The now famous Water War in Cochabamba, Bolivia, provided some of the first shots against privatisation of water services heard around world, as an awakened and politicized citizenry rose up to protest private participation in their water company SEMAPA and to reclaim their publicly provided water services. Cochabamba’s resistance to neo-liberal water policies and its calls for public water service quickly resonated in the emerging transnational social movement on water.

En la ahora famosa guerra del agua de la ciudad de Cochabamba, se levantaron algunas de las primeras barricadas en contra de la privatización de los servicios de agua en todo el mundo, en el momento en que una ciudadanía concienciada y politizada se alzó para protestar por la participación privada en su empresa de agua, SEMAPA, y para reivindicar el suministro público de sus servicios. La resistencia de Cochabamba a las políticas de agua neoliberales y su llamamiento al agua pública resonaron muy pronto en el incipiente movimiento social transnacional en defensa de este bien común.

In the month of February, an unusual plight fell upon the city of La Paz. Torrential rains that hit the region ruptured the water main that services the wealthiest zone of the city, leaving the residents of the Zona Sur (Southern Zone) without water for several days.

En el mes de febrero, algo inusual sucedió en la ciudad de La Paz. Las lluvias torrenciales que cayeron en la región averiaron una de las tuberías que provee servicios de agua a la zona más rica de la ciudad, dejando a los residentes de la zona sur sin el servicio por varios días.

Africa Water Network would like to present “Turning The Tide” (The Savelugu Story). Turning The Tide is a 10 minutes Documentary which presents Savelugu Water Board.

HI everyone,

Just to share news of a fuel-free water pump developed in the Philippines which has won in the Ashden Sustainable Energy Awards. An example of appropriate, affordable technology that can be used in rural communities in developing countries.

Carla

The Savelugu water system is a classic example of community participation and ownership of any kind of project being implemented by either Government or Non-Government organisation. This paper was written and presented by Abu O. Alhassan (Savelugu Water Board, Ghana) during World Social Forum in Nairobi (January 2007).

Community management of a rural water system in Madiany, western Kenya. Paper by George Misore Rubiik, presented at the World Social Forum, Nairobi, Kenya, 24th January 2007.

This is a translation of Experiências de Êxito em Serviços Públicos Municipais de Saneamento, published by ASSEMAE (Associação Nacional dos Serviços Municipais de Saneamento), June 2006.

The book presents twenty examples of successful public water delivery in large and small, wealthy and poor municipalities across Brazil. The city of Porto Alegre is already known around the world for its use of participatory budgeting and other democratic reforms to achieve universal access to clean water. The book shows that similar approaches are used in many other cities in Brazil and in many cases have led to rapid expansion of access to water and sanitation for the poorest communities.

Paper by Guillermo Amorebieta (October 2006), presented in the seminar ¡ÆCampaign to Take Back Jakarta Water from Private Concessionaires¡Ç November 8-10, 2006, Jakarta

Contents:
I.- OUTLINE OF PUBLIC WATER AND SEWER SERVICE IN THE AMERICAS
II.-MANAGEMENT MODEL CONSIDERATIONS
III.-THE CASE OF AGUAS BONAERENSES S.A. (ABSA)

Artículo por Guillermo Amorebieta (Octubre, 2006), publicado en el seminario de la Campaña para Recuperar el Servicio de Agua en Jakarta de los Consecionarios Privados, 8-10 noviembre, 2006, Jakarta
Contenido:
I.- CUADRO DE SITUACIÓN DE LOS SERVICIOS PUBLICOS DE AGUA Y ALCANTARILLADO EN LAS AMÉRICAS
II.-CONSIDERACIONES SOBRE EL MODELO DE GESTIÓN
III.-EL CASO DE AGUAS BONAERENSES S.A. (ABSA)

Trivandrum, India (August 9, 2006): The state government of Kerala in south India has banned the production and sale of Coca-Cola and Pepsi in the state. The companies will be asked to close their operations entirely.

This article summarises twenty successful experiences of public utility service of water supply and sanitation selected according to methodology that aims to benefit good practices in these public services. Examples of the key principles used in this sele

El artículo presenta de forma sintética el registro de veinte experiencias de éxito de servicios públicos de abastecimiento de agua y alcantarillado sanitario seleccionadas a partir de metodología y criterios que tratan

O artigo apresenta de forma sintética o registro de vinte experiências de êxito de serviços públicos de saneamento selecionadas a partir de metodologia e critérios que procuraram privilegiar boas práticas na

The National Association of Municipal Services of Water and Sanitation (ASSEMAE) has recently published the book ¡ÈTwenty successful experiences of public utility service in water supply and sanitation¡É . ASSEMAE, created in 1984, defends the interests o

Public Water for Maximum Benefit By Eko Nugroho, Program manager, SAMADI Justice and Peace Institute, Indonesia

Presentation by Mr. Tran Hoai for the workshop on Water security and people- centred water management:learning experiences about alternatives to water privatization (towards effective public water)

Presentation by Frances TC Lo for the workshop on Water security and people- centred water management: learning experiences about alternatives to water privatization (towards effective public water)

The 2nd Alternative World Water Forum will be held from the 17 to March 20, 2005, in Geneva (Switzerland).

“Community Public Sector Partnership for the Provision of Water Services in Savelugu, Ghana”, by Patrick Apoya, Community Partnerships for Health and Development, Ghana, July 2003.

Update on the process of improving public water supply in Cochabamba (Bolivia) by developing a model of participatory 'co-management'. Spanish version attached.

"Experimental Alternate Option to Privatisation of Water Industry in Dhaka, Bangladesh", by M.Z.Hoque, presentation for the seminar on advancing alternatives to privatisation, Kyoto, 22 March 2003.

"Porto Alegre in Cannes", Carlos Todeschini, General Director of Porto Alegre's Water and Sanitation Department [speech at the occassion of DMAE receiving the "Water and Cities" award at the 5th Water Symposium, Cannes, 23-27 June 2003]

"Public Management Success in Rio Grande do Sul" , Dieter Wartchow, Companhia Riograndese de Saneamento [May 2002)

"Water in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Accountable, Effective, Sustainable and Democratic", Public Services International Research Unit [August 2002]: http://www.psiru.org/reports/2002-08-W-dmae.pdf