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Article: WATER: SERVICES IN PUBLIC HANDS GAINING POPULARITY
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- Inter Press Service English News Wire
- Article date:
- March 23, 2006
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Diego Cevallos for Tierramrica *
Inter Press Service English News Wire
03-23-2006
MEXICO CITY, Mar. 22, 2006 (IPS/GIN) -- Activists and local
authorities are trying to stop foreign companies from taking over
water supplies by arguing water is cheaper and management more
efficient when it's managed by public utilities.
Indeed, publicly supplied water costs consumers 50 percent less
than water controlled by private firms, the activists say.
Successful examples in cities of Argentina, Brazil, Ghana, Japan
and Venezuela, among others, where water and sanitation are in the
hands of the national or local government, are promoted by those
who believe nobody should treat distribution of this essential