User:Ryoma Masutani/Water privatization

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In Chile, the Pinochet dictatorchip established 1980 Consitution including the water laws that is a foundation of Chile’s water systems. Additionally, the government enacted the 1981 Water Code, a legal regime that decide to eliminate the government involvement in controling water system and allow citizens to possess rights to exploit water resources. Establishing this Water Code, the Chile’s government achieved the water privatization, and this regime is still in force. Today, the government has reduced its power in water resources administration; therefore, 90% of the Chile’s drinking water supply is controled by the transnational corporations. However, this water system causes the imbalance of Chile’s distribution of water rights. For example, since Water Code permits companies’ to exploit water resources, 71% of Chile’s water resources are utilized in irrigation which is equivalent to the annual consumption of 243 millions homes. The inequal distribution of water rights induces the scarcity of Chilean citizens’ water resources, particulary in the drought.



UK Water privatization — a briefing

Margaret Thatcher’s Privatization Legacy

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"A World Bank report lists the following examples of successful public-private partnerships in developing countries: the full privatization in Chile, the mixed companies in Colombia, the concessions in Guayaquil in Ecuador, Brazil, Argentina, Eastern Manila in the Philippines, Morocco, and Gabun, and the lease contracts in Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, and Yerevan in Armenia.[1]"

Privatization and Control of U.S. Water Supplies