Sustainable water management strategy with spotlight on Indian Water Conservation experience

Case Study of Mysore Water Distribution

Oct 13, 2011by

G S Basu, Jusco, India

Agenda

I. India Urban Water Scenario

II. JUSCO Mysore Experience

III. Future of Sustainable Water Management in India

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Demand for water in India is expected to rise dramatically in the next few decades

Source: Ministry of Water Resources, National Hydrology Institute, Roorkee , 'The Himalayan Challenge: Water Security in Emerging Asia, Strategic Fore

1: As per international norms, if per capita water availability is less than 1700 m3 per year, country is water stressed and if the per capita availability is less than 1000 m3, the country is water scarce2: Using theoretical available water as a base for calculations

Drivers of water usage increase

PopulationPopulation increase from 1.2 Billion in

2010 to 1.6 Billion in 2030 will directly increase demand for water

Urbanization Increased urbanization from 30% to 50%

will create demand aggregation at select points in India, sometimes away from high water availability areas

Per Capita Income

Increase

Indian GDP is expected to grow causing per capita income to rise from $468 to $ 17366 by 2050. Increased per capita will result in lifestyle changes, requiring more per capita water. For e.g. water consumption in US is 582 litres/person / day compared to India’s ~90

Industrialization India’s industrialization increase will

increase demand for water – especially increase in power, steel and other heavy industries

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Per Capita Availability1,2 1,730 1,401 1,200

Water Demand in India; 2010 - 2050Cubic KM or Trilion Liters

Resulting in a potentially significant demand supply gap in the near future

Source: Ministry of Water Resources, National Hydrology Institute

2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026

750

850

0

1,000

950

900

800

700

+12%

Current useful water supply

Expected issue by 2015

Water Supply and Demand in India; 2010 - 2050Cubic KM or Trilion Liters

River Basins in India, with water shortage, 2030Percentage

DemandCurrent

Supply

12% gap by 2025

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2: EFR – Eastern Flowing Rivers; WFR – Western Flowing Rivers (non major rivers)

Source: Ministry of Urban Development, United Nations handbook of benchmarks, Central Pollution Control Board, Asian Development Bank

1: 50 Asian cities benchmarked by ADB

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While India faces water shortage in near future, it already is facing significant issues in Urban areas

Urban Water Requirement / Availability , 2007Million Litres per Day

Water Supply in a day on average, 2000Hours

Sewage and Waste Water Generation in Treatment, 2005Million Litres per Day

Domestic Industrial

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Indian Population in Urban Areas, 2006 - 2025Millions

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India has one of the lowest water tariff and tariff hike is a very sensitive issue

With abundant rainfall and extensive river systems, India has historically been a water rich country

Water has been considered “God’s gift” leading to water not seen as critical or finite resource that needs to be managed

Need to have a national regulatory authority to regulate water consumption, as for other natural assets such as air spectrum, is not easily conceived

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0.13

0.20

0.34

0.34

0.42

0.52

1.06

1.11

1.52GermanyUnited

Kingdom

Turkey

Indonesia

United

States

China

India

Mexico

Chile

South

Africa

Common public perspective to water in India

Price to customers, 2009USD per 1000 Litres

Common psyche about water as a “free resource

There is a lack of political will to consider increase in water tariff

Indian Municipalities rarely recover their costs of operations given low tariff rates

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Several municipal water bodies have poor operational and financial health

Source: Urban Water India, report by McKenzie-Ray, Asian Development Bank

~45% of Municipal water supply is leaked - does not generate revenue

Connections not metered in ~40% cases

City City Size in India

(Rank)

Leakage (%)

Connections Metered (%)

Nashik 21 60 80

Delhi 2 53 56

Nagpur 13 52 40

Hyderabad 6 50 na

Bangalore 3 45 96

Kolkata 4 35 10

Rajkot 25 23 na

Chennai 5 17 na

Mumbai 1 13 75

Municipal Leakage and Metered Connections, 2010Percentage, Millions

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Average Meter Connection per Employee, 2003Count

Operating Ratio, 2007 Operating Ratio is defined as

O&M Costs / Revenue Operating Ratio more than 1.0

indicates utility is not able to recover even O&M costs

Ideally a utility should have a operating ratio less than 1.0 to cover for capital expenditures

