All over the world, governments are compelling water utilities to improve their efficiency and
productivity through reforms and tougher regulatory tools. Despite the different strategies …

In Italy's water industry, publicly owned utilities (PWCs) coexist with public-private
partnerships (PPPWCs), that could contribute expertise for operations, funds, and …

This article compares the performance of the Portuguese water services (WS) according to
their ownership. Several techniques, such as performance indicators, total factor productivity …

This paper presents a benchmarking study of the water and wastewater industry in Italy. A
three-stage modeling approach was implemented to measure the efficiency of 53 utility …

This article computes input-specific scores of technical efficiency for a sample of water
utilities located in the southern Spanish region of Andalusia. In addition, differences in …

This study provides an analysis of Italian water utilities to determine the effects on their
efficiency of certain relevant variables that have been broadly discussed in the existing …

The Italian water sector has changed substantially over the past ten years. This study
assesses the impact of the latest water sector regulatory reform, which follows a …

The determinants of the performance of water utilities are a topical issue worldwide. This
paper analyzes the relationship between efficiency and corporate governance in Italian …

Recognizing the growing importance of scientific benchmarking in water distribution, we
provide a comprehensive survey of the available literature. We begin with a discussion …

Purpose–This is a benchmarking study and the purpose of this paper is to investigate if there
is any association between operational efficiency in the integrated water management …