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T1 Measuring operational and quality-adjusted efficiency of Chilean water companies
A1 Sala-Garrido, Ramon
A1 Mocholí-Arce, Manuel
A1 Molinos-Senante, Maria
A1 Maziotis, Alexandros
AB The path to a sustainable management of the urban water cycle requires the assessment of both operational and quality-adjusted efficiency in a unified manner. This can be done by the use of non-radial Data Envelopment Analysis models. This study used Range Adjusted Measure models to evaluate the operational, quality-adjusted, and operational & quality-adjusted efficiency (O&QAE) scores of the Chilean water industry including water leakage and unplanned interruptions as undesirable outputs. It was found that on average water utilities presented large O&QAE scores over time. The mean O&QAE score was 0.964 which means that water utilities could further reduce costs and undesirable outputs by 3.6% on average, while trying to expand the scale of operation. This finding suggests that excellent quality-adjusted efficiency at an efficient expenditure could be feasible. It was also evidenced that customer density, mixed water resources, and ownership influenced the O&QAE of Chilean water companies.
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/64632
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/64632
LA spa
NO npj Clean Water, 2022, vol. 5, n. 1
DS UVaDOC
RD 17-jul-2024