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Finding common(s) ground in the fight for water remunicipalization

Type: Article

Author(s):

David A. McDonald

Publication Date:

2018

After three decades of privatization, cities around the world are taking water services back under public management and control. The pace of this remunicipalization appears to be growing, with an expanding inter- national movement in favour of publicly-managed water. Does this remunicipalization trend fit with demands for a ‘water commons’? Yes and no.

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