Comprehensive new water survey finds that 10 most affordable water systems are publicly owned and operated.
Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)–February 16, 2016. In the largest U.S. water rate survey of its kind, Food & Water Watch released a comprehensive review of the 500 largest U.S. community water systems that found that large, for-profit privately owned systems charge 58 percent more than large publicly owned systems. An overwhelming majority of U.S. water customers—87 percent—receive their water from a publicly…
