NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the governing board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.

Support for this project was provided by the American Water Works Company, Inc., California Water Service Company, Severn Trent Environmental Services, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under Contract No. X-82829401, and the University of California under Award No. SA6138.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Privatization of water services in the United States : an assessment of issues and experience / Committee on Privatization of Water Services in the United States Water Science and Technology Board Division on Life and Earth Studies.

p. cm.

1. Water utilities—United States. 2. Water-supply—Economic aspects—United States. 3. Sewage disposal—Economic aspects—United States. 4. Privatization—United States. I. National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Privatization of Water Services in the United States.

HD4461 .P75 2002

363.6′1—dc21

2002008161