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Do³±czy³: 03 Gru 2023
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 Wys³any: Nie Gru 03, 2023 09:50 Temat postu: The tariff structure of the water service as a sustainabilit |
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The sustainability of a water service is imperative for two fundamental reasons, it is an essential service for life and the resource is scarce. Growing demand and climate change make the path towards sustainability urgent. SDG 6 already contemplates this by requiring the guarantee of sustainable water management.
Policies on the water cycle have been based on supply management, we build infrastructure to meet growing demand, these policies have Special Data been successful in providing us with an essential service, but they have not taken sustainability into account. Demand always ends up exceeding supply, forcing the construction of new infrastructure or the expansion of existing ones.
The paradigm change is necessary and urgent; in service management we must apply demand management policies. The chosen tariff structure must reduce and modulate demand under the principles of sufficiency, efficiency, equity and transparency.
Sufficiency is the ability of the service to generate income to cover all the costs of the service, this includes operation and maintenance costs, depreciation costs, costs of new investments and environmental costs, a requirement of the Framework Directive. water in the year 2000. A fixed part, in the receipt, that ensures the stability of income, is key to obtaining sufficiency. The availability of the service involves fixed costs, regardless of the amount of water supplied.
Efficiency has to do with the need to optimize the use of water; it must be used in the uses that provide the most value with the minimum use of the resource. We must encourage these uses and penalize waste. A structure with different types of users and increasing consumption segments in price guarantees the efficiency of demand.
Equity seeks a fair distribution of costs between different users. Water service is a human right recognized by the UN in 2010, we must guarantee access to this service for everyone. The WHO establishes that optimal access is guaranteed with 100 liters per inhabitant per day; this vital minimum must have an affordable price. A first tranche at a low price guarantees that essential uses are accessible to everyone, and social action mechanisms must also be established for the most disadvantaged groups.
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