Risk management, financial evaluation and funding for wastewater and stormwater reuse projects
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De Silva, Saman
Gan, Kein
Guthrie, Lachlan
Considine, Robert
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This paper has considered risk management, financial evaluation and funding in seven Australian wastewater and stormwater reuse projects. From the investigated case studies it can be seen that responsible parties have generally been well equipped to identify potential risks. In relation to financial evaluation methods some serious discrepancies, such as time periods for analysis, and how stormwater benefits are valued, have been identified. Most of the projects have required external, often National Government, funding to proceed. As National funding is likely to become less common in the future, future reuse projects may need to be funded internally by the water industry. In order to enable this the authors propose that the industry requires (1) a standard project evaluation process, and (2) an infrastructure funders' forum (or committee) with representation from both utilities and regulators, in order to compare and prioritise future reuse projects against each other.
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Journal of Environmental Management
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191
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Furlong, C; De Silva, S; Gan, K; Guthrie, L; Considine, R, Risk management, financial evaluation and funding for wastewater and stormwater reuse projects, Journal of Environmental Management, 2017, 191, pp. 83-95