Thirst for Reform? Private Sector Participation in Providing Mexico City's Water Supply
The case in Mexico City offered an opportunity to observe the advantages, and disadvantages of gradualist reform. Unfortunately, the authors find that the long-term nature of an incremental approach does not match well with the generally shorter-te...
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BULK SUPPLY BULK WATER COLLECTION EFFICIENCY CONSERVATION CONSERVE WATER CONSTRUCTION COST RECOVERY CUBIC METERS DEMAND FOR WATER DRAINAGE SYSTEM EFFICIENT USE OF WATER EXPENDITURES GROUNDWATER HIGH LEVELS HOUSEHOLDS INCOME INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INVESTMENT COSTS MAIN WATER SOURCES MANAGEMENT OF WATER METER READING MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS MUNICIPALITIES PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS PERFORMANCE OF SERVICE PROVIDERS POLICY RESEARCH POLLUTION POLLUTION CONTROL POTABLE WATER PRIVATE PARTICIPATION PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR OPERATORS PROGRAMS PROVISION OF WATER RAW WATER RESIDENTIAL CONSUMERS RESPONSIBILITY FOR SERVICE DELIVERY RESPONSIBILITY FOR WATER SANITATION SERVICES SCARCITY OF WATER SECTORAL PERFORMANCE SECTORAL REFORMS SEPTIC TANK SERVICE CONTRACTS SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SEWAGE DISPOSAL SEWER NETWORKS SEWERAGE OPERATIONS SEWERAGE SECTOR SEWERAGE SERVICES SEWERAGE SYSTEM SLUSH SUBSIDENCE TARIFF POLICY TARIFF SETTING TOILETS URBAN AREAS URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SUPPLY WASTEWATER WASTEWATER SERVICES WASTEWATER TREATMENT WATER COMMISSIONS WATER CONSUMPTION WATER COVERAGE WATER DEPARTMENT WATER DEPARTMENTS WATER DISTRIBUTION WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WATER LAW WATER LOSS WATER MANAGEMENT WATER POLICY WATER PRODUCTION WATER RATES WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES WATER SECTOR WATER SHORTAGE WATER SHORTAGES WATER SOURCES WATER SUPPLY WATER SYSTEM WATER TARIFFS WATER USAGE WATER USE WATER UTILITY WELLS |
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BULK SUPPLY BULK WATER COLLECTION EFFICIENCY CONSERVATION CONSERVE WATER CONSTRUCTION COST RECOVERY CUBIC METERS DEMAND FOR WATER DRAINAGE SYSTEM EFFICIENT USE OF WATER EXPENDITURES GROUNDWATER HIGH LEVELS HOUSEHOLDS INCOME INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INVESTMENT COSTS MAIN WATER SOURCES MANAGEMENT OF WATER METER READING MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS MUNICIPALITIES PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS PERFORMANCE OF SERVICE PROVIDERS POLICY RESEARCH POLLUTION POLLUTION CONTROL POTABLE WATER PRIVATE PARTICIPATION PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR OPERATORS PROGRAMS PROVISION OF WATER RAW WATER RESIDENTIAL CONSUMERS RESPONSIBILITY FOR SERVICE DELIVERY RESPONSIBILITY FOR WATER SANITATION SERVICES SCARCITY OF WATER SECTORAL PERFORMANCE SECTORAL REFORMS SEPTIC TANK SERVICE CONTRACTS SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SEWAGE DISPOSAL SEWER NETWORKS SEWERAGE OPERATIONS SEWERAGE SECTOR SEWERAGE SERVICES SEWERAGE SYSTEM SLUSH SUBSIDENCE TARIFF POLICY TARIFF SETTING TOILETS URBAN AREAS URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SUPPLY WASTEWATER WASTEWATER SERVICES WASTEWATER TREATMENT WATER COMMISSIONS WATER CONSUMPTION WATER COVERAGE WATER DEPARTMENT WATER DEPARTMENTS WATER DISTRIBUTION WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WATER LAW WATER LOSS WATER MANAGEMENT WATER POLICY WATER PRODUCTION WATER RATES WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES WATER SECTOR WATER SHORTAGE WATER SHORTAGES WATER SOURCES WATER SUPPLY WATER SYSTEM WATER TARIFFS WATER USAGE WATER USE WATER UTILITY WELLS Haggarty, Luke Brook, Penelope Zuluaga, Ana Maria Thirst for Reform? Private Sector Participation in Providing Mexico City's Water Supply |
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The case in Mexico City offered an
opportunity to observe the advantages, and disadvantages of
gradualist reform. Unfortunately, the authors find that the
long-term nature of an incremental approach does not match
well with the generally shorter-term horizons of elected
politicians. Difficult decisions in implementation are left
to later years, which pushes potentially unpopular actions
onto the shoulders of future administrations, while allowing
the current government to claim credit for instituting
reform. The reform planned - and implemented - was not
designed to tackle the city's most serious water
problems, including over-consumption, and waste. And reform
did little to change residential consumers' incentives
to conserve water. Over-exploitation of the aquifer has been
a problem since at least the 1930s. Mexico City is built on
a series of drained lakebeds, and the land is soft, and
prone to settling, or subsiding, as the aquifer is depleted.
