Wasserkämpfe im Krimi

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Türkei will Seen und Flüsse privatisieren…

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LabourNet: Privatisierung und Widerstand

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‘Das Parlament’ bilanziert Wasserprivatisierungen

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CZ: Budvar-Brauerei wird jetzt doch erst 2010 privatisiert

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Water and Social Justice

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wasser.jpgOpen Letter to Africa Union Chairman on the Occasion of 11th
Ordinary Session of the Assembly
Friday, 06 June 2008

Dear President,
1. We a coalition of social movements, NGOs and trade unions working on water and social justice with international solidarity would like to take the opportunity on the occasion of the Africa Union Summit to draw your attention to the poor people’s access to potable water and its resultant consequences on the citizens of the continent. According to the 2006 Human Development Report 1.1 billion people across the globe have no access to potable water and majority of them who are concentrated on the African continent where 1 out of 5 people have no access. This has translated into massive cost to the continent… Read more

Kalifornien: Wasserversorgung wird rekommunalisiert

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New Website Tracks De-Privatisation of Water Services

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A new website - www.remunicipalisation.org - goes live today to highlight the growing trend to return failing privately managed water services to public management. Just this month, the Mayor of Paris announced that the city would be returning services to public management from 2009. France - arguably the heartland of privatised water services - is at the forefront of the remunicipalisation trend that is also manifesting itself in parts of South America, North America and Africa. Increased tariffs and a failure to deliver on promised improvements have left water multinationals facing increasing opposition from local communities and politicians. Some have taken steps to end contracts with private operators. Others are considering doing so. The remunicipalisation tracker (www.remunicipalisation.org) provides case studies from these communities - giving details of the problems faced and the victories won.

Eine neue Etappe auf dem Weg zur Reform der öffentlichen Wasserversorgung in Paris

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Paris water will become 100% public again at the end of 2009

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Last Monday, Paris city council announced that water would become 100% public again at the end of 2009. The semi-public company already producing and transporting water will also take in charge the currently privately-run water distribution. Read more

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