Table 1 Ranking of Chilean water utilities based on operational efficiency (OE), quality-adjusted efficiency (QAE), and operational & quality-adjusted efficiency (O&QAE).

From: Measuring operational and quality-adjusted efficiency of Chilean water companies

 

Type water utility

OE

Rank

QAE

Rank

O&QAE

Rank

Aguas Andinas

Full private

1.000

1

1.000

1

1.000

3

Essbio

Full private

0.876

20

1.000

1

0.927

17

Esval

Full private

0.849

21

0.976

14

0.791

21

Nuevo Sur

Concessionary

0.961

14

0.946

19

0.938

16

Essal

Full private

0.942

16

0.934

21

0.900

20

Aguas del Valle

Concessionary

0.954

15

0.955

18

0.970

14

Aguas de Araucania

Concessionary

0.935

18

0.956

17

0.912

19

Smapa

Public

0.983

12

0.997

8

1.000

1

Aguas de Antofagasta

Concessionary

0.925

19

1.000

1

0.987

12

Aguas del Antiplano

Concessionary

0.940

17

0.941

20

0.913

18

Aguas Cordillera

Full private

1.000

1

0.975

16

1.000

4

Aguas Chanar

Concessionary

0.968

13

0.975

15

0.959

15

Aguas Magallenas

Concessionary

0.984

11

1.000

1

1.000

1

Aguas Decima

Full private

0.998

4

0.990

12

0.992

10

Aguas Patagonia

Concessionary

0.987

10

0.988

13

0.985

13

Aguas Chacabuco

Full private

0.994

9

0.993

10

0.991

11

Aguas San Pedro

Full private

0.995

8

0.999

6

0.999

6

Aguas San Isidro

Full private

0.998

5

0.998

7

0.998

7

Aguas Manquehue

Full private

0.997

7

0.993

11

0.995

9

Aguas Lampa

Full private

0.999

3

0.996

9

0.996

8

Coopagua

Concessionary

0.997

6

1.000

1

1.000

5