Water
Utilities and Governments turn to Castalia to develop strategies for providing high-quality, reliable service.
We help governments identify areas of weakness, secure financing and improve infrastructure. We help utilities improve their financial viability, operations and expansion plans. We identify and appraise projects for investors and manage transactions to bring private finance and expertise into the provision of water and wastewater services.
We apply our global expertise to help cities and states achieve a water-secure future. We call this Integrated Water Resilience Planning.
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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
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
