Lower Saxony opens for business
- From: Vol 7, Issue 3 (March 2006)
- Category: General
- Region: Europe
- Country: Germany
A new law allowing private wastewater concessions is a step forward, but opposition could still stymie real progress.
Germany’s state of Lower Saxony has drawn up a draft law that would allow parishes to delegate wastewater services to private companies. However the state’s water federation (Wasserverbandstag) is far from impressed.
The new law allows private companies to provide wastewater services for a maximum of 20 years, assuming a role that is currently the domain of the ...
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