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Non revenue water (NRW) is water that has been produced and is “lost” before it reaches the customer. Losses can be real losses (through leaks, sometimes also referred to as physical losses) or apparent losses(for example through theft or metering ina
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There have been both express and implied references to a right to water in public international law. Some of the instruments included in the following analysis are traditional human rights instruments. Instruments arising in the humanitarian law arena, as
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2. Human rights, international law and water Until the 1970s, international instruments were largely silent on water access and conservation. The notable exception was the Geneva Conventions, which provided that occupying powers must provide access to mi
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Rencana ekspor air ke Singapura yang diikuti kebijakan menetapkan kawasan catchments area seluas 37 ribu hektare di Pulau Bintan masih menimbulkan kontroversi.
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When French courts have to decide on a water disconnection case for nonpayment, they usually order the reinstatement of supply in order to protect health or human dignity. A few cases of jurisprudence have taken place. As court proceedings are slow and co
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A Regulatory Approach to the Jakarta Water Supply Concession Contracts Author: Lanti, Achmad1 Source: International Journal of Water Resources Development, Volume 22, Number 2, June 2006, pp. 255-276(22) Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Franc
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Throughout history, in many societies and legal traditions rights to use water and land have been closely inter-linked. Sometimes, particularly in arid areas, the right to use land depended on the application of water.[116] More commonly, the right to use
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The experience of water privatisation in England and Wales shows that the use of equity financing serves the interests of private shareholders before
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together with the relative electoral weakness of the Conservative government in Scotland.7 However, the 1989 water privatisation in England and Wales
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Economic Regulation. Institute of Water Officers. (Northern Area Weekend School). 2nd February 2007. Ofwat: protecting consumers, promoting value and
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DETERMINING THE CONTRIBUTION OF TECHNICAL, EFFICIENCY, AND SCALE CHANGE TO PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH IN THE PRIVATIZED ENGLISH AND WELSH WATER AND SEWERAGE INDUSTRY: 1985-2000
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It is the story of water privatisation in England and Wales. The development of regulation since 1989 increasingly and inevitably, involved central
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The paper’s discussion of the structural options for the Water Service starts with a presentation on the results of water privatisation in England and Wale
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ABSTRACT: This paper details the history of water privatisation in England and Wales and the associated evolution. in concepts of efficiency and equity
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Goal of Water Law. To coordinate all uses of water, especially those uses ... A rule of capture; Generally follows the English Rule of Absolute Ownership
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The natural flow theory (also called the English rule) protects the ... of the reasonable natural flow theory of riparian rights in Arkansas water law
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The UK Government’s push to privatise water and sanitation in poor countries
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In 1989, England and Wales embarked on one of the first modern privatizations in the water sector. The government sold ten publicly owned water companies—encompassing water and sewerage assets and operating licenses—and set up a new, independent secto
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in the frame-work of implementation of uw Number II of 1974, the Government Regulation Number 22 of 1974 on Water Management Regulation has been promulgated regulating all efforts for water managementsuch as the right of use, control, management, utilizat
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“I am just borrowing water, but I will return it in an hour”. The interdependence of informal and formal institutions in Balinese irrigation management.
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Our interest in trying to find a way to analyze the ecological effects of the traditional management system was stimulated by the crisis in rice production triggered by the advent of the "Green Revolution" in Bali. During the 1950s Indonesia (figure 7.1)
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Subak is the name of water management (irrigation) system for paddy fields on Bali island. For Balinese, irrigation is not simply providing water for the plant's roots, but water is used to construct a complex, pulsed artificial ecosystem.[1] Paddy fields
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This publication compiles and describes international, regional and national legal provisions and case law that give effect to the human right to water.
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Difficulty in implementing tariff adjustment is often considered as one of the
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overall responsibility for all aspects of water law and policy in England,. including water supply, water resources management and the regulatory
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English water law was relatively simple being formed where water was abundant and conflicts over its use rare
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What does a National Water Lawyer Actually Research? Discovery Day 21 February 2007
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A print version is also available and is published by The Stationery Office Limited as the Land Drainage Act 1994, ISBN 010542594X
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A print version is also available and is published by The Stationery Office Limited as the Land Drainage Act 1991 (c. 59), ISBN 0105459917.
