13 Ene Measuring operational and quality-adjusted efficiency of Chilean water companies
Título | Measuring operational and quality-adjusted efficiency of Chilean water companies |
Autor(es) | Maria Molinos-Senante, Alexandros Maziotis, Manuel Mocholi-Arce, Ramón Sala-Garrido |
Línea(s) | Recursos Críticos |
Año de publicación | 2022 |
Revista | npj Clean Water volume |
Palabras claves | Economics, Industry |
Resumen | 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. |
Doi | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41545-021-00146-x |
Autor(es) de correspondencia | Maria Molinos-Senante, mmolinos@uc.cl |