Sheladia Associates, Inc.

The PURSE project was intended to expand the participation of the private sector in the supply, delivery, and O&M of water works, and the management of wastewater treatment and solid waste facilities. The project aims to:

• Create a policy and regulatory framework conducive to private sector involvement in these services
• Identify alternate funding mechanisms
• Improve the efficiency and cost effectiveness of municipal service delivery systems.
• Policy, legal and regulatory guidance
• Assistance in support of the policy agenda
• Economic analyses related to cost recovery in specified sectors
• Facilitation of dialogue on environmental issues, including the formulation of regulations and oversight procedures related to private participation
• Design and implementation of policy studies for capital and operating costs of water supply, wastewater treatment, solid waste management service provision, and consumers willingness to pay for services
• Facilitate inter-ministerial discussion on the extent to which the subject sector should be self-financing
• Assistance in restructuring of consumer tariffs and contract rates negotiated with private suppliers
• Policy development for water source depletion, land use regulation, and wastewater treatment/solid waste disposal environmental management
• Formulation of monitoring and oversight procedures to safeguard public interest in urban environment
• Design methodology to monitor performance/actions of private partners and ensure contract compliance
• Assist in identification, design and implementation of water supply/wastewater treatment capital works projects
• Evaluation of demonstration projects
• Delivery of workshops and provision of economic/financial expertise to demonstration project effort