P3 Partnership Watch: The water remunicipalization experience in Hamilton

Water Remunicipiliization Tracker April 24 2011 

In 2004, a decade-long fight against water privatization ended in a major victory for the citizens of Hamilton in Canada. In September of that year, the city council voted to take back the operation and maintenance of the city’s water and wastewater treatment plants, ending an era of secrecy, spilled sewage, malfunctioning equipment and a revolving door of corporate contractors.

 

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