Utilities, Water

'Water and DG competition', PSIRU, May 2003 Introduction At the start of 2002 DG competition commissioned a report into the water sector, which was delivered in December 2002. It has received little publicity or public debate, and was carried out without consultation of major stakeholders, for

A large number of organisations, including EPSU/PSI met to consider European and international developments specifically in the water sector on 29 and 30 June in Brussels. A range of issues was considered: EU internal market, competition and water, EU water facility and EU water initiative, the Services Directive, water and GATS, Commission on Sustainable Development (UN) and water amongst others.

The Portuguese government, then still under the direction of now Commission President Baroso, took a decision to privatise water services. The Portuguese union STAL is organising a campaign to cancel this decision. Coming Saturday 4 September thousands of pamphlets will be distributed in cities in

Across the world organizations are participating in the Blue October week. The water activists stress that water should remain in public hands. The October week is chosen as 31 October 2004 the people of Uruguay voted to recognize water as a fundamental human right in their constitution. For-profit

Portuguese EPSU affiliate STAL is distributing leaflefts to bring its arguments for public water to a wider public in many different locations.

EPSU contribution to the Communication towards sustainable water management in the European Union COM(2007) 128, 23 March 2007, adopted by the EPSU Standing Committee on Public Utilities, 20 April 2007 (EN/FR/DE/IT/SV)

EPSU was active in the water activities during the European Social Forum in Malmo, September 2008.

(7 January 2010) EPSU commented on the Smart Meters 2009 Status Review of the European Regulators Group for Electricity and Gas. Please find it here: EPSU Comments smart metersFor more information of the work of ERGEG on smart meters

Water activists, social action groups and trade unions from Europe and across the world met to consider the future work to defend and promote public water services.

On World Water Day, 22 March 2011, the European Federation of Public Services Unions (EPSU) calls on the European Union and Member States to implement the United Nations resolution on the Right to Water and Sanitation without delay.

(29 August 2011) When talking about environmental services, people think of waste management, renewable energy or water supply, but far less of recycling, river basin management or forest management and flood protection. Environmental services are a growth industry. Public Services unions must be

(13 July 2011) Our colleagues from STAL in Portugal have sent out a declaration to stop privatisation of water, in particular the water company Aguas do Portugal (AdP); in Portugal the largest water company servicing 8 million people and employing over 5000 workers. In their declaration they

During both the World Water Forum and the Alternative World Water Forum in Marseille this week, the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) announced the first European Citizens’ Initiative that will be lodged with the European Commission (EC) on April 1.

The spectre of water privatisation is once again haunting the people of Europe.