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11. Water Pricing in Italy: Beyond Full-Cost Recovery

Author : Antonio Massarutto

Published in: Water Pricing Experiences and Innovations

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This chapter provides an overview of the Italian water management system, which is segmented by sectors and characterized by a wide plurality of management systems, operators, and financing patterns. In the last 20 years, Italy has introduced far-reaching reforms of water management, which concerned in the first place urban water supply and sanitation. The most important aim was to create the basis for an autonomous and self-sufficient water industry, driving the sector out of the public budget. Financial equilibrium of water undertakings and access to market-based finance have dominated other possible aims of water pricing. Other sectors, and notably irrigation, continue to follow more traditional schemes. The chapter also discusses further reform opportunities in the search for using water prices as economic incentives for a more sustainable use of water resources.

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The Autonomous Provinces of Trento and Bolzano, due to their special autonomy, have a different and specific organization.
 
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Metadata
Title
Water Pricing in Italy: Beyond Full-Cost Recovery
Author
Antonio Massarutto
Copyright Year
2015
Book
Water Pricing Experiences and Innovations

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-16464-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-16465-6

Copyright Year: 2015

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16465-6_11