Benchmarking the performance of water companies for regulatory purposes to improve its sustainability

Abstract The regulation of water companies (WCs) is essential to protect the interests of citizens, as companies are natural monopolies. Consequently, several methodological approaches are applied by water regulators to benchmark the performance of WCs, with data envelopment analysis (DEA) being one...

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Main Authors: Ramon Sala-Garrido, Manuel Mocholí-Arce, Alexandros Maziotis, Maria Molinos-Senante
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-01-01
Series:npj Clean Water
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41545-022-00218-6