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Article

4 May 2005

Author:
Oliver Balch, Ethical Corporation

The ethics of water privatisation

Can public-private partnerships work for water?...Principles of community involvement, democratisation and genuine public service will be fundamental to politically legitimate water management systems in the future...The water sector continues to have many different players, but most, if not all, are coming to realise that the efforts of each and everyone need to be utilised if water for all is ever to be a reality. [refers to Águas do Amazonas (part of Suez), Aguas del Illimani (part of Suez), Bechtel, Suez, Thames Water (part of RWE), Unilever, Veolia Environnement (formerly Vivendi)]