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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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	Sanitation Water access Water resources Water supply Drinking water Service provision Wastewater utilities Danube
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24623756/water-wastewater-services-danube-region-state-sector http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22143

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spelling	okr-10986-221432021-04-23T14:04:06Z Water and Wastewater Services in the Danube Region : Romania Country Note World Bank Sanitation Water access Water resources Water supply Drinking water Service provision Wastewater utilities Danube 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. 2015-07-13T13:48:18Z 2015-07-13T13:48:18Z 2015-05 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24623756/water-wastewater-services-danube-region-state-sector http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22143 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Public Sector Study Europe and Central Asia Romania
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description	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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title	Water and Wastewater Services in the Danube Region : Romania Country Note
title_short	Water and Wastewater Services in the Danube Region : Romania Country Note
title_full	Water and Wastewater Services in the Danube Region : Romania Country Note
title_fullStr	Water and Wastewater Services in the Danube Region : Romania Country Note
title_full_unstemmed	Water and Wastewater Services in the Danube Region : Romania Country Note
title_sort	water and wastewater services in the danube region : romania country note
publisher	Washington, DC
publishDate	2015
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Water and Wastewater Services in the Danube Region : Romania Country Note

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