TFTT Report

In The Public Interest’s Donald Cohen is right that a partnership between the public and private sectors can provide many benefits. Indeed, the many different types of solutions offered by water companies are customizable, scalable solutions to help municipalities address their unique water system needs. And he is also right that protecting the public interest […]

Activists routinely praise utilities with low rates, but there are important reasons why low rates should not be seen as a badge of honor. The experience in Visalia, California, is a good illustration why. The water system in Visalia, California, has been owned and operated by California Water Service (Cal Water) since 1926.[i] To try […]

In an op-ed for The Trentonian, Marybeth Leongini, Director of Communications for the National Association of Water Companies, responds to a recent opinion piece from a Food & Water Watch (FWW) activist that claimed private water companies would make Trenton, New Jersey’s water infrastructure challenges worse. Leongini points out that FWW, “blindly argues in favor […]

The enormous need for investment in America’s water infrastructure has resulted in ever-increasing rates for water systems across the board. Between 2012 and 2016, water rates increased nationally by about 7% a year. A recent report from the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) identified several factors that can help address water affordability challenges, including partnerships with […]

A recent piece that appeared on the website Intercept.com is, unfortunately, the same old parroting of the same old tired claims and spin that anti-private water activists have peddled for years. There are no new claims, case studies or “facts” in the piece that have not already been discredited time and time again. Here are […]

Next week, activists in Monterey will host a forum with Felton FLOW to promote a government takeover of the privately-operated water system, which has served Monterey residents for over 50 years. Since Monterey activists are touting Felton as the poster child for a government takeover, here are four questions about what has really happened in […]

On May 7, the San Antonio Express-News published a commentary by Marybeth Leongini, NAWC Director of Communications, titled “Infrastructure improvement key to water sufficiency.” Leongini addresses the water infrastructure challenges in Texas and how private water companies in the state provide more efficient water resource planning and management, along with expertise and investment. Read the […]

For the last 40 years, the American Water Works Association (AWWA), the U.S. EPA, many members of the National Association of Water Companies (NAWC) and others have joined together to celebrate Drinking Water Week during the first full week of May. The purpose of the week is to highlight the integral role water plays in […]

As a fact check campaign, Truth from the Tap is used to correcting activists’ twisted case studies and examples that conveniently leave out important facts or perpetuate myths and falsehoods.  In fact, when we exposed Food & Water Watch’s case studies as full of false and misleading claims, the group pulled all 34 of them […]

A letter to the editor by Marybeth Leongini, Director of Communications for the National Association of Water Companies, was included in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on April 8. Leongini responded to a recent op-ed in which the mayor’s blue-ribbon panel cited a flawed Food & Water Watch rate comparison report as a reason to not consider private water […]