CONTENTS Chapter 1 introduction 15 1.1 background of the study: 15 1.2 need of the study: 18 1.3 research question: 20 1.4 aim: 20 1.5 objective: 20 1.6 scope and limitation: 20 1.7 methodology: 21 Chapter 2 concepts of cost recovery in water supply 23 2.1 background: 23 2.2 what is water supply cost recovery? 25 2.3 what costs should be recovered? 27 2.4 directions of cost recovery: 30 2.5 benefits of cost recovery 34 2.6 challenges in attaining cost recovery: 35 2.7 how are costs recovered? 37 2.9 cost recovery concepts: summary 39 2.9.1 financial costs: 40 2.9.2 economic costs: 45 2.9.3 environmental costs 46 2.10 cost recovery indicators for amc: 50 Chapter 3 financial cost recovery: amc 52 3.1 profile of city: 52 3.2 ahmedabad water supply history 56 3.3 current water supply scenario in the city: 58 3.4 performance indicators for water supply: 64 3.5 existing financial scenario of the city in terms of water tax 65 3.7 comparison of income-expenditure 70 3.8 calculation of cost of treatment and distribution 1000 liters of water: 72 Chapter 4: identifying areas of improvement 76 4.1 methodology: 76 4.2 nrw measurement: 78 4.3 finding out pumping efficiency: 80 4.4 reform in tariffs: 82 Bibliography 84