ABSTRACT
Although the contexts, technologies and strategies for water privatization are different from one site to another, the debates tend to polarize in remarkably similar ways.
Those in favour of privatization argue that governments are corrupt, unaccountable, unimaginative and financially strapped, and unable to expand and upgrade water services on their own in a reliable and cost-effective manner. The private sector and its operating principles, they argue, must be a central component of water delivery strategies.
