摘要
This article highlights the enormous and growing gap between the projected and required financing of water services infrastructure, which is caused by unviable pricing and/or cost recovery regimes. There are diverse constraints in OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) and non-OECD countries contributing to the underpricing of water services; however, the message is clear: water is a scarce resource that needs to be priced appropriately to ensure continued viable supply and delivery. Customers will have to bear the costs of all or at least a major part of this adjusted pricing. Therefore, better awareness of broader economic and social benefits of water supply, particularly of sanitation, also will be needed.
- 出版日期2015-1