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This page is for material relating to the regulation of mergers between water companies in England and Wales, including:
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The Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat) is the economic regulator of the water and sewerage industry in England and Wales. Our role is to seek value for consumers. Before 1 April 2006 our functions rested with the Director General of Water Service
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whether that merger may be expected to prejudice the ability of [Ofwat], in carrying out its functions by virtue of the [Water Industry Act 1991], to make comparisons between different water enterprises.
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Amongst many other things, the Enterprise Act 2002 makes the Competition Commission determinative in merger cases and in market investigations (which replace complex monopoly investigations), and changes the substantive question for these investigations a
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The Stationery Office Limited as the The Enterprise Act 2002 (Enforcement Undertakings and Orders) Order 2006, ISBN 0110740564
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print version is also available and is published by The Stationery Office Limited as the Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57), ISBN 0105457914
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A print version is also available and is published by The Stationery Office Limited as the Water Industry Act 1999 , ISBN 0 10 540999 5. The print version may be purchased by clicking here. Braille copies of this Act can also be purchased at the same pric
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The text of this Internet version of the Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56) has been prepared to reflect the text as it received Royal Assent. The authoritative version is the Queen's Printer copy published by The Stationery Office Limited as the Water Indus
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This Article explores various theoretical explanations for the public trust doctrine. The author rejects trust law as unworkable and constitutional law as historically unrelated. The author also rejects explanations rooted in judicial review theory and th
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Before passage of the Clean Water Act (CWA), the right to pollute water was determined primarily by state common law rules of nuisance and of water rights. The common law rules were strict. As a Texas court noted, “any corruption of water which prevents
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The public trust doctrine is a principle, based on English common law, that the state possesses sovereignty and domain over all shorelands and navigable water. Under this doctrine, the state must administer these lands and waters to maintain public rights
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This paper examines issues of financing water supply and sanitation systems, including: - A critique of the ?top down? approach to water finance of the World Bank, the Camdessus report, and the water multinationals - Proposing a different approach, based
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The Nordic countries, including Norway and Sweden, are famous for their strong welfare state and public services. Stockholm?s public sector water company hosts the world?s leading annual conference of water, in a week that celebrates its achievement of cl
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Both Uruguay and Netherlands are legislating to make privatisation of water illegal. This report describes the processes and discusses the context of international laws.
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Article in Natural Resources Forum 28 (2004) 268?277 November 2004 on social risks of privatisation of water and energy. Based on empirical evidence from developed, transition and developing countries, the article looks at how the introduction of private
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Overview of privatisation, liberalisation and restructuring of water in Asia-Pacific, including survey of multinational and regional companies.
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Examines the problems and policy issues in the water sector on Russia and Ukraine, the experiences with privatisation and reform so far, the activities of international institutions, and of multinational and Russian companies in the water sector.
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The process of privatisation in water and energy has proved widely unpopular and encountered strong political opposition. This paper examines the role of this opposition in delaying, cancelling, or reversing the privatisation of water and energy. Developm
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The strategies, activites and retreats of multinational corporations in the water and electricity sectors
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This paper discusses the impact of the GATS agreement of the World Trade Organisation on the electricity and water sectors.
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An analysis of the new private water lobby group, Aquafed, and the other forms of lobbying and pressure used by the private water companies.
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The report examines the empirical evidence on the numbers of new connections to water supply resulting from investment by private sector water companies in developing countries.
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The report reviews privatisation solutions promoted by the World Bank and the IFC, and critical responses to them.
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list of water related research in eu
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Watertime final results: Good Practice Recommendations and Participatory Decision Support System
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A review of the history, economics and politics of public water services, including the role of capital finance, labour, and democratic participation.
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Convention Abbreviation: CESCR COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS ... General Comment No. 15 (2002) The right to water (arts.
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National legislation is the outcome of processes, both local and the global. The interaction and influence between the domestic and the international legal systems, is mutually enriching. Certain aspects of water management have first been the product of
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According to the Business Times, Poh Lian Holdings has acquired 20 percent of a consortium, Upton Synergy Indonesia (USI), which has just completed a feasibility study to harness several water catchment areas in Indonesia's Riau islands, which lies close
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21 May 2003, Vienna - R. Andreas Kraemer R. Andreas Kraemer, the Director of Ecologic, presented a first assessment of recent developments concerning the potential liberalisation of water services in Europe.
