Toward greater transparency in water and sewer services in Winnipeg

The author of this study has worked independently and the opinions expressed are therefore their own, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the board of the Frontier Centre for Public Policy. [...] Consider the following examples: • Adelaide, South Australia, retained • France turned to the private sector for government ownership of water and water infrastructure, and satisfaction sewer infrastructure but contracted the with water management is high in operation of the system to a private firm, that country. [...] Utilities Kingston is accountable to the Few people understand the state of the Kingston City Council but operates at arm’s- city’s pipes and water mains below the length from the City Council in everyday roads. [...] Leakage, the amount of water lost auditor PriceWaterhouseCoopers found in the pipes before delivery, is lower in that the province saved $9-million by Paris than in other European cities with shifting the risk to other parties, because water systems of a similar age.3 construction projects are historically Companies that deliver water in France delay-prone.13 have become world leaders in water and [...] For example, in France, municipal company that built the Suez Canal, which corporations have delivered water to cities connects the Mediterranean and Red seas, since the 19th century.3 In the mid-19th manages water systems in many of the century, France turned to the private world’s cities.