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Abstract
Within a very short period of time, the Buenos Aires metropolitan region has implemented a number of different water and sanitation service models: a federal welfare model (Obras Sanitarias de la Nación, OSN, created in 1912), a regional decentralized model (1981), concessions to the private sector (1993), and a new public organization (2006). Analysis of various facets of the sustainability of this new organization in Argentine cities demonstrates that it seems to approach the OSN model, but with territorial limitations and some features inherited from the “private parenthesis”, such as institutionalized regulation and social control of services.
Notes
1. Argentina is a nation constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and the autonomous city of Buenos Aires.
2. According to the “capture” theory, regulated industries capture their regulatory bodies to ensure that their decisions conform to company necessities.
3. Previous legal restrictions for globally micro-metering consumption in horizontal properties have been overcome. Therefore, AySA has a plan for water meter installation in these premises, although implementation will not have a significant impact on the total consumption in the near future.
4. This index has been subject to criticism in recent years for its lack of representativeness. In this sense, private entities and unions believe that retail price increases are significantly higher than the values published. On the other hand, wholesale prices and the building cost indices have not been questioned by these critics.