What is Covered in this Advanced Program?
This program provides the participant the understanding, knowledge, skills, competencies, and implementation level detailed skills for Water Utility Restructuring for increasing Stakeholder Satisfaction, Productivity, Profitability, or possible preparation for Privatization. The program will build understanding of possible applicable Strategies for Water Utility Restructuring. This program will also discuss the methodology for analysis of the various possible Water Utility Restructuring Business Models.
Program will discuss the methodologies for Developing & Short-listing chosen Strategic Options. The program will discuss Preparing Implementation Plans for the Water Utility Restructuring. The participant will also learn how to Prepare Detailed Projections & Risk Assessments for the Implementation Plans. The program will discuss the Building & Implementation of a Near Real Time Water Utility Restructuring Project Management System. Participant will prepare a Detailed Action Plan to Implement a Possible Water Utility Restructuring Project in his organization. Program will also include a Professional Certification Test and Interview at the end of the Program to determine suitability for Professional certification.
This program will address Restructuring to solve any combination of Existing Water Utility issues including
(1) Supply-side and demand-side: aging infrastructure, declining quantity and or quality of water resources, increasing unpredictability of water resource availability (related to climate change), restricted access to water sources stemming from environmental protection measures, growing per capita demand, growing population, consumer expectations for higher levels of service, increasingly stringent water quality standards, high percentage of ‘unaccounted for water’ (primarily leaks).
(2) Financial: lack of funding for infrastructure renewals and replacement, past under-investment in infrastructure renewals and maintenance, water prices set below sustainable levels (do not support full lifecycle cost recovery), lack of reliable funding sources, dependence upon ad hoc government funding Governance, inefficient management, low transparency, poor accountability, absence of input mechanism for consumers into decision-making, lack of managerial autonomy of utility.