October 2008 This is the English summary of 60 pages full report "Rethinking China’s Urban Water Privatization" in Chinese written by Xinjiang Conservation Fund based in Beijing. Based on reviews of development of the urban water sector since 1949, data analysis and interpretation of 500 household surveys in five cities in China, this report aims at answering the following questions: What are the reasons for China’s urban water privatization? What is the essence of China’s marketization reform of public water? What are the impacts generated by this process? What are the preconditions for a successful and human-oriented urban public water reform? A full English report is being prepared.

October 2008 Written by Xinjiang Conservation Fund based in Beijing. Based on reviews of development of the urban water sector since 1949, data analysis and interpretation of 500 household surveys in five cities in China, this report aims at answering the following questions: What are the reasons for China’s urban water privatization? What is the essence of China’s marketization reform of public water? What are the impacts generated by this process? What are the preconditions for a successful and human-oriented urban public water reform?

Position Paper presented to the Committee on Natural Resources House of Representatives, 14th Congress Freedom from Debt Coalition August 13, 2008 The Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) urges the honorable members of the House of Representatives’ Committee on Natural Resources to conduct a thorough review and investigation of the MWSS privatization, believing firmly that for the past ten years, impacts of the said privatization thus far run counter to the aims set forth in RA 8041 to “address the nationwide water crisis which adversely affects the health and well-being of the population, food production and industrialization process” and in turn defeats the people’s right to water.

September 23-27, 2008 in Chennai Indian national newspaper The Hindu and others reported water democratisation issues

PAN-ASIAN WATER COLLOQUIUM on WATER: COMMON GOOD, PUBLIC MANAGEMENT, AND ALTERNATIVES Securing the Right to Water—Challenges and Solutions in Asia (September 23-27, 2008) IC&SR, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India

This is the first of a 3-part series on water to be published in the Hindu, one of India's most widely circulated national dailies. These articles are a the response to the impact of and as a followup to the recently concluded Asian Water COlloquium at IIT, CHennai between Sep 25th to 27th, 2008, jointly hosted by RPW Network, Forum for Global South, Centre for Law, Policy and Human Rights Studies, Chennai, Dept. of Humanities and SOcial Sciences Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and Change Management Group of Engineers from TWAD Board, Agriculural Engineering Dept. (AED) and IAMWARM.

The first step towards a new approach that builds on the strength of Europe's public water sector is to introduce a moratorium on new EU liberalisation initiatives in the water sector and clear guarantees that public water supply is exempted from EU competition and procurement rules.

COCHABAMBA DECLARATION IN DEFENSE OF WATER and Statement of Commitment and Cochabamba Deceleration in Defense of Water

Declaracion de Cochabamba en Defensa del Agua y ACUERDO MARCO DE COMPROMISO

Later this month, the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras will host an Asia-level colloquium on water, an event that will attract policymakers, water planners, public water managers, water rights groups and activists.