Press Clips

General News Articles

• 1/14/04 TomPaine.com: Untapped Market
• 5/23/03 Environment & Energy Daily: House panel ponders problem of stabilizing water supply
• 4/17/03 Sacramento Bee: World-Wide Efforts To Privatize Water Market Viewed With Alarm As Public Users Lose Their Voice
• 3/18/03 AP: Debate over water privatization pits economics vs. human rights
• 3/11/03 Toronto Star: Keeping Control of the Tap-Is Privatization the Best Way to Manage the Water Shortage?
• 2/21/03 Greenwire: Privatization’s full benefits remain unseen, experts say
• 2/3/03 Center for Public Integrity: Promoting Privatization
• 11/19/01 Wall Street Journal: National Rush to Privatize Public Works Loses Steam as Citizens Question Safety
• The Water Barons – An international investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.

State News Articles

Arizona

• 7/14/03 enr.construction.com: Phoenix Awards Water Treatment Plant Contract a Second Time

California

• 6/20/03 San Bernardino Sun: Fontana City Council voices opposition to water rate hike proposal
• 2/19/03 Public Citizen: Stockton Overrides Public Right to Vote on Controversial Water Deal: Citizens Vow to Reverse City Council’s Decision
• 2/11/03 Public Citizen: Stockton Citizens Stand to Lose in Proposed Privatization Deal: Report Reveals How Corporations Profit and Consumers Lose With Water Privatization

Connecticut

• 2/15/01 Fairfield County Weekly: Why the preservation of nearly 14,000 acres of water supply land in Fairfield County is a big deal
• 12/8/99 Business Wire: Kelda and Aquarion Propose Land Sales Moratorium

Georgia

• 3/18/03 Public Citizen: Fiascos: Atlanta, Georgia
• 3/13/03 Public Citizen: The water privatization “model” - A backgrounder on United Water’s Atlanta fiasco
• 2/12/03 Center for Public Integrity: Water Privatization Becomes a Signature Issue in Atlanta

Indiana

• 4/12/04 Bluegrass FLOW: Water privatization hurt Indianapolis
• 6/9/03 Public Citizen: Backgrounder on Indianapolis
• 2/12/03 Center for Public Integrity: Indianapolis Opts to Control its Water

Kentucky

• 7/2/03 Courier Journal: Lexington votes to condemn utility
• 7/1/02 Bluegrass FLOW: Control of Water Supply Should Stay in Central Kentucky

Louisiana

• 4/20/04 Public Citizen: Citizen Applauds New Orleans Mayor's Decision to End Water Privatization Drive

New Jersey

• 2/12/03 Center for Public Integrity: Water System Troubles a Troubled City