Economical improvement

Water infrastructures are expensive. Costs and lack of money are often restrictions to improve the system. AQUAPROFIT makes the interdependencies between well done operation and investment incentives visible.

Click the link to view the aspects of improving the economical operation, which have to be considered.

Investment planning

• Effective and comprehensive elaboration of investment plans will be introduced in order to achieve the optimum investments based on the operation and maintenance strategies

How to do a feasibility study

• Information and guidance will be provided for the elaboration of feasibility studies as a useful tool for assessing technical, managerial, and financial factors that need to be considered

How to make a business plan

• Information and guidance will be provided for the development of a business plan as an essential tool for improving management strategies

Calculation of costs and tariffs

• Methods for calculating cost-benefit ratios, life cycle costs and setting of tariffs will be introduced as an essential part of economical improvement

Working with indicators & controlling

• It is necessary to support controlling by means of adequate benchmarking. Availability of data and usefulness of specific indicators must be taken into consideration.