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Word--I'm thinking of how water is a paid utility in Japan, and wondering if that helps avoid Flint MI situations
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Presumably Japan has scarcer water than wet low-density places like Canada, Scandinavia, and the Eastern US... (in Israel it's not free.)
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Certainly true for parts of the island, e.g. Hokuriku
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Didn’t flint’s issues specifically come from privatizing their water supply?
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Utilities, by their nature, are problematic actors. Some of the worst water utilities in CA are tiny little private companies that are terribly run. Otoh people complain about LADWP rates all the time, even they mayor can’t make them disclose financial data, etc.
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I love California water politics. They’re slow moving but make our transportation politics seem tame.
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It was fun helping a small, plucky water district fight East Bay MUD, but they lost (as all such districts do)
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The small water districts here, at least the ones you hear about, are terribly run. Questionable water, petty corruption, cooked books, etc.
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Yeah, but how much are you going to hear about one that isn’t corrupt and consists of 4 wells, a storage tank & a prefab sewage plant?
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