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The Hampton water works serving London were part of the assets sold in 1989 as part of the privatization of water supply in England. Privately owned water utilities were common in Europe, the United States, and Latin America in the mid and late 19th century.
Pages in category "Water privatization by country" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Furthermore, expert's advice say that water supply and waste water treatment systems should be decentralised. [30] Another challenge within the water sector in Europe is privatisation and lobbyism in the water sector. In France, recent problems emerged regarding the privatising of water supply companies. [31]
Workers and maybe the military now in control of the state were favoring re-nationalization, according to one report. "[L] iberal economic policy is tarred with [the old regime's] corruption," said Michael Wahid Hanna, in Cairo for the U.S.-based Century Foundation . [ 5 ]
2006 AySA, the water utility serving Buenos Aires (its state-owned precursor, OSN, was established in 1912 and privatized in 1993) 2008 Aerolíneas Argentinas renationalized (state-owned between 1949 and 1990) 2008 Pension funds (transferred to ANSES) 2010 FAdeA (state-owned between 1927 and 1995) 2012 YPF renationalized (state-owned between ...
The Dutch benchmarking program was the first nationwide benchmarking exercise in the water supply sector in continental Europe. [6] Since then it has inspired similar water and sanitation benchmarking exercises in other European countries, including Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Germany. Most of these exercises are coordinated since 2004 ...
Water transport in Europe by country (47 C) A. Water in Albania (9 C, 2 P) Water in Andorra (5 C) Water in Armenia (8 C) Water in Austria (12 C) Water in Azerbaijan ...
Water privatization in France goes back to the mid-19th century when cities signed concessions with private water companies for the supply of drinking water. Today, according to the Ministry of Environment 75% of water and 50% of sanitation services in France are provided by the private sector, primarily by two firms, Veolia and Suez. [ 30 ]