The purpose of this paper is to evaluate various organizational models for the ownership
and control of natural monopolies – specifically the infrastructure of water and sewage …

… objectives and the public interest in public services. Expectations of private companies should
be … enjoyed by private water and energy companies vis-à-vis public authorities, especially …

… , the “public” aspects of a water utility relate largely to the legal basis of the organization,
ownership, and management of the service. In many respects, it is the public ownership and …

… public ones. We turn next to the empirical literature and ask: (1) whether there is empirical
evidence that public water utilities … that has compared public and private utilities in America …

… The decision of the Department of Public Utilities in Wannacomet Water CO.l was appealed
… such action to be in the public interest. In 1958 the Department amended the certificate by …

… of water and sanitation utilities, additional public interest … to water utility issues—contributing
to public awareness in this … generate broad public concern over water utility performance. …

… Code is that water services must be in financial equilibrium. Water service prices must cover
… ) not being able to cover water services deficits from their general budgets, nor can they …

… is that the inefficiency of public water utilities depends not on the type … public sector reforms
(for example decentralization, autonomous regulation) on the efficiency of public water utilities…

… was not always the case, however; private firms dominated US water supply throughout …
why water and sanitation systems were the only major utilities to become predominantly public …

… out an analysis of Italian water utility companies to determine whether their performance …
the annual financial statements of 80 Italian water utility companies between 2004 and 2008. It …