highwaystar101 on 30 November 2010
Sorry, I haven't read any replies yet, just want to leave a quick reply myself. The problem I see is the supplying water to those that can't afford it once it's privatised. You can't let people go without water, and so you'll have to invent some kind of benefit scheme to pay for those who earn under a certain amount. Before you know it the government is spending almost as much as they would if they just had an outright public water service to begin with. Only now you're dealing with many more parties and your logisitcs apply to individual households as opposed to towns and cities, which all leads to a far less efficient service provided for less people.
I would think of it as a bit like medicare and medicaid.
