As Daniel Fisher (USussex) points out, our problems with the Water Utilities stem from three wider aspects of most (if not all) forms of public-private 'partnership':
1. a focus on costs builds in a 'need' to reduce service quality & provision;
2. paying the fine for breaking service commitments is mostly cheaper than retaining/keeping to such commitments;
3. the beneficiaries focussed on are investors (shareholders) not users....
all pretty simple really!
#water
https://theconversation.com/what-public-private-partnership-scandals-can-tell-us-about-wrongdoing-in-the-water-industry-249218
1. a focus on costs builds in a 'need' to reduce service quality & provision;
2. paying the fine for breaking service commitments is mostly cheaper than retaining/keeping to such commitments;
3. the beneficiaries focussed on are investors (shareholders) not users....
all pretty simple really!
#water
https://theconversation.com/what-public-private-partnership-scandals-can-tell-us-about-wrongdoing-in-the-water-industry-249218
What public-private-partnership scandals can tell us about wrongdoing in the water industry
The actions of failing water companies often follow a familiar pattern.The Conversation
