A Frontier Approach to Integrate Quality Parameters in Benchmarking Analysis of Water Supply Utilities
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Although agenda of Water supply in sufficient quantity and standard quality is highlighted in India from last few years. But Yet Performance assessment and Efficiency evaluation of water supply services not in practice. However the analysis is confined to the realm of researchers and policy makers. The present paper spells inclusion of quality parameter in assessment of utilities through frontier approach, the Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA), and integrates this with water quality as a Model output. This paper also discusses the SFA methodology in details for possible application to assess urban water supply services in India. Keyword: Benchmarking, Efficiency Evaluation, Performance Assessment, Stochastic Frontier Analysis, Water Supply Services, Water Quality Index.
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