A double dip for new contract gains
- From: Vol 12, Issue 11 (November 2011)
- Category: Profile
- Country: Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Chile, China, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kuwait, Mexico, Netherlands, Oman, Qatar, Singapore, Spain, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and United States
- Related Companies: Abengoa, Acciona, Aguas de Portugal, American Water Works, Befesa, Beijing Capital Group, Bristol Water, Epcor, Essbio, Esval, EYATH, Eydap, Gelsenwasser, Hyflux, Inima, Kardan Group, Metito, Northumbian Water, Pinsent Masons, Samsung, Saur, SembCorp Utilities, SMN Power Holding Co, Suez Environment , Swing Corporation, Técnicas Reunidas, Tianjin Capital Environmental Co, Trility Pty. Ltd., VA Tech (Wabag), Valoriza Agua, Veolia and World Bank
David Lloyd Owen reviews the new edition of the Pinsent Masons Water Yearbook and finds difficult financial markets make it an unlucky thirteenth for the private sector.
If 2010 marked a hearty bounce-back from a weak year in 2009, this year has seen the number of new people served by private water companies fall again – between January and October 2011, just sixteen contracts covering an extra 10 million people had been identified.
Allowing for the usual ‘contract identification lag’ – especially in the Far East – a final figure ...
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