TIRANA, September 3 /ATA/ Today, there is established Albania’s Water Operator. The company is a new national structure focused on managing all water resources in the country, so that to guarantee higher efficiency of the sector and quality service for all subscribers.
Prime Minister Edi Rama and Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Infrastructure and Energy Belinda Balluku were present at the presentation of the water operator.
The establishment of this operator is part of the reform in the water sector.
“Today, we will share with the public an important step that we will take soon regarding the establishment of the national water distribution operator. We have had a very dramatic experience in the water sector, which is a sector that naturally requires large investments and responsible administration,” said Rama.
The prime minister said that the central government has made major investments in the water sector while administration accountability has improved.
“But, we are now convinced, while appreciating the progress of a reform that was undertaken a few years ago for the government’s involvement in the actions of water supply companies, that we finally have no reason to waste any more time and believe in a solution that, for the sake of truth, was suggested to us many years ago, by some experts and after the experiences that we have analyzed in successful countries”, Rama added.
According to him, “The fragmentation into 58 companies of the water distribution systemin in the name of decentralization was a real catastrophe”.
“The high debts, the incompetence in management, also closely related to the human resources in this company, as well as the lack of expertise that accompanied it with a lack of investment in maintenance, brought about a very unjustifiable situation”, Rama said. /r.e//a.f/p.s./
