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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Water Sector Restructuring, Oman
Castalia helped the Government of the Sultanate of Oman merge various water providers into three regional utilities, develop business plans, calculate cost recovery tariffs, recommend subsidies, and develop a new regime for economic regulation. We assessed the likely impact of ... Read more
Water Utilities Market Mapping
We identified water utilities in Colombia that could benefit finance from the IFC. Many water utilities in Colombia lack access to finance. The IFC was willing to help, but needed to identify suitable candidates for finance ... Read more
Otago River Control Scheme, New Zealand
We analyzed the economic benefits of a flood control scheme to determine a fair cost allocation between two regions in New Zealand that are protected by the scheme. One region’s ratepayers were paying an unfair share of the costs for ... Read more
Water Resource Plan, Qatar
Castalia developed a strategy for optimal management of water resources as part of Qatar's National Development Strategy 2018-2022. Qatar’s over-abstraction of groundwater and high rates of desalinated water use were not environmentally or fiscally optimal ... Read more
Water Management Assistance Contract, Haiti
Castalia assisted Haiti’s water agency DINEPA in preparing and running a transaction for a management assistance contractor to manage key utility functions in the capital. The 2010 earthquake destroyed Port-au-Prince’s water infrastructure. It was urgent to rebuild the system and ... Read more
Regulatory Reform of 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 ... Read more
Hawkes Bay Irrigation Plan, New Zealand
Castalia forecast irrigation demand and assessed volume risk for the proposed Ruataniwha Plains Water Storage Project. Irregular rain in the region caused periodic droughts and reduced farmers’ ability to raise high value crops on the Ruataniwha Plains ... Read more
Northern Parishes PPP Pre-Feasibility Study, Jamaica
Castalia appraised several options to reduce the water shortage in Jamaica’s North Coast and recommended an economically feasible and financially viable project to increase water supply and meet growing demand. Growing demand for water services driven by hotel developments along ... Read more
