Identifying Factors Affecting the Sustainability of Water Environment Treatment Public-Private Partnership Projects

Table 8

Weight of the indicators.

Dimension	Indicators	Indicators weights	Rank
Economic	Internal return ratio (IRR)	0.203	3
	Land value-added benefit around the project	0.182	5
	Life-cycle cost	0.209	2
	Sustainable cash flow	0.224	1
	Fiscal pressures of government	0.183	4
Social	Public satisfaction	0.461	1
	Provision of employment opportunities	0.336	2
	Potential impact on social development	0.204	3
Resource and environment	Effect on water quality	0.162	1
	Reduction of pollutant discharge	0.154	3
	Energy efficiency (e.g., reduction of energy consumption and use of renewable energy resources)	0.159	2
	Protection for landscape and historical sites	0.119	7
	Sewage treatment rate	0.133	5
	Comprehensive utilization of water resources	0.126	6
	Use of innovation materials	0.148	4
Engineering	Completeness of supporting facilities for the project	0.126	2
	Renewal of project facilities	0.129	1
	Construction quality	0.115	3
	Control of pollution sources	0.104	7
	Adoption of advanced engineering technology	0.099	8
	Sustainability of the technology itself	0.114	4
	Capabilities of operation and maintenance	0.109	5
	Utilization of construction waste	0.097	9
	Waste recycling and reuse	0.107	6
Project management	Organization structure	0.368	1
	Continual improvement of the operation management system	0.301	3
	Competence and skills of the project team	0.331	2