PRIVATE PROGRESS

* The state of Gujarat in India has signed more than a dozen memoranda of understanding with private water companies in a bid to accelerate the spread of public-private partnerships in the region.

* Samsung has been awarded the contract for the Muharraq wastewater BOT (buildoperate- transfer) project in Bahrain. It represents a major breakthrough for the Korean company, which has hitherto focused on building plants rather than owning or operating them.

 
* Serbia, meanwhile, is pushing ahead with its first water PPP. The city of Novi Sad is said to be seeking a strategic ...

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