Based on data envelopment analysis, water efficiency and productivity were measured with the aim of reducing water use in metropolises. Alternative measures of efficiency were evaluated and the productivity was decomposed into several components. The correlation between regional economic indices and water quantities was also analysed. For the case of water use in metropolitan Tehran, an average efficiency of 94% was measured and progress in total productivity was calculated to be 14%. The efficiency scores of other metropolises in Iran were calculated to be about 30–50% less than that of Tehran. Reasonable estimates for the threshold of water use in Tehran were obtained. This paper also presents the issues of the plans for improving water efficiency and productivity and increasing water availability for users. This work identified the significant effects of regional economic indices on water efficiency and productivity calculations in metropolises of Iran.
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Mahyar Habibi Rad, BSc, MSc;
Mahyar Habibi Rad, BSc, MSc
PhD student, Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environment, Karaj, Iran (corresponding author: mahyar_habibirad@coe.ac.ir)
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Hamid Sarkheil, BSc, MSc, PhD;
Hamid Sarkheil, BSc, MSc, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environment, Karaj, Iran
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Roshanak Khojastehpour, BSc, MSc
Roshanak Khojastehpour, BSc, MSc
Senior Researcher, Department of Industrial Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Received:
March 25 2017
Accepted:
December 12 2017
Online ISSN: 1751-7729
Print ISSN: 1741-7589
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2018
Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Water Management (2019) 172 (2): 102–108.
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Received:
March 25 2017
Accepted:
December 12 2017
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Habibi Rad M, Sarkheil H, Khojastehpour R (2019), "Analysing water use efficiency and productivity in Iran's metropolises". Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Water Management, Vol. 172 No. 2 pp. 102–108, doi: https://doi.org/10.1680/jwama.17.00025
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