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xchrom

(108,903 posts)
Tue Nov 20, 2012, 06:59 AM Nov 2012

Water Industry Outlook: 'The Time Is Ripe' for Water Privatization

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/11/19-3



The privatization of the nation's water industry is set to explode in the next five years, according to the findings of a recent survey.

WeiserMazars LLP, a New York-based tax and advisory services firm, detailed the findings in its first annual U.S. Water Industry Outlook (pdf), in which professionals from the industry, representing privately owned businesses and public utilities, shed light on the near future for the water industry.

And what the next three to five years hold, according to the results, is a surge in privatization and public-private partnerships in a quest to capitalize on the resource.

As Jerome Devillers, Head of Water Infrastructure/Project Financing at WeiserMazars stated bluntly in a release, "Our study shows the time is ripe" for water privatization.
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Water Industry Outlook: 'The Time Is Ripe' for Water Privatization (Original Post) xchrom Nov 2012 OP
Blood from a stone.... daleanime Nov 2012 #1
no no no no no newfie11 Nov 2012 #2
These f**kers...... marmar Nov 2012 #3
+1 xchrom Nov 2012 #4

marmar

(76,945 posts)
3. These f**kers......
Tue Nov 20, 2012, 10:16 AM
Nov 2012

Maude Barlow says it well:

[font size="4"]"There are those who intend that one day everything will be owned by somebody and we're not just talking goods here. We're talking human rights, human services, essential services for life. Education, public health, social assistance, pensions, housing. We're also talking about the survival of the planet. The areas that we believe must be maintained in the commons or under common control or we will collectively die. Water and air."[/font]


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