Water pricing.(FROM READERS)(Letter to the editor)

World Watch | July 1, 2009| | Copyright

"Water Wars: Is Water a Human Right or a Commodity?" [March/April] gives a good overview of some water issues, but dwells too much on the privatization debate.

Today, the privatization debate is not the same color as it was some years back, at least not in Asia. With 90 percent of the world's water in the bands of the public sector, it is a no-brainer that outright privatization is not going to happen in most parts of the world. Today the debate is more about the different forms of public-private partnerships (PPPs) that could give the maximum benefit, such as ...

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