EBC Foundation launched its activities in 2005, initially focusing on North-Western Europe. At that time, Dutch and Nordic water utility associations, along with water utilities of the 6-Cities Group, took the initiative to develop a cross-border benchmarking programme, on top of existing national efforts. The vision was clear: the larger and more diverse the network, the more opportunities there are to learn from each other.
Following two successful pilot exercises, EBC started organising annual benchmarking exercises for drinking water- and wastewater utilities across Europe.
The European programme is voluntary and self-financed: utilities register and pay a cost-covering participation fee.
Annually, the programme attracts 40 to 50 participanting water utilities, representing 10 - 15% of the EU population. Since 2007, some 300 unique water utilities from 45 different countries have participated in one or more editions of this cross-border benchmarking programme.
Primary goal of the European benchmarking programme is to support drinking water- and wastewater utilities in improving water services through benchmarking and mututal learning.
Secondary goal is to assist utilities in raising transparency of the services by providing reliable, standardised performance data to utility management and by enabling data sharing with relevant third parties.
EBC Foundation and its partners invite European drinking water- and wastewater utilities that are commited to performance improvement, to join this leading-edge initiative.
Utilities from outside Europe are also welcome to join. In their case, performance comparisons should be interpreted extra carefully because of differences in the operating environment, but joining the European network of peer utilities offers strong value – particularly in learning from experiences, leading/best practices and innovations in the water utility network.
Each year, utilities can sign up for a benchmarking cycle which runs from May to December.
Click here for more information about participation in the programme.
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