A Closer Look: Veolia Environnement
Veolia Water North America, headquartered in Chicago, Ill., is the top private water services contractor in the United States. With $546 million in revenue from 166 government clients, it dominated the...
View ArticleTrends in Water Privatization
This report addresses the privatization of water utilities in order to generate revenue in a post-recession economy. Food & Water Watch reviewed 200 prospective and completed sales and concessions...
View ArticlePrivatizing North Carolina’s Water, Undermining Justice
This report documents the impacts of water privatization on communities across North Carolina.
View ArticleWater Privatization does not Yield Cost Savings
This article presents comprehensive research confirming that privatization of water does not lead to cost savings. It also presents data showing privatization is the least common approach to water...
View ArticlePrivatizing NC’s Water, Undermining Justice
CWFNC documents the impacts of water privatization on communities across the state, describing the growing impacts private water and sewer companies are having on water affordability, customer service,...
View ArticleSelling Out Consumers: How Water Prices Increased After 10 of the Largest...
For-profit water companies usually hike household water prices after buying municipal water and sewer systems. Many companies employ an aggressive rate increase strategy to recoup their investment and...
View ArticleMunicipalization Guide: How U.S. communities can secure local public control...
This guide provides an overview of the process and a number of logistical considerations involved in government purchases of privately owned water and sewer systems.
View ArticlePrivate Equity, Public Inequity.
This fact sheet discusses the push for water privatization, some of the key problems with private equity takeovers of water systems, and offers several alternative solutions for communities dealing...
View ArticleGiving Thanks for Public Water
A new report released by Corporate Accountability International with Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU), shows that promises made by private water corporations fail to materialize or...
View ArticleWho Owns Your Water?
City leaders and residents across the globe are reclaiming their water systems from private profiteers and ensuring that access to clean water remains a human right for every citizen.
View Article2,300 Miles Apart
2,300 miles separate Coatesville from Missoula, but the two towns have more in common than you might think. One important similarity? Their ongoing struggles with private, for-profit water companies,...
View ArticleIs the Tragedy in Flint an Opening for Privatization?
When people say Flint's tragedy is a failure of government they really mean it's a failure of running government like a business.
View ArticleProof that Snyder’s Emergency Management is to Blame in Flint
The tragedy in Flint is a symptom of a larger shift in American political economy.
View ArticleNearly three years after chemical spill, West Virginia residents want their...
Removing a fundamental human right like water from public control really only makes sense to corporate executives and investors.
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