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Booting Corporate Power, Communities Are Taking Back Control of Their Water
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Common Dreams - New research puts spotlight on 'story that's crying to be told.'
Cases of remunicipalization—getting what were privatized water and sanitation services back under public control—is the focus of a new book by the Netherlands-based Transnational Institute (TNI), and offers welcome respite from tales of the ever-encroaching reach of corporate power.
The trend of remunicipalization is accelerating, the new research says, and it's "a story crying to be told."
"This report," stated lead editor Satoko Kishimoto of TNI, "shows that water privatization, which has been promoted so heavily in recent years, is increasingly being rejected by cities worldwide after years of failed promises, poor services, and high prices."
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