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Water Utility Efficiency Measurement and Comparison Using a Data EnvelopmentAnalysis Procedure: Role of Water Source and Ownership Type

机译:使用数据包络分析程序对水务效率进行测量和比较:水源和所有权类型的作用

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This paper employs data envelopment analysis (DEA) of US EPA Community WaterrnSystem Survey data (EPA, 2002) to compare the relative efficiencies of facility ownership type andrnnature of water source for potable water utilities. Three ownership types (private for-profit, privaternnot-for-profit, and public) and two types of supply sources (ground and surface water sources) arerncompared. Statistically significant results indicating the efficiency advantage of certain utility typesrndepending on measurement variable selection were found, and clear trends towards certain utilityrntypes were identified, notwithstanding the variable selections used for measurement. The findingsrnindicate that public utilities are most efficient overall, followed by private not-for-profit utilities,rnwith private for profit utilities being least efficient. Except for a few cases of very large supplyrndemands, utilities employing ground water sources were generally more efficient than those usingrnsurface water sources.rnA brief investigation into the marginal return on information obtained from using additionalrnmeasurement variables to measure utility performance is also presented. It is demonstrated thatrnadditional ranking information can be obtained by using more discrete measurement variables, butrnthat there are diminishing marginal returns. This efficiency evaluation of public water utilitiesrnshould prove useful as a tool for guiding ownership policy and water source development.
机译:本文采用美国EPA社区水系统调查数据(EPA,2002年)的数据包络分析(DEA)来比较饮用水拥有者的设施所有权类型和水源性质的相对效率。比较了三种所有权类型(私有营利,私有非营利性和公共)和两种供应源(地下水和地表水)。发现了统计上显着的结果,表明某些公用事业类型的效率优势取决于测量变量的选择,并且尽管用于测量的变量选择仍然确定了向某些公用事业类型的明确趋势。研究结果表明,公共事业总体上效率最高,其次是私人非营利性事业,而私人营利性事业效率最低。除少数几个需求量很大的情况外,使用地下水源的公用事业通常比使用地表水的公用事业更为有效。还简要介绍了通过使用其他测量变量来测量公用事业绩效而获得的边际收益信息。结果表明,通过使用更多离散的测量变量可以获得额外的排名信息,但是边际收益却在减少。这种对公共供水公司的效率评估应该被证明是指导所有权政策和水源开发的工具。

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