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ComeniusComenius ProjectProjectWAVE: water a WAVE: water a vitalvital elementelement
20092009--20112011CaltanissettaCaltanissettaProject Project visitvisit
1515--18 March 201018 March 2010
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Water Water privatisationprivatisation in Italyin Italy
On 17th November 2009 Italian Parliament approvedlegislation allowing private management of water services, as part of anumbrella law designed tobring Italy into line withEuropean Union regulations
The law will allow private and mixed-shareholdingcompanies to compete withpublic ones for management of water resources
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OppositionOpposition leadersleaders havehaveexpressedexpressed concernsconcerns thatthatallowingallowing private private management management ofof water water servicesservices , , eveneven ifif the network the network remainsremains in public in public handshands , , couldcould leadlead toto anan increaseincrease in in tariffstariffs . .
Water Water privatisationprivatisation LawLaw vs the vs the oppositionopposition
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PrivatisationPrivatisation in in SicilySicilyIn Agrigento In Agrigento wherewhere therethere isis a a publicpublic--
privateprivate water management people water management people complaincomplain::
�� High High billsbills
�� IrregularIrregular water water supplysupply
�� PollutedPolluted water water
Eternit container
= cancerogenic
“Poor, but not dirty “
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Water Water supplysupply in Agrigentoin Agrigento
People buy mineral water
There is a spring water located at 30 Km fromAgrigento
Agrigento suffers from water shortage but a multinational sellsmineral water to other Sicilian townswithout any profit fo the municipality
Dirty waterWater shortage
Is water a common good?
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Water Management in the North Water Management in the North ofofItaly Italy –– Biella Biella ––GoodGood practicepractice
�� Water Water belongsbelongs toto the the community.community.
�� Water management Water management isispublic and a water public and a water associationassociation ofof citizenscitizensmanagemanage water water supplyAndsupplyAnda a depurationdepuration plantplant
Biella
�� Water Water billsbills are are notnot high high onlyonly €€7 a 7 a monthmonth. .
��TheyThey alsoalso rere--investinvest the the moneymoney comingcoming fromfrom billsbills totoimproveimprove the water the water qualityquality
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MilanMilan�� Public water management Public water management
water management water management isis leftleft totomunicipalitiesmunicipalities
�� InvestmentsInvestments toto improveimprovewater water supplysupply and and qualityquality bybybuyingbuying machinerymachinery toto analyseanalysewater water �� EfficientEfficient depurationdepuration plantsplants�� The The billsbills are the are the cheapestcheapestin in EuropeEurope�� ThereThere are water are water stallstall wherewherepeplepeple can go and can go and freelyfreely
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Water Water stallstallToTo promotepromote the the useuse ofof taptap
water water
�� TheyThey are are littlelittle houseshouses withwiththreethree water water supplysupply valvesvalves
( ( tapstaps))forfor: :
�� FreshFresh water water fromfrom the the waterworkswaterworks
�� ColdCold waterwater
�� ColdCold water water withwith gasgas
�� People donPeople don’’t t buybuy mineralmineralwater water
MilanMilan
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MilanMilan
In In conclusionconclusion
�� EfficiencyEfficiency doesdoes notnot implyimply high high billsbills
�� ThereThere isis no no wastewaste ofof plastic plastic bottlesbottles
�� People are People are satisfiedsatisfied and do and do notnot complaincomplain
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ToscanaToscana--waterwater privatisationprivatisation
Water Water isis managedmanaged byby a a mixedmixedpublicpublic--privateprivate company company
54% 54% belongsbelongs toto municipalitiesmunicipalities46% 46% belongsbelongs FrenchFrench multinationalmultinational
company( the company( the secondsecond world world multinationalmultinational))
�� FewFew investmentinvestment toto improveimprovewater water supplysupply or or qualityquality
�� People People complaincomplain forfor the rise in the rise in the water the water billsbills ( more ( more thanthan30%)30%)
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FranceFrance-- fromfrom private private toto publicpublic
�� AfterAfter 25 25 yearsyears the the FrenchFrench governmentgovernment isisfinallyfinally returningreturning the the countrycountry’’s water s water toto the the public public sectorsector
�� ThisThis isis a hard a hard blowblow forforprivate private companiescompaniesthatthat are are nownow comingcomingtoto……ITALYITALY
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Water Water PrivatisationPrivatisation
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