In developing countries, the ...
Published by wu hao, Technical Expert at Veolia
In developing countries, the water quality is up to the standards at the outlet of water treatment plant (WWT). Due to the poor condition in distribution system, such as corrosion, leakage and low pressure, the water quality has become bad.
How to improve management of water utilities in developing countries?
The lower tarif or water rate is not reasonable. For poor people in slum, government should provide free water through water points (with metering but no billing). And for customers in middle class or industrial/commerical, their water rate should be higher.
Corruption is not seldom in water uitilites of developing countries. For example, the pump and automation, the purchsement of water utilities is always higher than other industrial. Please check it in developing countries around world.
The third one is the pipe/WTP construction. In case poor construction in pipe/WTP, water utilities will endure the problems in many decades (the final solution is not exist, except pipe renewal).
Just for discussion!
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The causes of poor of water quality are these:
1. Shortage of land to build houses,
2. Littering,
3. Lifestyle they living,
4. Overloaded of the system led to no retention time of water to settled,
5. Too much population led to air pollution, and etc.
Published by PHETLA MANGENA, Water quality at WEB Bonaire
It's not a easy task set the water tariff. But, what happens if you set the tariff and the utilities don't obey it. It's not a lab example and it's part of a bigger problem. It's time to understand the problem on a holistic view, which consider social, biological, thecnical, economic and law aspects.
Published by Paul Villegas, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru