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Water Supply and Sewerage in France: Market Characteristics

Explore the market characteristics of water supply and sewerage in France, including public-private partnerships, delegation of services, pricing dynamics, and industry structure.

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Water Supply and Sewerage in France: Market Characteristics

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  1. Water supply and sewerage in France 27th Voorburg Group Warsaw, Poland

  2. Classifications • Section E - WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE, WASTE MANAGEMENT AND REMEDIATION SERVICES • ACTIVITIES (NACE) • 36 Water collection, treatment and supply • 37 Sewerage • PRODUCTS (CPA 2008) • 36.00.11 drinking water • 36.00.12 non-drinking water • 36.00.20 treatment and distribution services of water through mains • 36.00.30 trade services of water through mains • 37.00.11 sewage removal and treatment services • 37.00.12 treatment servics of cesspools and septic tanks • 37.00.20 sewage sludge => Goods (?) and Services 27th Voorburg Group, Warsaw, Poland

  3. Market characteristics (1) • Water withdrawn, collected, consumed? The business statistics differ much from the ecological approach… 27th Voorburg Group, Warsaw, Poland

  4. Market characteristics (2) • Price is very sensitive to quantities: fixed costs = 80% of total costs but fixed revenue = 20% of total revenue • And quantities are decreasing… • Price will increase…What about productivity? Cost-efficiency? 27th Voorburg Group, Warsaw, Poland

  5. Market characteristics (3) • Public and private bodies in Europe • Apparently opposite cases in United Kingdom and in the Netherlands. • “Delegation of public services” begins in Poland, with French firm SAUR • Water supply • Sewerage 27th Voorburg Group, Warsaw, Poland

  6. Market characteristics (4) • A coproduction between public and private bodies (FR) • The local authorities are always responsible for the management of water services on their territory, but they can delegate to private operators or not • Public bodies are always owners of the facilities : they pay the investments • In case of “delegation of public service” each of the public and the private bodies records its share in its turnover. 27th Voorburg Group, Warsaw, Poland

  7. Market characteristics (5) • Direct payment to public body Sale of a service (36.00.2) Local authority Private operator or of a good (36.00.3) Sale of a good (36.00.1) • The private operator appears as a subcontractor. Final consumer 27th Voorburg Group, Warsaw, Poland

  8. Market characteristics (6) • “Delegation of public service” and payment to private operator Local authority Sale of a service (36.00.2) Private operator Other private operator or of a good (36.00.3) Sale of a good (36.00.1) in 2 parts on the same invoice • The private operator and the public body appear as co-producers. Final consumer 27th Voorburg Group, Warsaw, Poland

  9. Market characteristics (7) • An example of a water bill 27th Voorburg Group, Warsaw, Poland

  10. Market characteristics (8) • Exemple: Nantes and suburbs • 595 000 inhabitants • 24 municipalities • Sewerage • 15 « delegation management » contracts • 2 « interested governance » contracts • 1 for purification plant management • 1 for sludge enhancing • Water • 2 « delegations management » contracts • 5 « pure management » contracts  • But same price for all inhabitants 27th Voorburg Group, Warsaw, Poland

  11. Market characteristics (9) • An oligopolistic market (3 companies account for 66% in water industry and 46% in sewerage industry, and even more when they are measured as groups) and a strong professional organisation 27th Voorburg Group, Warsaw, Poland

  12. Insee 18 bd Adolphe-Pinard 75675 Paris Cedex 14 www.insee.fr Informations statistiques : www.insee.fr / Contacter l’Insee 09 72 72 4000 (coût d’un appel local) du lundi au vendredi de 9h00 à 17h00 Water supply and sewerage in France Thank you for your attention Contact M. Alain Gallais Tél. : (+ 33) 01 41 17 58 55 Courriel : alain.gallais@insee.fr

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