Faulty Pipes
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.
Fact Sheets
Reports
- Mortgaging Milwaukee’s Future — The City of Milwaukee faces a serious fiscal predi ...
- Unmeasured Danger: America’s Hidden Groundwater Crisis — Farmers in the western United States are drilling ...
- Sustaining Our Water Future — The Marin Municipal Water District (MMWD) is devel ...
- Water Privatization Threatens Workers, Consumers and Local Economies — Our country’s good public operators have kept wa ...
- Dried Up, Sold Out — Dried Up, Sold Out: How the World Bank’s Push fo ...