Beyond privatization: Lessons from the upper Midwestern United States and the Canadian Province of Ontario
- Resumen
- Water managers face significant challenges meeting the water supply, wastewater collection and treatment, and stormwater management needs of the communities they serve. Numerous solutions have been proposed, including private sector involvement, known generally as privatization or public-private partnerships. <br/> The debate over privatization has overshadowed discussion of the determinants of performance. Research on water systems in the upper midwestern United States of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin, and the Canadian Province of Ontario, demonstrates that ¿public versus private¿ is not the bright line that separates success from failure. Instead, performance depends on effective staffing, consistent public support for sufficient funding, better asset management systems, performance measures and rewards, and more stakeholder involvement and transparency. These lessons extrapolate to other regions of the United States, and beyond. <br/> This paper summarizes research and examples that will assist urban and rural municipallevel decision-makers to assess problems, identify possible solutions, and choose among those solutions. It provides practical information about improving the effectiveness of water, wastewater, and stormwater governance systems, whether public or private.
- Autor
- Wolff, Gary
- Palabras Clave
- Ontario, Sistemas de gestión ambiental, Sector público, Política ambiental, Planificación ambiental
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