Water resources - At the watershed scale, in locales as different as Kazakhstan and California, PA has delivered integrated water resources management programs that recognise the value of water for all uses and allocate it to achieve both national and trans-boundary objectives. PA is the firm that:
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Planned and delivered a water management program for Central Asia’s Syr Darya River basin that installed and integrated flow and quality measurements from the mountains to the Aral Sea to balance demands for upstream hydropower with downstream demands for irrigation, flood control, and environmental restoration.
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Built at scale, Jordan’s first-ever commercial wastewater reuse program that delivered low-cost irrigation supply to needy rural farms, thereby preserving scarce fresh water for communities.
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Brought three cities and two counties together outside Norfolk Virginia to jointly manage their ground and surface waters so that low-growth cities could deliver surplus supplies to their higher-growth neighbours that were unable to meet demand.
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Recommended a water sector 'revolving fund' that was unanimously adopted as the future course for Armenia. "Nothing short of a miracle" - that's how Armenia's Deputy Minister of Finance described PA's delivery of a water supply financing plan for his country.
Water and sanitation utilities - At the utility scale, PA has helped transform dozens of utilities in North America, the UK, Europe, and the Middle East by applying lean production, competitiveness, and asset management techniques to core operations and management functions, capital planning and financing, and a wide variety of business support services. PA is the firm that:
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Reduced physical water losses by 35%, more than doubled collections, expanded the service area by more than 40%, and reduced operating costs by 15% at the Alexandria Egypt Water Company.
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Created asset management strategies, security improvement plans, growth strategies, and cost recovery programs for water and wastewater utilities in cities like Cleveland, Phoenix, Washington DC, and Los Angeles.
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Supports nearly all of the UK’s private water companies and many of the largest US investor-owned water companies with IT, GIS, HR, customer service, and executive management information platforms.
Water policy and regulatory reform - PA’s water team also works at the national policy scale on matters ranging from competition to equitable distribution of water. PA is the firm that:
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Wrote and then implemented Armenia’s National Water Code, and then established its first water regulator.
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Helped craft the first water and environmental protection statute in Egypt.
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Devised and implemented the first market-based incentives program in the Philippines that reduced wastewater discharges by 90% to major waterways.
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Has supported the US national water debate on financing, securing, and sustaining water infrastructure since the mid-1980s.
To find out why water is the new oil in the 21st century and how PA can help you manage this precious resource efficiently, please contact us now.
