Water Makes Money _ Water is too precious to be entrusted to private companies, which operates primarily for profit and shareholder interests. This is not a commodity like others.
" Water Makes Money , directed by Leslie Franke and Herdolor Lorenz, shows the methodology leading to Veolia in particular, to enrich themselves at the expense of users. "
____ _ Scandal water at exorbitant prices ".. The film recalls such as the signing of the concession contract with Toulouse, Veolia has paid the city 473.5 million francs, an unexpected windfall that Dominique Baudis, the mayor of time, notably used to subsidize the construction of public buildings and lower taxes. In subsequent years, the user has seen the price of water rise steadily. According to estimates, the end of 2020, Veolia has collected more than triple his initial bet. Toulousains Thanks! More broadly, Water Makes Money denounces funding opaque lack of democratic control, the continued increases in prices over the long term, poor maintenance of pipes (whatever leaks because the water is paid by the user), the systematic use of chlorine and sometimes unnecessary ... It shows how Veolia is introduced in high places (a few examples among others: Stephane Richard, former head of Veolia Transport in 2007 became chief of staff at the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Dominique de Villepin was briefly an international adviser at Veolia ...). And according to an expert in lobbying
citizens questioned, Veolia is deeply rooted in the intricacies of the European Union. The authors mention in the same film a structural corruption ... " _ _ If water management has a cost, it can not be left to speculation, to financial predators .
_________ After the black gold, blue gold: the water market is already more profitable than oil? " The French water sector is therefore constantly changing. Remunicipalisation The water in Paris is an example. The City of Paris has decided that from 1 January 2010, water management in the capital will now be entrusted to a single public operator.
_______" Veolia wants to censor the document may be too disturbing, accusing him of defamation
____U not regulated public water is possible and necessary: "... 80% population lives in France under a system of delegation of public service water '. Based on a report UFC-Que Choisir , he denounced a perverse system 'in which' net margins of profit 'made by major groups representing private water "from 40 to 61%' the price of water. "
_ Business of Water: French giants exported " It is inconceivable for water multinationals to abandon export. They are indeed face a double challenge: in France, one third of the communities that will renew their contracts by 2012 considering "remunicipalisation" their water services. And, globally, less than 10% of these services are managed by private companies. Therefore, what is the strategy? Answer: targeting the politically stable countries and focus on profitable markets. Their prime targets are the major projects in cities of over one million inhabitants and whose budget is often more than 100 million euros. With their petrodollars and face a shortage of water, the Middle East have become the new Eldorado for private operators. Through its subsidiary Degremont, specializing in the construction of sewage treatment plants, Suez Environnement is present in the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman. For his part, Veolia Water has been selected by Abu Dhabi, UAE, to build and operate for twenty-two years, two treatment plants wastewater. A contract of 364 million euros! It will also provide drinking water for 4.5 million inhabitants of Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia ... "
_VÉOLIA ALSO GET DIRTY IN SENEGAL ... and elsewhere.
- Files water - Attac
_The business of bottled water in India
_ Veolia criticized by the Regional Chamber of Auditors of IDF
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Water and men
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