WATER
Evaluating performance, learning and disseminating knowledge
We help clients with…
Evaluating performance and disseminating lessons through systematic studies of institutional arrangements for water service provision to learn and communicate what works, where, and why.
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 services or expanding access. Sometimes, high NRW leads to water rationing which often causes contamination of the network and unsafe drinking water. 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 water utilities worldwide, they disagree on the best approach to regulation in various situations. Many lack a clear, consistent, way of thinking about regulatory design. 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 turnaround these utilities. 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 to create regulatory systems that ensure high quality water services, at reasonable prices, while providing incentives for ... 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
