CLIENT
ADB / Colombo Municipal Council (CMC)
TITLE
Tariff Specialist
COUNTRIES
Sri Lanka
DATES
2013 - 2014
SECTOR
Waste water
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Designing and implementing a sewerage tariff mechanism on behalf of CMC.
SERVICES PROVIDED BY STRATEGY & ECONOMICS
The work involves identifying different types of user groups and their associated water and wastewater consumption and disposal mechanisms, reviewing alternative types of tariff structures (surcharge, volumetric tariff, new tax etc.) in other cities in Sri Lanka and South Asia with similar geographical and administrative features and proposing an appropriate charging mechanism for different user groups based on this analysis The work also involved carrying out preliminary investigation concerning how a Public Private Partnership in relation to the development of two wastewater treatment facilities serving the Colombo city region ought to be conducted.