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2008-08-18
Full Report -How Corporations Could Profit from Inflating the Already High Cost of Repairing the Nation’s Crumbling Water and Sewer Infrastructure
Aqua America
2008-10-14
Full Report - Aqua America is the second largest publicly traded water and wastewater corporation based in the United States. It has pushed its way to the top through a strategy of aggressive acquisitions and drastic rate increases. Aiming to make several dozen acquisitions a year, the company targets smaller systems to avoid a citizenry armed with resources to fight the takeover. And it pursues systems in states that have fast growing populations, corporate friendly regulatory environments and considerable investment needs. Of course, all of this is done with an eye toward its bottom line.
Faulty Pipes
2008-10-30
Full Report - From maintenance problems in Atlanta and sewage spills in Milwaukee, to corruption in New Orleans and political meddling in Lexington, the recent history of water privatization in the United States is marred by underachievement and failure. During the 1990s, corporations — many of them multi-billion-dollar conglomerates based overseas — persuaded communities throughout the nation to transfer control of their systems to the private sector.
American Water
2008-12-01
Full Report - RWE’s short, uneasy U.S. experiment is a cautionary tale for all concerned — water companies, regulators, elected officials and citizens alike. The American Water experience raises the question: Should a resource so essential to life be controlled by multinational, for-profit corporations, or safeguarded by the public with strong local oversight and accountability measures?
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- Free Your Event from Bottled Water — A Practical Guide to Take Back the Tap at Your Nex ...
- American Water — RWE’s short, uneasy U.S. experiment is a caution ...
- Aqua America — Aqua America is the second largest publicly traded ...
- Faulty Pipes — Why Public Funding - Not Privatization - is the An ...
- The Push for Water and Justice in South Africa — The poorest people of Johannesburg, South Africa s ...