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WRc/Ecologic Study on Competition in Water • Objectives and issues • Key findings (on competition) • Green Paper on Services of General Interest • Character and Purpose • Need for EC regulatory framework for water supply? • Walking a tightrope
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PREPARED BY WRC AND ECOLOGIC FOR THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION - COMPETITION DIRECTORATE GENERAL STUDY CONTRACT NO. COMP/2002/E3/SI2.334052 STUDY ON THE APPLICATION OF THE COMPETITION RULES TO THE WATER SECTOR IN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
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surface water needing treatment, just ahead of EU plans to. liberalize its water industry. ... possible bulk water trade restrictions might suggest
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At the EU level, the Water Framework Directive, which sets provisions for the protection of water resources at the catchment level, will help in developing wetland conservation strategies. The European Charter on Water Resources adopted by the environment
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2 European water charter Proclaimed in Strasbourg, 6 May 1968 PREAMBLE The Committee of Ministers, Having regard to Recommendation 436 (1965) of the Consultative Assembly on fresh water pollution control in Europe; Taking into account Resolution No. 1
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A further potential example comes from the case of McGowan v Scottish Water [2005] IRLR 167.The employee claimed that Scottish Water had breached his rights to family life under Article 8 by covert surveillance of his house which revealed he was falsifyin
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Human Rights, Constitutionalism and International Economic Law Professors Francesco FRANCIONI and Ernst-Ulrich PETERSMANN with occasional participation by Professor M. PATTERSON
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The European Parliament declared in September 2003 that "access to drinking water is a basic human right," and the European Council on Environmental Law has adopted a Resolution on the Recognition of the Right to Drinking Water in the Member States of the
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The drivers of the existing policy on water services do not appear to marry up water service objectives with social justice objectives, based as they are on the twin assumptions of (a) no general taxation funds should be put into water services and (b) th
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How to Conserve Water Efficiently-BECKER The sharp rise in world population and income during the past five decades has stimulated greatly increased demand for clean water, and concern about whether the supply of water would be adequate to meet these nee
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The Science and Economics of Water Shortage--Posner The shorter the supply of a natural resource, the more important it is to have an institutional structure for allocating it efficiently among demanders, both present and future.
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Small irrigators under Indonesia’s basic water law do have putative rights. senior to industrial users. A quota system can work, as farmers know in advance ...
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water scenario eu
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A shared vision exists between the EU and water corporations. The vision was put together in a series of private meetings and consultations between water corporations and the EC. The shared vision involves the EU developing the ideological, legal and fina
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The Directive is intended to protect human health by laying down healthiness and purity requirements which must be met by drinking water within the Community (see water quality). It applies to all water intended for human consumption apart from natural mi
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EU water policies comprise a large body of legislation covering areas as diverse as flood management, bathing-water quality, chemicals in water, clean drinking water, groundwater protection and urban waste water. The EU Water Framework Directive (WFD), ad
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On 23 October 2000, the "Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the Community action in the field of water policy" or, in short, the EU Water Framework Directive (or even shorter the WFD) was finall
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Current projects include EU water law, realisation of innovative water technologies, and the. tendencies towards privatisation and liberalisation of the
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(Brussels, 21 March, 2007) - On the eve of World Water Day and the European Water Conference, where the Commission’s new report on how well EU water law has
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EUOBSERVER / FOCUS - The vast majority of EU states have not properly transcribed EU water law into national legislation, nailed research into water management economics or earmarked cash for investments - environment commissioner Stavros Dimas said in Br
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Bibliography on Water Resources and International Law The Bibliography on Water Resources and International Law is compiled by Drs Rens Steenhard, reference librarian at the Peace Palace Library, extended and updated regularly.
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# COID Overview save this to waterrights irrigation ... on jan 23 # Schroeder Law Offices -- Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Nevada Water Law save this to waterrights water law transfer ... saved by 2 other people ... on aug 28
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A water right is a property right that arises solely by the act of placing water, theretofore unappropriated, to the appropriator’s beneficial purpose. Its place of diversion and use may occur in different watersheds.
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The Northwest Water Law & Policy Project was established in 1994 as a project of the Natural Resources Law Institute at the Northwestern School of Law at Lewis & Clark College.
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"WaterAid strongly believes that privatisation should not be imposed upon poor countries through aid conditions, trade rules or conditions for debt cancellation."
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On this page: * Getting Information about your Tap Water o Is it safe? o How will I know if my water isn't safe to drink? o What's this new drinking water report that I've heard about? o How can I test it?
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"The human right to drinking water is fundamental to life and health. Sufficient and safe drinking water is a precondition for the realization of human rights." — United Nations 'General Comment' on the Right to Water.On November 27, 2002, water was for
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