EAN: 9783319078175

SPRINGERBRIEFS IN WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ...

This book describes the water sector as it is structured in Italy. The first part describes the
legal framework which rules the sector in Italy  its evolution since the last 20 years  and its
weaknesses. The second part describes the governance of Italian water utilities  distinguishing
full public-owned companies from public-private partnership and private companies. The third
part reports insights on water utilities performance to enquire the presence of economies by
scope  scale and density in the Italian water sector  and to verify the presence of any
differences in terms of efficiency and tariffs among public and private firms. The fourth part
describes the investment policies carried out by water utilities  observing the total amount of
per capita investments and the actual realization of planned investments. The fifth part
describes if and how utilities applied water conservation practices to incentive the
sustainable water use.

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