could possibly take account of the diversity of geographic and political contexts in which water is provided across Europe. The responsible authority at local level must thus keep the ability to decide how to best guarantee sustainable water provision.

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English
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Nadine Herbke
Britta Ammermüller
Jessica Ward
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Water and Liberalisation. European Water Scenarios
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9 pp.
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1843391139
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Keywords
Privatisation, liberalisation, environmental implications, water sector, sanitation, waste water, Water Framework Directive, WFD, drinking water, scenario building, cross-country comparison, case studies
Europe

Source URL: https://www.ecologic.eu/1921