Considerations with regard to the implementation of the SOP Environment
Vasile Ciomos, PhD President of ARA
Water sector’s present status • Water utilities make huge efforts to implement in due time the SOP Environment • Strategic investment projects have a rather slow implementation rate (preparation / contracting: 3 to 5 years, implementation : 2 to 3 years) • There are still institutional, legislative and financial constrains; • By consequence, the progress of increasing the water supply, sewerage and WW treatment services’ coverage is limited. • The time schedule for conformation to the EU requirements (2013/2015/2018) proves itself to be too ambitious.
Water sector’s present status (2) • There’s a further need for high investments for upgrading and extending the water infrastructure (these data will be centralized after the Master Plans’ revision for the next phase – 2014-2020); • The EU funds are limited and the IFI’s loans are difficult to access; • More and more the question is being asked if some investment projects (e.g. WWTP) could be financed through Project finance? • The combination of water and renewable energy projects becomes important. • The sludge management problem becomes more and more sensitive.
Water services coverage – comparison with European countries
Water supply and sewerage services coverage of the Transylvanian ROCs
Utilities’ efforts for reducing water consumption (c.m. / conn. and month)
Sold water – 2011 (c.m. / conn. and month)
Utilities’ efforts for reducing energy consumption (%)
Utilities’ efforts for reducing NRW (m3/km/day)
Utilities’ efforts for increasing the metering level
Efforts for preparation of the investment projects 2007/2013 – Endorsed contracts - Axa 1 2008
2009
2010
• values in million Euro; • Ordered by endorsement date.
2011
2012
SOP Environment projects’ value for Transylvanian ROCs
Ongoing issues and recomandations
The present procurement procedures favor the lowest price, many times in the detriment of quality; The contracts once awarded, are inflexible and do not allow the inclusion of the new state of the art technology; There is a need for a better technical information before preparing the investments for the next period (2014 – 2020) For dutch companies who want to enter the Romanian market, it is recommended to get associated with local designers / constructors.
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