Learning to live with complexity
- From: Vol 5, Issue 12 (December 2004)
- Category: Market insight
- Country: China, United Kingdom and United States
- Related Companies: Acea, Aguas de Barcelona, Allete Water Services, Antofagasta, Aqua America, Aquasol, Asia Environmental Holdings, AWG, Bechtel, Benpres Holdings, Berlinwasser, BHEL, Calgon Carbon, Cascal/Biwater, CITIC Pacific, Consorcio Financiero, Covanta, Duquesne Light/DQE, Earth Tech, Enel, Eni, Everpure, Falabella, FCC, Ferrovial, General Electric (GE), Ionics, ITT Industries, Jiangxi Hongcheng Waterworks, Nuon, NWS Holdings, Ondeo/Suez, Pentair, Pinsent Masons (formerly Masons), RWE, Saur/Bouygues, Severn Trent Water, Shanghai Industrial Holdings, South Staffordshire Group, Southern Water, Tecasva, Tyco, Union Fenosa, United Utilities, Veolia, Waterlink and Wedeco
GWI columnist and author of Masons Water Yearbook David Lloyd Owen looks at how the private water industry has developed over the past year.
Major contract losses covering 8.20 million people have been identified during 2004 to date, compared with 3.73 million in 2003 and less than two million during the previous decade. In the case of China (two contracts covering 2.80 million people), this was due to a law passed in 2002 outlawing fixed rates of return for foreign-owned contracts ...
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