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The Year 2010 in Water & Wastewater Public-Private Partnerships

Water and Wastewater Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2010

March 10, 2011

Leonard Gilroy, Harris Kenny

Denver Public Water Utility Draws Criticism

January 24, 2011, 3:42pm

Harris Kenny

Last week Jared Jacang Maher of Face The State wrote a provocative piece on the internal auditing conducted by Denver Water. Maher found through his review of their internal audits that Denver Water-Denver, Colorado’s 90-year-old public water utility-operates under almost complete secrecy.

The Eternal Return of Overpopulation

Getting the cause of high fertility backwards.

October 19, 2010

Ronald Bailey

Overpopulation panic is back. Concerns about a world too full of “filthy human children” motivated eco-terrorist James Lee when he held employees of the Discovery Channel hostage at gunpoint in September. But the deranged Lee is far from alone when it comes to worrying about overpopulation. The May-June cover of the progressive magazine Mother Jones asked, “Who’s to Blame for the Population Crisis?” British journalist Matthew Parris wrote an op-ed in September in the London Times asserting, “If you want to save the planet, stop breeding.” Parris further coyly suggested that we study “China’s example, for lessons good and bad.”

Might California's Massive Water Bond Fall Off the November Ballot?

June 30, 2010, 2:41pm

Adrian Moore

New Deloitte Reports on Infrastructure Partnerships

February 18, 2010, 6:32pm

Leonard Gilroy

Deloitte has released two new reports on infrastructure public-private partnerships (PPPs) that are well worth a read.

Proposed City Water Grab Draining Scottsdale Tax Dollars

Unnecessary move bad for taxpayers

January 15, 2010

Leonard Gilroy

There's no compelling reason to spend tens of millions in tax dollars to take over a well-run private water facility serving a mere 2 percent of Scottsdale residents.

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