Open AccessEvaluating the Effectiveness of Water Utilities Taking into Account the Significance of Environmental Friendly Products
Author(s) -
A.A. Tskhay.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
vodnoe hozâjstvo rossii: problemy, tehnologii, upravlenie/vodnoe hozâjstvo rossii : problemy, tehnologii, upravlenie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2686-8253
pISSN - 1999-4508
DOI - 10.35567/1999-4508-2020-4-6
Subject(s) - environmentally friendly , environmental economics , population , water supply , business , quality (philosophy) , wastewater , water resources , operations management , economics , environmental engineering , environmental science , ecology , philosophy , demography , epistemology , sociology , biology
An approach has been developed to analyze the efficiency of enterprises providing water supply and wastewater treatment services, taking into account the importance of environmentally friendly products. The study solved the problem of choosing the option for accounting for the transition of water utilities from quantitative to qua litative ind icators, compa ring t he rate of cha nge in efficienc y for options for accou nting for the factor of environmentally friendly products. The criteria for the stages of growth and development in the life cycle of a water utility – «efficiency for itself» and «efficiency for the environment» – are formulated.The classification of water utilities on the basis of growth (development) is formulated, the situation of reducing the level of efficiency of the water utility according to the introduced classification is characterized. The periods when the enterprises of the industry most effectively convert external resources into results for the population are identified. The transition to quality criteria changes the list of leaders among the reviewed enterprises in similar regional administrative centers of Russia in terms of population. This approach can be useful when evaluating water utilities for potential investments, as well as when creating a centralized system for setting tariffs based on reference values of water utilities‘ costs.