The long term reform of the water and wastewater industry: the case of Melbourne in Australia

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Title: The long term reform of the water and wastewater industry: the case of Melbourne in Australia
Author(s): Abbott, Malcolm; Wang, Wei Chun; Cohen, Bruce
Abstract: Since the 1980s, one of the most important parts of Australian microeconomic reform has been the restructuring of the country’s government owned utilities - including water supply and wastewater disposal. This process was encouraged by the perception that the state owned authorities performed poorly in the 1970s and 1980s. This paper analyses economic performance of the Melbourne water and wastewater industry from the early 1970s. Over the longer term, the industry has improved its economic performance in terms of productivity and returns to the shareholder, however, consumers have not substantially benefited from this process in terms of lower prices.
Publication type: Journal article
Research centre: Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Higher Education, Lilydale
Source: Utilities Policy, Vol. 19, no. 2 (Jun 2011), pp. 115-122
Publication year: 2011
FOR Code(s): 1605 Policy and Administration
Keyword(s): Australia; Melbourne; Reform; Wastewater industry; Water industry
Publisher: Pergamon
ISSN: 0957-1787
Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jup.2010.08.002
Peer reviewed