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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 ]
1918 Canadian National Railways, created from several systems nationwide following their bankruptcy during and after World War I, and since privatised in 1995. ( Air Canada , Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , Marine Atlantic and Via Rail (still government-owned) were all subsidiaries of the company at one time)
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 ]
An interesting feature of the Dutch water sector is a performance benchmarking system for water companies first introduced in 1997, which has inspired similar efforts in other European countries. The Dutch parliament passed a law in 2004 banning private sector provision of water supply.
Water privatization by country (19 P) A. ... Privatization in the United States (1 C, 8 P) Privatisation in Uruguay (1 P) Pages in category "Privatization by country"