PORTUGUESE WATER MARKET
Public Presentations
2024 Utilities’ Ranking
The 2024 Ranking of Water and Wastewater Utilities, consolidates all performance indicators published by ERSAR and ranks utilities in terms of Quality Performance, Price, and overall Quality–Price ratio. A total of 16 performance indicators for water supply services...
Portuguese Water Market Outlook 2026
The Portuguese Water Supply and Sanitation Outlook 2026, in English, aims to provide a very concise overview of the Portuguese water sector using internationally recognized data, indicators, and charts, while also describing the main national stakeholders. ...
2023 Utilities’ Ranking
For the fourth consecutive year, Defining Future Options has published the Water Supply and Sanitation Utilities Ranking. This study aggregates all performance indicators used by the Portuguese regulator, ERSAR, and evaluates mainland utilities in terms of quality,...
2022 Utilities’ Ranking
For the third year, Defining Future Options published the “2022 Utilities’ Ranking”, which aggregates all the performance indicators in use by the Portuguese Regulator, ERSAR, and ranks the utilities in terms of Quality, Price and Quality-Price ratio. Download...
2021 Utilities’ Ranking
For the second consecutive year, Defining Future Options published the “2021 Utilities’ Ranking”, which aggregates all the performance indicators published by the Portuguese Regulator, ERSAR, and ranks the utilities in terms of Quality, Price and Quality-Price ratio....
Portuguese Ranking – Water&Wastewater Utilities
“Portuguese Ranking – Water&Wastewater Utilities”, developed by Defining Future Options, aggregates all the performance indicators published by ERSAR and presents the ranking of the Portuguese Utilities in terms of Quality, Price and in the Quality-Price ratio.
Portuguese Water and Sanitation Outlook 2020
The “Portuguese Water and Sanitation Outlook 2020” is a short document, in English, intended to explain to foreign entities the main features, evolution and organization of the Portuguese water sector.






