Articles
American Water Urges Public-Private Water Utility Partnerships, PublicWorks.com, Dec. 8, 2006
Excerpt: "'Partnerships between municipalities and the private sector will be an increasingly important strategy for dealing with the enormous challenges of replacing and upgrading the nation’s water delivery systems, and finding new solutions to the critical issues of providing water to meet environmental concerns and the needs of growing populations and industries,' according to Donald Correll, President and CEO of American Water."
Declarations on the Right to Water are not Enough, Wave, Spring/Summer 2006
Excerpt: "No one can deny that the right to water is a basic human right. Like many global companies, we are in favor of international recognition of this right. But it must be associated with the right to sanitation, which is fundamental to public health." - Antoine Frerot, CEO, Veolia Water
Why Cities and Towns Partner with the Private Sector, Wave, Fall/Winter 2004
Excerpt: "In a partnership, a company does not own or control water but simply operates-maintains or designs-builds-operates water and wastewater treatment plants and systems. The government entity (town, city, county, water commission, etc.) continues to own all assets, set rates and exercise control of water resources. The partner company functions as the technical operator and/or customer service provider."
Who Won the Water Wars?
Excerpt: "Though these providers are far from perfect, each is succeeding in the crucial task of expanding service to the poor. Their strategies for doing so are varied, but they share a focus on keeping rates high enough to cover maintenance costs, reducing waste, and using cross-subsidies to help low-income consumers." - Paul Constance, Managing Editor, IDBAmerica
Film Review: Public Television Film "Thirst" Fails to Cover Successful Public-Private Water Partnerships Around the Globe, United States Conference of Mayors, Aug. 9, 2004
Excerpt: "The film Thirst aired July 13 on WGBH public television, and is being distributed to major media markets throughout the country over the summer. Thirst is a documentary examining water privatization. The film is comprised of vignettes set in India, Bolivia and California involving private sector involvement with water service delivery. The film makes a valiant attempt to draw correlations between water privatization on three continents, but fails to do justice to each of the stories. The viewer is left to make sense out of a confusing assortment of half-facts and anecdotal information that appears to be more of an anti-globalization stab at water companies than a balanced treatment of what actually happened in each of these communities. The film also makes no effort to show how certain communities have successfully utilized public-private partnerships to meet the water needs of its citizens."
The Road Less Traveled, Until Now: A Look at the Benefits of Water Partnerships and How They're Shaping the Future of the American City
Excerpt: "Public-private partnerships for water services in the United States began in 1972 in California. Embraced by local and national political leaders, such partnerships have developed into valued economic and customer service tools that cities are adopting with increasing frequency. This paper outlines the most frequently raised issues related to using private-sector companies in managing municipal water and wastewater systems and it discusses the benefits of enlisting some of America’s leading environmental services companies as allies in the fight to keep water sources and waterways safe for today’s users and tomorrow’s generations."
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