Water remunicipalisation is a process in which the state of privatised

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and

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management is changed into one that falls back under public control. In recent years water remunicipalisation has grown into a global trend and can be seen as a response to failing cases of

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. Traditionally, many water services around the globe stem from private ventures. If the change of management from private to

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control continues to be an ongoing trend, it could mean a complete redesign of the global

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. Proponents of water remunicipalisation argue that the inefficiency of the private sector presents itself in its profit-oriented character, resulting in high prices and eventually inequal access to life essential utilities.

References

*Martin Pigeon, David A. McDonald, Olivier Hoedeman and Satoko Kishimoto, `Remunicipalisation: Putting Water Back into Public Hands´ (2012, Amsterdam) * Satoko Kishimoto, Emanuele Lobina and Olivier Petitjean, `Our public water future - The global experience with remunicipalisation´ (2015, Amsterdam, Cape Town and Brussels) {{ISBN, 978-90-70563-50-9 * * Water