Water business changes – A driver for green clean compact technologies

1996 ◽  
Vol 34 (12) ◽  
pp. 135-140
Author(s):  
Peter Matthews
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Organisational Structure ◽  
Water Industry ◽  
Ample Evidence ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Rightful Place ◽  
Business Changes ◽  
Synergistic Relationship

The paper describes the development of the water industry in England and Wales from 1974 to 1995 through the perspective of Anglian Water which serves Eastern England. The experiences of that development provide ample evidence of the synergistic relationship between organisational structure and technologies used. The water industry has and is learning the same lessons as other global industries. If water management is to have its rightful place in protecting and utilising planetary resources properly, it must use the experience and lessons of other global industries. The paper indicates the first steps in this journey.

Privatization in the Water Industry

1998 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-123
Author(s):  
R. Andreas Kraemer
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Water Policy ◽  
Regulatory Regime ◽  
Water Industry ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Political Debate ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Management Institutions ◽  
And Control

Throughout the world, privatization of water supply and the sewerage services is a controversial topic of political debate. Any nationalization, privatization, municipalization, or alteration in the regulatory regime constitutes a significant change of the institutional mechanism of water management. This article, based on a comparative analysis of water management institutions in selected member states of the European Union, addresses water supply and sewerage services in conurbations with centralized supplies. A brief characterization of water services and the water industry is provided in the context of global water policy developments. Three typical regulatory models are described: the British, based on centralized public policy and surrogate competition by statistical comparison; the French, based on competition for temporary monopolies; and the German or middle-European, based on competition for goods and services and control of limited operational monopolies. A typology of privatization is also presented. This article does not seek to argue that one model is better than another.

Water Management in England and Wales

1979 ◽  
Vol 145 (3) ◽  
pp. 473
Author(s):  
Roy C. Ward ◽  
Elizabeth Porter
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
England And Wales
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