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This analysis investigates the liberalisation of the European Water Supply and Sanitation (WSS) sectors, examining both explicit and implicit EU policies related to water management. It identifies potential liberalisation scenarios and assesses their economic, ecological, social, legal, and institutional implications. The research outlines a five-phase workplan, encompassing current market dynamics, plausible future scenarios, and practical recommendations for policymakers. Emphasis is on creating sustainable strategies that balance regulatory practices and economic growth in the evolving water sector.
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EUROMARKET WaterLiberalisationScenarios: An empirical analysis of the evolution of the European Water supply and sanitation sectors 28/08/2014
BACKGROUND • Liberalisation of the water sector in developing countries (e.g., World Bank). • Liberalisation of public utilities in European countries. The European Water Supply and Sanitation sector (WSS) - liberalisation coming next?
OBJECTIVES • Examine explicit and implicit policies of the EU in the WSS • Existing and potential dynamics of de facto and de jureliberalisation • Identify possible water liberalisation scenarios • Assess implications of these scenarios (economic, ecological, social, legal, institutional and organisational) • Practical recommendations
Originality and theoretical contribution of the research Sectoral dynamics Enterprise strategies Regulatorypractices Evaluate and analyse the interaction of three different elements:
WORKPLAN Five Phases NOTE: Each year is divided into four periods of 3 months
PHASE 1 EUROPEAN POLICY in: • The water and sanitation sectors • Resources management and river basin management • The liberalisation of public utilities
PHASE 2 THE EUROPEAN WSS sectors today: • The markets and their dynamics (type of management and ownership) • Operators’ strategies (TNCs and SMEs) • From Legislation to Regulation
PHASE 3 WATER LIBERALISATION SCENARIOS • Identification and description of plausible scenarios by: • Sectors • Regions • Market segments • Identification of driving forces • Comparison and assessment of different scenarios
PHASE 4 IMPLICATIONS of the different SCENARIOS: • Economic implications (on consumers, operators, and sustainability) • Ecological implications (on quantity and quality of the resource) • Social implications (on employment, equity, and Universal Service) • Institutional, organisational, and legal implications
PHASE 5 RECOMMENDATIONS: • Confronting the implications of the analysed scenarios to EU policies (as examined inPhase 1) • Provide “what-if” scenarios
DISSEMINATION DISSEMINATION TOOLS: • Website (http://mir.epfl.ch/euromarket) • Special Publications (book (s), scientific papers, working paper series, special edition(s) of journals, newsletter, other) • Conferences • Electronic Conference • International Conferences • Conference at the end of EUROMARKET (EPFL)
CLUSTERING • POSSIBLE ACTIVITIES: • Links to other projects (webpage) and exchange of DOW • Exchange information: - Research analysis - Interviews - Questionnaires • Common Conferences • Future research projects (Network of excellence, 6th Framework programme or other).
POSSIBLE CLUSTERING THEMES WITH EUROMARKET • Future of the water supply and sanitation sectors (WSS) • Water Institutions strategy (local municipalities, river basin agencies, national regulators and legislators) • Operators strategy • Water management and Public Private Partnership • Consequence of the WSS liberalisation on the water sector in general • East European water markets
