Water
The world’s most water stressed cities and states turn to Castalia to develop strategies that will provide high-quality, reliable service.
We help governments identify areas of weakness, secure financing and improve infrastructure. We identify and appraise projects for investors and manage transactions to bring private finance and expertise into the provision of water and wastewater services.
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Advice on Water Sector Reform, New Zealand
The New Zealand government is proposing to reform the water sector into a small set of regional public corporations. Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ), representing the national interests of local councils in New Zealand, engaged Castalia as a trusted economic ... Read more
New Zealand’s Three-Water Infrastructure Stocktake
Castalia carried out a stocktake of New Zealand’s stormwater infrastructure and wrote an issues paper that described the complexity of stormwater management across the country. New Zealand’s local government lacked an updated stocktake of their stormwater infrastructure which impeded their ... Read more
Non-revenue Water Performance Based Contracts
Castalia co-authored the World Bank published operational manual The Use of Performance-Based Contracts for Nonrevenue Water Reduction: Output of the Global Program on Developing Good PBC Practices for Managing NRW. This loss of non-revenue water (NRW) prevents utilities from improving ... Read more
Jamaica Water Policy and Rural Water Strategy
Castalia drafted Jamaica’s Water Policy and Rural Water Strategy. Jamaica needed to make its water supply sustainable through: developing Integrated Water Resource Management approaches; ensuring cost-recovery; enabling private investment and competition; and using optimal technologies for rural water supply ... Read more
Market Study for Infrastructure Opportunities, Colombia and Panama
Castalia conducted a market study for Conalvías and recommended a strategy to increase market share in four sectors in Panamá. The construction company was looking for infrastructure opportunities in the energy, mining, transport, and water sectors ... Read more
Water Resource Regulatory Framework, Philippines
Castalia defined water allocation principles for the National Water Resources Board in the Philippines that were socially acceptable and economically efficient for both urban and agricultural users. The National Water Resources Board (NWRB) is the agency responsible for regulation of ... Read more
Water Sector Regulation Notes
Castalia wrote six explanatory notes on key topics in water supply and sanitation sector regulation to clarify the meaning of key terms, and to provide a foundation for effective regulation. Although policy makers agree that regulation is key to reforming ... Read more
Standard Management Contract for Water and Electricity Utilities
Castalia developed a standard contract and bidding documents for performance-based management of utilities. Water and electricity utilities in emerging markets often suffer from poor management. A standard utility management contract makes it easier to bring in specialist management teams to ... Read more
