Implementation of supra-local drinking water asset management policies: A study of the Rhône department (France)
Résumé
France is divided into around one hundred administrative units, known as "departments", whose officials are responsible for allocating water service funding to the various municipalities within their jurisdiction. The AQUADEP project (2008-2012) looked at the characterisation, assessment, and monitoring of departmental drinking water policies in France. As part of this project, we examined the allocation of funding for pipe renewal in one such department, namely the Rhône. To satisfy various objectives (reducing price disparity, improving network asset management, and reducing water losses) the authorities in the Rhône department had put in place a system whereby money was provided based on three criteria and four performance indicators. To analyse this system, we created our own set of indicators, based on objectives and available data. Our study showed that out of the three key objectives, only one had been (partially) realised - that of improving asset management. The reason for this was shown to be the incompatibility of the different objectives, and the fact that a single action (pipe renewal) was prioritised over all others.
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