Performance Evaluation of Implementation of Continuous Water Supply Projects: Two Case Studies from India

Indian government implemented 24x7 water supply projects in few selected cities. These projects were implemented either under Public Private Partnership (PPP) or direct funding by government. However, many projects witnessed failure during later stage of project life cycle. The paper aimed to carry out performance evaluation of implementation of continuous water supply projects against the various risks. The case study research methodology was adopted for the study. Initially, various risks in water supply projects were identified through literature review. Two polar cases were selected for the study, one was implemented under Public Private Partnership (PPP) and other was implemented under direct funding from government budget. The cross case analysis of both cases against the identified risks is presented in the paper. The project under PPP mode could not perform well against risks like consumer risk, revenue risk, financial risk and socio political risk. The result showed that both the projects could not achieve the desired success as planned initially still it can be concluded that continuous water supply projects under government funding performed better.