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Main Title Faulty pipes : why public funding- not privatization- is the answer for U.S. water systems /
Publisher Food & Wataer Watch,
Year Published 2006
OCLC Number 70078169
Subjects Drinking water--United States--Finance ; Water quality management--United States--Finance
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EJBM  TD223.F38 2006 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 06/16/2006
Collation 24 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Contents Notes
Introduction: is water changing? RWE's about-face and the rise of local control -- The party's over: for the privatization movement, hope isn't springing eternal -- In water we trust? Flowers, birds and paintings have permanent funding sources, but water doesn't -- Down to a trickle. Why does the federal government want to spend less on infrastructure? -- Who comes first? The Urban Water Council and the politics of priorities -- Conclusion: New ways, new thinking. Hopeful solutions for an uneasy future -- Case studies: three to forget. Atlanta, New Orleans, Lexington: how it's not done -- Case studies: the worst of the rest. Top ten tales of trouble, from coast to coast -- In the spotlight. Three towns where citizens are taking matters into their own hands. Felton, California, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, Montara, California. -- Where the money comes from. Federal programs that support local water systems -- Private players. A who's who of the nation's largest water corporations.