these options were formulated primarily for water services and with the perspective of introducing greater private sector participation into the sector the study considered different options for reforming the market including having up to three operators for the country as opposed to only one operator ie one for yerevan one for awsc as it currently exists and one or more for the existing regional companies as the most interesting although the consultants recommended two wscs as the most viable option the government indicated a strong preference for forming a single wsc these could be solutions for municipalities that might not be interested to join the regional operator