WATER
Designing regulation
We help clients with…
Creating regulatory systems that ensure high quality water services, at reasonable prices, while providing incentives for efficiency and the ability for utilities to raise finance.
Regulatory Reform of the Water Sector Victoria, Australia
We advised on how regional public water utilities the State of Victoria, Australia, could be regulated by the Essential Services Commission. We advised on how regional public water utilities the State of Victoria, Australia, could be regulated by the Essential Services Commission. The Victoria Department of Natural Resources and the Environment was concerned that regional water utilities posed risks, both in terms of water quality, and future budgetary demands. Read more
Regulatory Framework for Small Providers, Jamaica
Castalia proposed a new regulatory framework for small private and community-based water and sewerage service providers in Jamaica. After Jamaica’s water sector was liberalized, small water and sewerage service providers developed in communities that previously lacked access to piped water supply and sewerage and sprang up to serve new housing developments and resorts. However, the water regulator did not know how best to regulate these newly created entities. Read more
Commercial Viability Regulatory Advice, Sydney Desalination Plant
Castalia analyzed the regulatory framework underpinning the privatization of the Sydney Desalination Plant, and the regulator’s historical performance, then modeled potential revenue outcomes for the successful bidder. Water security is a concern in Australia and state governments are responsible for ensuring supply. NSW’s state government sought to sell its asset under a regulatory regime that ensured water security for taxpayers, and also flexibility of operations. Read more
Services
We help clients with transforming water sectors to ensure water services are reliable, safe, convenient and affordable, even in the ... Read more
We help clients to turn around water utility performance, with specialized diagnostic tools, KPI bench marking, governance, financing and management ... Read more
We help clients to assess where it’s possible to bring competitive pressure to bear in water service provision and designing ... Read more
We help clients with designing markets in water services and resources, (and also advising when markets are not the right ... Read more
We help clients with setting tariffs that allow utilities to recover the cost of service and raise finance, while sending ... Read more
We help clients to create capacity to appraise and implement public private partnerships by developing guidelines and process manuals and ... Read more
We help clients with developing master plans using least cost modeling and scenario-planning to arrive at strategies that are robust ... Read more
We help clients with developing pipelines of projects, using customized screening methodologies to prioritize projects and sequence them for investment, ... Read more
We help clients with appraising and diligencing projects and brownfield investments, using economic and financial models to forecast benefits, costs ... Read more
We help clients with blending private and public finance into viable deal structures, combining government and multilateral grants, loans and ... Read more
We help clients with managing and advising on transactions, attracting private capital and operating expertise to water service provision ... Read more
We help clients with managing stakeholder and building consensus using proprietary methodologies to identify stakeholder interests, channels to influence, and ... Read more
We help clients by providing expert evidence when disputes arise, providing authoritative, independent opinions on matters such as regulatory reasonableness ... Read more
We help clients with designing systems to manage the quality of water resources through assessing the ecosystem impacts of nutrient ... Read more
We help clients with appraising water sector policies using economic tools to assess whether new policies will create a net ... Read more
We help clients with evaluating performance and disseminating lessons through systematic studies of institutional arrangements for water service provision to ... Read more
