Water and Wastewater Services in the Danube Region : Hungary Country Note
To evaluate and reflect the sustainability of services in the region, an overall sector sustainability assessment was done, taking into account four main dimensions: access to services, quality of services, efficiency of services, and financing of serv...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2015
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24615432/water-wastewater-services-danube-region-state-sector http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22139 |
| Summary: | To evaluate and reflect the
sustainability of services in the region, an overall sector
sustainability assessment was done, taking into account four
main dimensions: access to services, quality of services,
efficiency of services, and financing of services. Each of
these dimensions is measured through three simple and
objective indicators. For each indicator, best practice
values are established by looking at the best performers in
the region, and countries closest to those best performers
are deemed to have a more mature sector. A more complete
description of the methodology to assess sector
sustainability is included in the Annex of the State of the
Sector Regional Report from the Danube Water Program. The
outcomes of this assessment for Hungary’s water sector are
displayed, which also shows average and best practices in
the Danube region. The Hungarian sector sustainability score
is 74, which is far above the Danube average sustainability
of 64, and is among the best practices in the region. The
assessment shows that, on average, the country performs well
in terms of continuity of access to piped water and flush
toilet, collection ratio, nonrevenue water and staffing
level. The main deficiencies of Hungary’s water sector
identified through the sector sustainability assessment are
the operating cost ratio, affordability, and investments.
The main sector challenges are: achieving full cost
recovery; preventing the degradation of assets in the long
term; and preparing for the risks caused by climate change. |
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