Meeting multiple mandates: The increasing complexity of water utility management

IF 4.4 3区经济学 Q3 ENERGY & FUELS

Utilities Policy Pub Date : 2025-09-01 DOI:10.1016/j.jup.2025.102033

Andres Cabrera Flamini , Klaas Schwartz

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Abstract

This study provides a historical framework of the cumulative mandates of water supply utilities: universal coverage, commercial viability, and sustainability. The political agendas, development programs, and societal demands that have led to this overlap of multiple, and at times competing, mandates are discussed to inform the complexity water utilities face. Further, the detrimental effect of climate change, demographic change, urbanization, pollution, and ageing infrastructure on achieving these mandates is explained. Water utility management is portrayed as becoming increasingly complex, resulting in a need for more diverse knowledge, skills, and capacities in addressing the challenges facing water utilities.

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满足多重要求：水资源管理日益复杂

本研究提供了供水公用事业累积授权的历史框架：普遍覆盖、商业可行性和可持续性。政治议程、发展计划和社会需求导致了这种多重重叠，有时是相互竞争的任务，讨论了供水公司面临的复杂性。此外，还解释了气候变化、人口变化、城市化、污染和基础设施老化对实现这些任务的不利影响。水务公司的管理被描述为变得越来越复杂，因此需要更多样化的知识、技能和能力来应对水务公司面临的挑战。

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来源期刊

Utilities Policy ENERGY & FUELS-ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

CiteScore

6.80

自引率

10.00%

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审稿时长

66 days

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