Most Indian utilities are performing poorly

Private participation is expected to help in the following areas

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More efficient operations and improved operating ratio

Access to funds for capital improvement

Access to latest technology and tools including MIS

Experience of urban water management in other geographies

Knowledge and skill transfer to municipal body staff

Better consumer complaint handling systems

Agenda

I. India Urban Water Scenario

II. JUSCO Mysore Experience

III. Future of Sustainable Water Management in India

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A TATA Enterprise

India’s only private sector integrated civic service provider

Services:

Water & Waste Water Management

Power Distribution and Infrastructure

Solid Waste Management

Construction Services

Integrated Maintenance

Environment Management

JamshedpurA town built on a promise

JUSCO – A Comprehensive Urban Infrastructure Service Provider

Purpose

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National Urban Water Award for Consumer Satisfaction, 2009

Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) Excellence Award held at Kyoto, 2008

JUSCO received Global Water Intelligence Award in London, 2008

Asian Water Management Excellence Award 2008

JUSCO has been recognized for excellence in Urban civic services

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Mysore – A Heritage city in South India

Karnataka

Mysore

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Mysore City Facts

• Area: 128.42 km2

• Population: 1,000,000• Location: 12°18′N 76°39′E•Elevation: 763 metres (203 ft.)

•Demon Mahishasura supposedly k killed in this town•One of the princely states at time of independence•Strong Arts Heritage •“Cultural Capital of Karnataka”

Mysore History

Mahishasura

Mysore Palace

Mysore Economic Profile

Jayalakshmi Vilas

• Tourism Hot spot within Karnataka •Large Software exporter• Significant handicrafts industry

• Sandalwood carving, Bronze work, •

Source of water Cauvery river fairly dependable

Civic Services administered by a Municipal Corporation (MCC)

City Council has a Mayor and Deputy Mayor; 65 elected Corporators each representing a Revenue Ward.

Core municipal area about 84 sq km. City expanding and MUDA responsible for planning & development; Master plan area: 150 sq km.

Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board (KUWSDB) is responsible for water supply

Mysore Water Distribution Background

Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA Boundary)

Mysore City Corporation (MCC)

Cauvery River

Mysore Water Distribution Background

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Water available for 3-5 hours per day in West Zone and every alternate day in East Zone

Water availability at erratic hours – middle of night, very early morning etc.

Inadequate water pressure, requiring people to install booster pump on water lines

Water contamination due to old / rusted pipes

Issues for Consumers

Mysore Water Distribution facing significant issues…

Bulk water production assets have outlived age KUWSDB is implementing a bulk

augmenting arrangement

Distribution system in the city dates back more than 100 years

18 Boosting stations provided to provide pressurized water

Around 20,000 unauthorized connections over a base of 126,000

~ 80% meters not functional

Tap pressure ~ 3-5 m, as opposed to 7 m, as per norms in India

Background for Mysore Distribution

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Issues for KUWSDB/MCC

Inspite of a good water source (Cauvery river) being close, there is additional cost borne for bore wells and tankers to meet customer demand

NRW in excess of 40%

Poor collections from consumers

Low tariff levels – many consumers billed on avg consumption because of non functional meters

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Mysore Civic bodies envisaged a program to solve water issues through private participation

Name of Project……………

Job Description……………

Client………………………

Project Aim…………………

Contract Start Date………

Completion Time…………

Value………………………

Funding arrangement

24X7 Water Supply performance based management contract in Mysore city.

Conversion of intermittent to 24/7 continuous water supply system for 130,000 connections

Mysore City Corporation (MCC) & Karnataka Water Supply & Drainage Board (KUWSDB)

To enable a profitable Urban Local Body (ULB); Reduce losses and improve consumer experience by providing 24x7 water

28/01/2009

72 months

Rs. 1,620 Million (~USD 36 Million)

JNNURM:State Govt:MCC – 80:10:10

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Abstraction / Treatment

Transmission DistributionWaste Water Collection

and Treatment

Party

Notes

KUWSDB/MCC Contractor (Jusco)

