Scientific Bulletin of Mukachevo State University. Series “Economics”

Vol. 10, No. 1, 2023 05.03.2023 open access Open access

Economic impact of restructuring the municipal wastewater treatment system in San Francisco: Possibilities for application in ukrainian realities

Elti Shahini, Fabiola Bali

DOI https://doi.org/10.52566/msu-econ1.2023.029 Pages 29 –36 Views 1,250 Views

Abstract

The relevance of the subject matter is conditioned by the existing difficulties of operating the wastewater treatment system of large modern cities and the need to make qualitative changes in the structure of their functioning. The main purpose of the study is to investigate the economic effect of restructuring the municipal wastewater treatment system in the city of San Francisco in the context of analysing the promising possibilities of applying this experience in Ukrainian realities. The basis of the methodological approach is a combination of methods of systematic analysis of the experience gained in San Francisco during the restructuring of the wastewater treatment system, with an analytical investigation of the factors influencing the assessment of the economic effect of the implementation of this event. The study revealed the need for comprehensive investment into the restructuring of the wastewater treatment system existing in a large modern city to obtain a sustainable economic effect from the implementation of such programmes and improve the quality of water use services provided to residents of modern Ukrainian cities. The results obtained and the conclusions formulated on their basis are of significant practical importance from the standpoint of prospects for improving the functioning of wastewater treatment facilities in large modern Ukrainian cities and stabilising the overall environmental situation in these cities, as well as obtaining a tangible economic effect from the modernisation of wastewater treatment systems to improve the quality of services provided to city residents

Keywords

modernisation of the wastewater system; wastewater treatment; economic effect; treatment system restructuring; municipal level; environmental situation

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Suggested citation

Shahini, E., & Bali, F. (2023). Economic impact of restructuring the municipal wastewater treatment system in San Francisco: Possibilities for application in ukrainian realities. Scientific Bulletin of Mukachevo State University. Series “Economics”, 10(1), 29-36. https://doi.org/10.52566/msu-econ1.2023.029