Breaking into Sydney’s sewers
- From: Vol 7, Issue 6 (June 2006)
- Category: General
- Region: Asia
- Country: Australia
- Related Companies: Cable & Wireless, Connell Wagner, Services Sydney, SingTel Optus, Sydney Water and Telstra
Peter Trute investigates the South African company that is forcing its way into the city’s wastewater sector. It might be a model for other entrepreneurial companies looking for opportunities in water reuse.
Last December, ambitious infrastructure startup Services Sydney won a seven-year legal and political battle to gain access to Sydney’s sewer systems. The South African-backed company plans to take on the monopoly power of entrenched water and sewage utility Sydney Water with a strategy of signing up residential customers and using their sewage to create a marketable commodity in the ...
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