Around 240 MLD water bulk supply from Cauvery river tapped at 3 different areas

4 Water Treatment Plants (WTP) under management by KUWSDB

Bulk water to WTP and Treated water to Master Balance Reservoir (MBR) under scope of KUWSDB

6 MBRs to balance water supply having capacity of 126 ML

170,000 connections of which 120,000 authorized connections

1700 KM of piping network

Consumer complaint handling

Metering and Billing Revenue collection

improvement

Responsibility for entire water cycle to be shared between public and private parties

Urban Water Supply Cycle

Responsible for waste water collection and treatment before release to Cauvery waters

KUWSDB/MCC KUWSDB/MCC

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Mysore Project to be executed in three phases

Phase 1: Preparatory

Phase 2: Rehabilitation

Phase 3: Management

• Study existing water infrastructure & service

• Prepare O&M plan • Topographical and customer

survey for for compilation of customer database

• Hydraulic network modeling & design for rehabilitating the intermittent Supply network to Continuous Water Supply

• Operation, maintain and improve facilities and provision of water services

• Implementation of Final Investment Plan involving procurement, construction (new network, valves, meters, customer connections, creation of DMA etc), commissioning

• Implementing Integrated Management Information System (IMIS)

• Operation, and maintenance phase

1 year 3 Years 2 Years

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India’s largest PPP project covering a population of 1 Million

Rehabilitation of ~ 1700 KMs of pipeline, pump stations, electrical and allied work

Salient Features of the Contract…

Tarriff fixed by Municipal body, Operator to bill consumers and pass the revenue to the municipal body

Risk sharing between Urban Local Body (ULB) and Contractor

Investment risk with ULB / Government (source of funds)

Tarriff risk with ULB Design and Construction risk

with Contractor Performance risk with

Contractor Operation risk with Contractor Collection risk with Contractor

Performance based management contract

Revenue and Risk Sharing Performance Gurantees

Contractor revenue linked to several performance parameters

Performance Parameter

Target

Number of connections with 24x7

Progressive

Revenue Improvement % improvement over baseline revenue

Revenue Water in 24x7 area

85%

Complaint Resolution 98%

Leakage Levels 25%

Quality Compliance 100%

Pressure Compliance 95%

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JUSCO Approach for Project Execution

Development of Capital Improvement Plan

Asset Mapping Measuring bulk inputs and

outputs Base lining of losses,

existing service levels Establishment of DMAs,

Water Balance Hydraulic Modeling &

Investment Plan

Customer centre with SLGs defined Standardization of O&M practices Active leakage management Meter Management Incentive based billing and revenue collection Integration of mapping, billing, customer care &

network management Safety Management Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) Practices

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Rehabilitation of existing network

Operations and Maintenance of existing network

Work break down packages for execution Prioritizing the works for execution Implementation of Rehab plan Service level targets delivered in stages Manage Issues Relating to Change in supply

pattern to 24X7

2a

2b

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Jan2009

Jan2010

Jan2011

Jan2012

Jan2013

Jan2014

Jan2015

Contract Agreement – 28 Nov 2008Contract Agreement – 28 Nov 2008

Project StartJan 2009Project StartJan 2009

First Performance Target – 10k 24x7 connectionsFirst Performance Target – 10k 24x7 connections

We are hereWe are here

Next 6 monthly milestone of 70k 24x7 connectionsNext 6 monthly milestone of 70k 24x7 connections

12 months Preparatory Phase12 months Preparatory Phase

24 months MaintenancePhase 24 months MaintenancePhase

36 months Operation & Rehabilitation Phase

Start of 6 monthly Performance MilestonesStart of 6 monthly Performance Milestones

Connections, 2009 – 2014Units

Project close to mid point in duration

90

79 +14%

20102009

91

65 +40%

20102009

9477

2010

+22%

2009

9580

+19%

2009 2010

Water QualityPercent

Water AvailabilityPercent

MeteringPercent

Consumer satisfaction score, 2009 – 2010Percent

Top factors in consumer satisfaction score*

*Out of 8 factors including others such as Collection, Billing, Safety Measures and Behavior of staff

95

76

60

x Importance to customers

Already improvement in consumer satisfaction noticed

Independent study by AC Nielsen India

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Agenda

I. India Urban Water Scenario

II. JUSCO Mysore Experience

III. Future of Sustainable Water Management in India

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Indian Utilities face several challenges (1/2)