Several areas of the city center have sunk by over two
meters in the past decade alone. And by virtue of its
location, and elevation, the city's alternative water
sources are expensive. The need for change is stark, but the
power to undertake reform to tackle broad problems of
resource management in the city, and surrounding areas, lies
outside the jurisdiction of the Federal District, with the
federal government. Such external funding of major supply
projects, weakens the incentives for conservation. Reform
reduced the increasing rate of over-exploitation of the
aquifer, but partly by simply failing to meet demand. Reform
to provide more equitable, and sustainable water delivery,
must focus on improving the efficiency of operations, on
substantially reforming the way water resources are priced,
and allocated, and, on the design, management, and pricing
of wastewater services. Federal subsidies for new production
must be reduced, prices for system operators, and consumers
must rise, and more must be invested in the treatment, and
storage of wastewater - all of which requires strong
political leadership. |
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Haggarty, Luke Brook, Penelope Zuluaga, Ana Maria |
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Haggarty, Luke Brook, Penelope Zuluaga, Ana Maria |
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Haggarty, Luke |
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Thirst for Reform? Private Sector Participation in Providing Mexico City's Water Supply |
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Thirst for Reform? Private Sector Participation in Providing Mexico City's Water Supply |
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Thirst for Reform? Private Sector Participation in Providing Mexico City's Water Supply |
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Thirst for Reform? Private Sector Participation in Providing Mexico City's Water Supply |
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Thirst for Reform? Private Sector Participation in Providing Mexico City's Water Supply |
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thirst for reform? private sector participation in providing mexico city's water supply |
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okr-10986-195692021-04-23T14:03:43Z Thirst for Reform? Private Sector Participation in Providing Mexico City's Water Supply Haggarty, Luke Brook, Penelope Zuluaga, Ana Maria BULK SUPPLY BULK WATER COLLECTION EFFICIENCY CONSERVATION CONSERVE WATER CONSTRUCTION COST RECOVERY CUBIC METERS DEMAND FOR WATER DRAINAGE SYSTEM EFFICIENT USE OF WATER EXPENDITURES GROUNDWATER HIGH LEVELS HOUSEHOLDS INCOME INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INVESTMENT COSTS MAIN WATER SOURCES MANAGEMENT OF WATER METER READING MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS MUNICIPALITIES PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS PERFORMANCE OF SERVICE PROVIDERS POLICY RESEARCH POLLUTION POLLUTION CONTROL POTABLE WATER PRIVATE PARTICIPATION PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR OPERATORS PROGRAMS PROVISION OF WATER RAW WATER RESIDENTIAL CONSUMERS RESPONSIBILITY FOR SERVICE DELIVERY RESPONSIBILITY FOR WATER SANITATION SERVICES SCARCITY OF WATER SECTORAL PERFORMANCE SECTORAL REFORMS SEPTIC TANK SERVICE CONTRACTS SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SEWAGE DISPOSAL SEWER NETWORKS SEWERAGE OPERATIONS SEWERAGE SECTOR SEWERAGE SERVICES SEWERAGE SYSTEM SLUSH SUBSIDENCE TARIFF POLICY TARIFF SETTING TOILETS URBAN AREAS URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SUPPLY WASTEWATER WASTEWATER SERVICES WASTEWATER TREATMENT WATER COMMISSIONS WATER CONSUMPTION WATER COVERAGE WATER DEPARTMENT WATER DEPARTMENTS WATER DISTRIBUTION WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WATER LAW WATER LOSS WATER MANAGEMENT WATER POLICY WATER PRODUCTION WATER RATES WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES WATER SECTOR WATER SHORTAGE WATER SHORTAGES WATER SOURCES WATER SUPPLY WATER SYSTEM WATER TARIFFS WATER USAGE WATER USE WATER UTILITY WELLS The case in Mexico City offered an opportunity to observe the advantages, and disadvantages of gradualist reform. Unfortunately, the authors find that the long-term nature of an incremental approach does not match well with the generally shorter-term horizons of elected politicians. Difficult decisions in implementation are left to later years, which pushes potentially unpopular actions onto the shoulders of future administrations, while allowing the current government to claim credit for instituting reform. The reform planned - and implemented - was not designed to tackle the city's most serious water problems, including over-consumption, and waste. And reform did little to change residential consumers' incentives to conserve water. Over-exploitation of the aquifer has been a problem since at least the 1930s. Mexico City is built on a series of drained lakebeds, and the land is soft, and prone to settling, or subsiding, as the aquifer is depleted. Several areas of the city center have sunk by over two meters in the past decade alone. And by virtue of its location, and elevation, the city's alternative water sources are expensive. The need for change is stark, but the power to undertake reform to tackle broad problems of resource management in the city, and surrounding areas, lies outside the jurisdiction of the Federal District, with the federal government. Such external funding of major supply projects, weakens the incentives for conservation. Reform reduced the increasing rate of over-exploitation of the aquifer, but partly by simply failing to meet demand. Reform to provide more equitable, and sustainable water delivery, must focus on improving the efficiency of operations, on substantially reforming the way water resources are priced, and allocated, and, on the design, management, and pricing of wastewater services. Federal subsidies for new production must be reduced, prices for system operators, and consumers must rise, and more must be invested in the treatment, and storage of wastewater - all of which requires strong political leadership. 2014-08-21T17:54:39Z 2014-08-21T17:54:39Z 2001-08 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/08/1561469/thirst-reform-private-sector-participation-providing-mexico-citys-water-supply http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19569 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2654 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Mexico |