Addressing sustainability in benchmarking framework for Indian urban water utilities

Journal of Infrastructure Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-92

  Singh, Mamata R ^a,b   Upadhyay, V ^a   Mittal, Atul K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b Directorate of Training and Technical Education   (India)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Efficiency; Models; Water supply; Water utilities

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE EFFICIENCY; BUSINESS VIABILITY; COST SAVING; EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MODELS; OPERATIONAL SCALE; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS; SERVICE RELIABILITY; SUSTAINABLE WATER SUPPLY; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; UNACCOUNTED FOR WATER; URBAN WATERS; WATER LOSS; WATER SECTOR; WATER UTILITY;

BENCHMARKING; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

WATER SUPPLY;

BENCHMARKING; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; WATER PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY;

INDIA;

EID: 77950615609     PISSN: 10760342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1076-0342(2010)16:1(81)     Document Type: Article

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