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CUNHA MARQUES, Rui  e  GARZON CONTRERAS, Fabio Hernando. Performance-based potable water and sewer service regulation: The regulatory model. Cuad. Adm. [online]. 2007, vol.20, n.34, pp.283-298. ISSN 0120-3592.

In recent years the Colombian potable water and sewer service sector has experienced strong changes promoted by the regulating body (Comisión de Regulación de Agua Potable y Saneamiento Básico [Potable Water and Sewer System Regulation Commission]). In that sense, the regulating body has initiated a new rate structure that currently governs the sector, based on the comparative efficiency of the performance of the sector companies. Data envelop analysis (DEA) is one of the fundamental components in the model. The authors highlight that, although this methodology has been extensively used for energy regulation, its use is still very limited in the waterworks sector. This article, a product of joint research conducted by Universidad Técnica de Lisboa and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Cali, presents and discusses the comparative efficiency model adopted in Colombia and concludes that, in spite of some problems whose solutions are suggested herein, this is an important step towards quality and excellence for the Colombian water sector.

Palavras-chave : Economic regulation; comparative efficiency of performance; Colombia; potable water and sewer system services; data envelop analysis.

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