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What Activists Don’t Tell You: The True Cost of Condemnation
Activists often make condemnation, a government takeover of a private water system, sound easy and straightforward with predictable costs. But, of course, the reality is much different. One way in which condemnation activists mislead the public is on the true cost of taking over the water system. Recent reports show there is a vast difference […]
Setting the record straight on Lucerne, Calif.
KQED News, a California public media outlet, recently reported on the community of Lucerne in northern California, and the community’s water supplier, California Water Service (Cal Water). Unfortunately, instead of providing a fair reporting of the facts, the piece became an opportunity to push an anti-private ideological agenda. For example, the outlet reported that one […]
NAWC Executive Director Michael Deane Addresses Food & Water Watch’s False Claims
A piece from NAWC Executive Director Michael Deane posted last week at The Hill, a widely read Washington, DC publication. The op-ed, titled “US Water Infrastructure Challenges Need Private Sector Participation,” is in response to a recent piece in the same publication from Food & Water Watch’s Wenonah Hauter in which she criticized any infrastructure […]
NAWC Executive Director Calls Out In The Public Interest for its Private Water Falsehoods
In a piece for The Huffington Post, NAWC Executive Director Michael Deane called out In the Public Interest’s Executive Director Donald Cohen for spreading falsehoods about private water. “Once again, instead of engaging in a constructive conversation about America’s water infrastructure challenges, we find ourselves having to correct rampant misinformation being spread by those opposed […]
NAWC Executive Director Michael Deane Pens LTE to The Progress-Index in Petersburg, Va
In a letter to the editor in The Progress-Index in Petersburg, Va, NAWC Executive Director Michael Deane responded to last week’s letter from Clean Water for North Carolina and called attention to the benefits of working with private water companies. “Having read Clean Water for North Carolina’s letter to the editor, I am compelled to correct […]
The Full Story on Rockland County that Activists Won’t Tell You
Activists have taken a sudden interest in Rockland County, a community in southern New York that has been grappling with long-term water supply challenges for over a decade. As previously seen in Atlanta, Camden, Felton, Indianapolis, and other communities across the country, activists have tried to spin Rockland County’s challenges to support their own ideological […]
NAWC Executive Director Responds to LTE in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Earlier today, NAWC Executive Director Michael Deane responded to critics of private water. Following a boil-water alert from the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority that impacted a large part of the city, Deane argued that the city should explore all its options to improve its water system. “Those who support government-only water system operations try […]
Private Water Develops and Leverages Technology
In our last piece on the benefits of private water, we examined how private operators provide communities across America access to capital for infrastructure improvements. In this piece, we take a look at how private water companies are developing and implementing new technologies for water testing, purification, monitoring and distribution. For instance, a new technology […]
Private Water Provides Much Needed Capital Investment
One thing Americans of all political persuasions can agree on is that our infrastructure is in dire need of investment and repair, including our aging water pipes. In fact, a recent NAWC/TFTT poll found that an overwhelming majority – 74% of those surveyed – are concerned about the nation’s water infrastructure and believe that rebuilding […]
Private Water Companies Collaborate with Environmental Groups And Others On Lead Service Line Replacement Effort
The National Association of Water Companies and its members are working hand-in-hand with other health, consumer, environmental and water groups as part of the Lead Service Line Replacement Collaborative. The Collaborative was formed to accelerate voluntary lead service line replacement in communities across the United States. Together, the Collaborative launched a website that includes a […]