Utilities

According to the EPA, effectively managing all aspects of operations is critical for all utilities, regardless of size or location, in order to ensure their long-term sustainability and to keep the communities they serve strong, safe, and sustainable. Resources available in this sub-theme include performance indicators for utilities, country-wide utility reviews, and water utility conference reports, among other resources that support sustainable utility management.

Utilities Resources

Ukraine: Potential Lviv Water Service Improvement Demonstration Projects

Publication date:
April 1, 1997
U.S. Agency for International Development
CH2M HILL
The aim of this report is to assist the Ukrainian city of Lviv with: engineering support, equipment installation and project management to improve residential water supply in Lviv. CH2M Hill was hired to conduct filed assessment of potential water service improvement projects and submit a proposed...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Ukraine

Energy Management Consultation and Training Project (EMCAT): Demand-Side Management/Project Management -- Municipal Water Pumping: Tiruppur (Tamil Nadu), India -- Trip Report

Publication date:
March 1, 1997
U.S. Agency for International Development
This demonstration project's components include water supply, municipal sewerage treatment, effluent treatment plant, road improvement, land development and telecommunications. In July 1995, USAlD approved twenty-five million dollars in finding support for the water supply and municipal...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
India
South East Asia

New Independent States: Chlorination Operations Manual -- Kegeili And Chimbai, Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan [I.E. Uzbekistan]

Publication date:
August 1, 1996
U.S. Agency for International Development
The chlorination system equipment, materials and training provided are part of the activities included in the prior MoU between the Governments of the United States and Uzbekistan. These activities are part of the Aral Sea Program financed by USAID and implemented by the Environmental Policy and...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Uzbekistan

Activity Report: Evaluation of Institutional Development Component of the Cairo Water II project

Publication date:
June 1, 1996
U.S. Agency for International Development
This paper evaluates the Management, Training, and Systems Strengthening (MTSS) component of the Cairo Water III Project. The component, which is being implemented by Black and Veatch International (BVI), aims to strengthen the General Organization for Greater Cairo Water Supply. Mid-term...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Egypt, Arab Rep.
Middle East and North Africa

Methodological Guidelines for Sectoral Analysis in Water Supply and Sanitation

Publication date:
February 1, 1995
U.S. Agency for International Development
Sector analysis reveals the visible and invisible demand for coverage and services and the deficits in this area, the strengths and weaknesses of sector institutions, operational limitations and the total resources needed in both public and private sector of every country in the Latin America...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Latin America and the Caribbean

Kazakhstan Field Report -- Proposed Chlorination System Improvements At Regional Water Systems: Kyzl Orda Oblast, Kazakhstan

Publication date:
January 1, 1995
U.S. Agency for International Development
The Environmental Policy and Technology Project (EPT) Field Report "Interim Field . Investigations in Kazakhstan: Regional Water Systems in Kzyl-Orda Oblast" dated October 1994 included recommendations for providing a variety of new equipment to upgrade and improve the regional water...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Kazakhstan
Europe and Central Asia

Improving The Efficiency of Two Water and Wastewater Districts in Slovakia

Publication date:
April 1, 1994
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report summarizes the findings of an audit designed to diagnose needs to improve the efficiency of two selected water and wastewater districts, the West Slova, Transmission Line District, and the Prievidza Water and Wastewater District. The immediate purpose of the assignment was to develop a...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Europe and Central Asia

Third Amendment to Grant Agreement Between The Arab Republic of Egypt and The United States of America for Cairo Water Supply II

Publication date:
September 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
the Cairo Water Supply II project will provide funding to construct the required storage reservoirs at Darrasa and Abassia and transmission lines from the Fostat Treatment Plant to these reservoirs. The project will also help upgrade the distribution system thus improving the efficiency in the Rod...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Egypt, Arab Rep.
Middle East and North Africa

Cairo Water Supply II Project: Start - Up Workshop for The Mtss [Management Training and System Strengthening] Contract, Mena House Hotel, Cairo, May 9-11, 1993

Publication date:
July 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
The General Organization for Greater Cairo Water Supply (GOGCWS) is responsible for the supply of potable water and untreated industrial and irrigation water to the residents and industries of Greater Cairo, Egypt's capital and largest city. The water is produced at 12 filtration plants using...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Egypt, Arab Rep.
Middle East and North Africa

Performance Indicators for Selected Water Supply and Sanitation Utilities in Ecuador

Publication date:
November 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose of this study was to develop performance indicators for 13 selected water, wastewater, and combined water and wastewater utilities in Ecuador from data supplied by the utilities themselves. The performance indicators cover operational, financial, and personnel activities. Of the 13...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Ecuador
Latin America and the Caribbean

Don't see what you're looking for? You can search USWP member sites, request a resource, or contact the USWP.