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  1. Water in England — scarce, dirty and profitable

    Water supply in England and Wales was privatised four years ago. CATHERINE BROWN reports on the ... drinking water up to the European Community standard for nitrates. This followed a six-year campaign by ... environmental offence. The high level of nitrate in drinking water is due to fertilisers used in agriculture. ...

  2. Privatising Victoria's water

    That's the motto of the Kennett state government. It hopes to sell off Melbourne Water (which provides ... sewerage services and water supplies), the Gas and Fuel Corporation and the state Electricity Commission. ... Melbourne Water made an operating profit of $134.7 million on a turnover of about $1 billion last year — and ...

  3. Can the market solve our water crisis?

    Australia, the second driest continent on earth, has the highest volume of stored water per person ... in the world; per capita consumption of water is also one of the world's highest. JANET PARKER ... looks at the problems of water in our most populous state. Australia has a huge investment in water ...

  4. Can Sydney survive without more dams?

    By Bruce Threlfo Most of Sydney's water comes from Warragamba Dam. Built in the 1960s, it ... dams. Sydney's water consumption has trebled since 1948. This is partly due to increased ... accounts for 60% of total consumption. Warragamba Dam substantially increased Sydney's water supply, ...

  5. Environment groups condemn Olympic 'greenwash'

    efficiency of Sydney's wide network of rail, road and water transport contributes to the maintenance of ... Sydney's waste collection and water supply systems will not 'easily cope with the new competition ... "conveys the impression that all is well with our waste disposal and water supply systems, and that both ...

  6. Stories from the gate

    ensured a fresh crop of new grass to attract grazing animals. As I rounded one bend, a water buffalo ... unnatural channels which mixed salt and fresh water into the wetlands habitat — threatening the survival of ...

  7. Arrests of PAC condemned

    and information Waters Thoboti, was one of those arrested. Despite claims from the minister of police ... release three senior PAC leaders, including Waters Thoboti. Several other executive members, including ...

  8. Sarajevo paper rallies the resistance

    produced underground in an anti-nuclear shelter, without electricity, water or telephone, and with ...

  9. BRW

    a bus or train ride, a drink of water, heating in the house has become more, not less, expensive. That ...

  10. British workers threaten their leaders' sleep

    conference opposed the privatisation of that country's water. Planned cutbacks to social security ...

  11. Facts on Broadside

    five billion by 2025, Asia must grow 70 per cent more rice, on less land, with less water and with ...