WATER
Providing expert evidence
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Expert evidence when disputes arise, providing authoritative, independent opinions on matters such as regulatory reasonableness cost of capital and quantum of damages, in regulatory, arbitration and court proceedings.
Guyana Water Management Advice to DfID
Castalia evaluated the contractual obligations and performance of Severn Trent and Guyana Water. We recommended a new approach to the governance charter and provided an opinion on the reasonableness of the government’s ultimate decision to terminate. The government of Guyana was moving to terminate a contract with Severn Trent who managed Guyana Water Inc. The Department of International Development (DFID) didn’t know if the government was justified in terminating the contract and wanted to see if the situation could be improved so the management contract could continue. Read more
Expert Testimony for the Valuation for City Water Services, Tanzania
Castalia provided expert testimony on behalf of the Dar es Salaam Water and Sewerage Authority (DAWASA) in an UNCITRAL arbitration over a claim brought by City Water Services, the private operator of the system. City Water alleged that DAWASA had breached its contract with it, and convened arbitral proceedings. Read more
Dar es Salaam Water Lease Dispute – ICSID, Tanzania
Castalia provided expert evidence and testimony when the United Republic of Tanzania was in arbitration proceedings with Biwater Gauff Ltd. over the expropriation of Dar es Salaam’s water and sewerage services. Biwater Gauff Ltd wanted to be awarded damages for the value of their investment in Tanzania, but the Government reasoned that the private water company had provided poor service and should not be compensated. 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 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
