A Primer on Energy Efficiency for Municipal Water and Wastewater Utilities
This primer is concerned with energy use and efficiency of network-based water supply and wastewater treatment in urban areas. It focuses on the supply side of the municipal water cycle, including the extraction, treatment, and distribution of wate...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/02/16253058/primer-energy-efficiency-municipal-water-wastewater-utilities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18060 |
| Summary: | This primer is concerned with energy use
and efficiency of network-based water supply and wastewater
treatment in urban areas. It focuses on the supply side of
the municipal water cycle, including the extraction,
treatment, and distribution of water, and collection and
treatment of wastewater-activities which are directly
managed by Water and Wastewater Utilities (WWUs). The main
challenges to scaling up Energy Efficiency (EE) in municipal
water and wastewater services stem from sector governance
issues, knowledge gaps, and financing hurdles. Utility
governance affects the overall performance of individual
WWUs and influences decision making, incentives and actions
for energy management. This is likely the most significant
barrier to WWU EE in many developing countries. Addressing
knowledge gaps requires efforts to systematize data
collection, training, and capacity building at utilities,
supported by local and national governments. Financing
hurdles can be reduced by introducing dedicated EE funds to
address large but disaggregated investment needs and by
promoting third-party financing through energy/water savings
performance contracts. This primer is part of Energy
Efficient Cities Initiative's (EECI's) knowledge
clearinghouse function to inform World Bank (WB) staff
working in urban water supply and wastewater management, as
well as in energy, about the opportunities and good
practices for improving EE and reducing energy cost in
municipal WWUs. |
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