Three Ts for the fourth forum in Istanbul

An alphabet soup of solutions for water was debated at the World Water Forum. Not much was achieved, but private water enjoyed some quiet advances. Christopher Gasson reports.

The “three Ts” dominated talk of water finance at the World Water Forum in Istanbul last month. The Ts – taxes, tariffs and transfers – were developed by Peter Borkey’s water group at the OECD as a means of focusing attention on the fact that water services have to be paid for somehow, and that in reality there are only three ...

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