Universities Council on Water Resources

Issue No. 117: October 2000

Issue Editor: John Boland

Private Sector Participation in Urban Water Supply

Table of Contents

The Business of Water: Overview and Context by John J. Boland

Emerging Competition in Water and Wastewater Industries by Paul Seidenstat

Privatization, Monopoly, and Structured Competition in the Water Industry: Is There a Role for Regulation by Janice A. Beecher

Long-Term Partnerships in Water and Sewer Utilities: Economic, Political, and Policy Implications by Adrian Moore

How to Compete as a World-Class Utility by Alan Manning and Dave Mason

The Efficiency of For-Profit Water Companies versus Public Companies by Delworth Gardner

Rapporteur's Report on Privatizing Water and Wastewater Systems (1999 UCOWR Annual Conference) by James Roumasset

Brief Commentary:

Let's Privatize Water Resource Services by Robert K. Davis

The Effects of Privatization of Public Services: The Case of Urban Water by Charles W. Howe