Water Prices in CEE and CIS Countries. Volume II: Case Studies

Abbrevations and Acronyms

BOT Build, operate, transfer
BVK Brno Water and Wastewater Utility
CEE Central and Eastern Europe
CIS Commonwealth of Independent States
DANCEE Danish Co-operation for Environment in Eastern Europe
DEPA Danish Environmental Protection Agency
EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
EU European Union
GDP Gross domestic product
IFC International Finance Corporation (World Bank group)
IFI International Financial Institution
ISPA Instrument for Structural Policies for Preaccession
Lt or LTL Lithuanian Litas
O&M Operation and Maintenance
PLN Polish Zloty
PPP Public-private partnership
PR Public relations
PWIK Poznan Water and Wastewater Utility
RP Revealed preference
SP Stated preference
UAH Ukrainian Hrivna
UfW Un-accounted for water
WB The World Bank
WTP Willingness to pay

The following currencies and conversion rates have been used in the report

For Brno

1 CZK = 0.20 DKK as of October 1999 equivalent to 1 EUR = 36.75 CZK as of October 1999

For Poznan

1 PLN = 1.80 DKK as of November 1999 equivalent to 1 EUR = 4.14 PLN as of November 1999

For Kaliningrad:

1 RUR = 0.28 DKK as of November 1999 equivalent to 1 EUR = 26.58 RUR as of November 1999

For Borovichi

1 RUR = 0.27 DKK as of November 2001 equivalent to 1 EUR = 27.18 RUR as of November 2001

For Ukmerge

1 LTL = 1.96 DKK as of September 1999 equivalent to 1 EUR = 3.80 LTL as of September 1999