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Challenges Possible way forward thru PPP approach

* Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission

Weak focus on customer Improve service delivery thru introducing robust operation

Management processes Consumer focus through 24x7 complaint handling and prompt

response Capture consumer data for decision making and providing

analytical support for solving issues thru IT enablement KPI for customer service level guarantee

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Low water tariff resulting in poor recovery on investments

All connections to be metered backed up by efficient meter management process

Move from flat tariff to consumption based telescopic tariff structure to reflect economic status of the consumer and the usage, including subsidy tariff for “Lifeline supply” and facilitating demand management

Cross subsidy between domestic and industrial/commercial connections in tariff structure

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Indian Utilities face several challenges (2/2)

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High operational costs and not satisfactory staff productivity

Adoption of technologies and good management practices Meticulous benchmarking of good practices and processes Ring fencing of accounting system Structured skill enhancement programme for ULB staffs

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High level of Transmission & Distribution losses

Track and report NRW for every urban ward Active Leakage Management Physical audits to address illegal connection

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Challenges Possible way forward thru PPP approach

* Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission

Crumbling Infrastructure and limited funds for capital maintenance or service improvement

Improved revenue collections to improve funds availability backed up by efficient IT enabled consumer billing process

Possible corporatization for revenue and cost management thru proper ERP module

Support from State and Centre such as JNNURM* Support thru soft loan from multilateral agencies Last mile connection cost to be borne by consumers to reduce

investment Additional revenue thru NRW reduction and tariff restructuring

to repay loan and recover O&M cost Efficient use of assets with periodic good maintenance practices Efficient and innovative hydraulic modeling of network to reduce

capital investment

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How Private participation can help ULBs (1/2) – example JUSCO’s experience in Jamshedpur

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Parameter UnitResults (2005)Baseline

Population Covered

Metered Connections

NRW

Service Guarantee Compliance

Failures in Water Systems

Operating Ratio

% of Total

% of Total

%

% of Total

No per Month

O&M Cost / Revenue

67%

~0

36%

77%

44

1.07

JUSCO was formed as a corporate urban utilities service provider for Jamshedpur town in 2004.

Staff/1000 connections

Nos > 8.0

Results (2010)

85%

30%

9.5%

99%

1.1

0.82

4.03

How Private participation can help ULBs (2/2) – example JUSCO’s experience in Haldia

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Parameter UnitResults (2008)Baseline

Water Production

Water Sale

NRW

Service Guarantee Compliance

Critical equipment availability

MGD

MGD

%

% of Total

%

19.7

15.2

25%

NA

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JUSCO took over Haldia city water supply as BOT cum Concession agreement with Haldia Development Authority (HDA) from Nov 2008.

Results (2010)

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23.6

9.7%

99%

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Mid DecadeEarly 2000Mid 90s 2010 2015

Interest

Activity

Key Projects

Overall momentum for PPP in Water

Sector

High Interest by Foreign Players

New Concept for Indian Companies

First initiatives Poor results and

lack of momentum Many projects

grounded

Very little interest Ineffective push

from the Government

Few projects Onset of

pessimism on Water PPP

High Government focus

Domestic Interest

High level of Public and NGO opposition

High profile projects grounded

Renewed interest by International Cos.

Increased involvement by Domestic Cos.

Many ongoing projects

Commercial Success being closely monitored

Pune Hyderabad Goa Bangalore

Sonia Vihar WTP

Mumbai Kurla East

DJB Pilot Bangalore DMA Sangli

Latur Madurai Chennai Nagpur Salt Lake* Mysore* Haldia*

Source: CRISIL

Private sector participation in urban water management is becoming popular after initial reservations

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Graph Indicative

* JUSCO Projects

Develop regulations that assure certainty of future cash flows to the extent possible

Provide political commitment for PPP as water is not perceived as a simple commodity by either the consumers or the Government

Align economic interest of all parties Accept that profit from water business is OKDefine PPP projects on a holistic basisEncourage plurality of approach and establish a framework that accepts failures

Offer a project with detailed project due diligence including adequate stake holder engagement

Source: ILFS

Private Sector Expectations from Government for Water Utilities Market Development

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