A modified dynamic DEA model to assess the wastewater treatment efficiency: perspective from Yangtze River and
Fangrong Ren1, Yanan Sun2, Jiawei Liu3
1College of Economics and Management, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
The wastewater treatment efficiency is crucial to constructing a livable ecological environment and promoting the sustainable development of economy and society. The differences in natural conditions, economic development and local policies between the Yangtze River Basin (YRB) and the Non-Yangtze River Basin (NYRB) increase the difficulty of wastewater treatment in governance. This study uses a modified Dynamic Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) model to assess the wastewater treatment from 2013 to 2020, and divides the study period into two stages: the first stage (2013-2017) assesses the wastewater treatment efficiency of 18 provinces and cities in YRB and 12 provinces and cities in NYRB; the second stage (2018-2020) conducts statistical analysis of wastewater discharge pollutants in YRB and NYRB. The results conclude that the total wastewater treatment efficiency is generally low, but polarization is quite prominent. Among total wastewater treatment efficiency, NYRB scored 0.504, or slightly higher than YRB (0.398). In terms of expense efficiency, both NYRB and YRB scored below 0.4. In terms of chemical oxygen demand (COD) output efficiency, YRB (0.488) is better than NYRB (0.420). The second stage of statistical analysis presents that pollutant emissions are still high; the regions need to increase wastewater treatment investment and improve wastewater treatment efficiency.
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