Development of National Loss Reduction Plan and capacity building among water suppliers

The water management sector in Croatia is facing multiple challenges, including fragmentation, lack of human capacity, efficiency issues and, without restructuring and reform, it is not expected to be able to respond to the requirements set by the relevant EU Directives. The aim of the reform is to achieve the economy and efficiency of operations of the water utility sector through strengthening of the Public Water Service Providers (PWSP) capacity and organization. The need to support PWSP’s is particularly important in terms of improving their capacity to reduce excessive water losses from water supply systems, which are on average 50%, and are caused by several factors including the old age of the network, the lack of financial resources and technical capacity to upgrade and replace inadequate infrastructure, and lack of well-structured financial incentives.

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