Water and Wastewater Services in the Danube Region : Romania Country Note
To evaluate and reflect the sustainability of services in the region, an overall sector sustainability assessment was done taking into account four main dimensions: access to services, quality of services, efficiency of services, and financing of s...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2015
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24623756/water-wastewater-services-danube-region-state-sector http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22143 |
| Summary: | To evaluate and reflect the
sustainability of services in the region, an overall sector
sustainability assessment was done taking into account four
main dimensions: access to services, quality of services,
efficiency of services, and financing of services. Each of
these dimensions is measured through three simple and
objective indicators. For each indicator, best practice
values are established by looking at the best performers in
the region. Countries closest to those best performers are
deemed to have a more mature sector. A more complete
description of the methodology to assess the sector
sustainability is included in the Annex of the state of the
sector regional report from the Danube Water Program. The
outcomes of this assessment for Romania’s water sector are
displayed, which also shows average and best practices in
the Danube region. The Romanian sector sustainability score
is 56, which is below the Danube average sustainability of
64, and which is among the lowest scores in the region. This
is partly due to the fact that a large percentage of
Romania’s population lives in rural areas, where only 29
percent are connected to pipe water and 10 percent have
access to flush toilets (UNECE/WHO 2010). Aside from that,
the main deficiencies identified regarding the Romanian
water sector through the sector sustainability assessment
are affordability, wastewater compliance, and operating cost
ratio. Romania is, however, performing well in terms of
collection ratio and customer satisfaction. The main sector
challenges are: improving access to water and sanitation
services in rural areas; strengthening the capacity of
operators to ensure implementation of investment projects;
addressing affordability issues regarding water and
sanitation prices; and improving efficiency of water utilities. |
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