Most of the recent deals have been in developed countries where privatization has opened up the water sector.
Giora Gutman, chief executive of Mekorot's international arm, says that they will jointly tap emerging public-private opportunities in India's water sector.
Incorporating the priorities put forward by the Government of Iraq for the water sector, the programme will be undertaken in two phases.
The basic direction of these reforms is to increasingly transform the water sector into market-based and commercial operations, and a resulting commodification of water.
Experience within government in the water sector would be an asset.
As the water sector addresses changes in the supply, privatizes its services and updates its infrastructure, the tide of new technologies will begin to rise, but slowly.
Recent water sector data suggests that claims of considerable progress towards Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets is sadly premature, as some like myself have suggested elsewhere.
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Just as water scarcity and security are not issues confined to the water sector but are really societal issues, the role of wetlands in ensuring the security of water supply is also a matter of societal choice.
While the committee applauded plans to reform the water sector, it was concerned the bill left too much of the important detail to be decided by the industry's regulator, Ofwat - or to be introduced through secondary legislation, which receives less parliamentary scrutiny.
Cultiba is also the largest distributor in the water jugs sector in Mexico, with an estimated 18% market share in 2011.
The second purpose of the case studies is to highlight the challenges that need to be addressed in the water resources sector.
Industry experts say asset prices are rising as companies pour into the water-infrastructure sector.
Most of those who rail about Cochabamba do not also remind their listeners of the woeful failure of the city's previous public-sector water supplier.
Basic systems that can be managed by communities themselves accounted for less than 20% of donor funding to the water and sanitation sector in 2010.
Ned Breslin joined Water For People as Director of International Programs in 2006, and was appointed CEO in 2009 after close to 20 years working in the water and sanitation sector in Africa.
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Increasing competition over water resources is also leading to conflicts between the private sector, agriculture water users, and civil society.
In India the agriculture sector gets water nearly free of cost.
And suppose that later this year the entire chemical sector is under water.
Iraq is currently facing severe water shortages across most parts of the country, with over 7.6 million Iraqis lacking access to safe drinking water, and an agriculture sector suffering from years of drought.
Putting his forecasting abilities to use, Hatzius told Forbes the U.S. will narrowly avoid recession, as the private sector continues to deleverage and the housing sector remains under water (note the poor performance of JPMorgan in its recent earnings and the expectations that Citi and others will disappoint as well). (Read Occupy Wall Street, JPMorgan, And The Fall Of The Banks).
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In addition, there are other partners that contribute to the IHP implementation, such as: water-related government organizations, the academic sector, research institutes, NGOs and institutions related to hydrology, hydraulics and water quality at regional and international levels, among others.
Recently, the San Francisco-based Cleantech Group, convened top investors, utility executives, corporate executives, entrepreneurs, and public sector leaders for a Water Innovation Summit.
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The private sector's impact on urban water services can thus be dramatic.
The Youth Delegates will also have the opportunity to exchange ideas with Young Professionals of the UNESCO Science Sector specializing in the fields of water, biodiversity, ecology, earth sciences, science education, disaster risk reduction, and science policy.
Water For People believes this inability to move the needle towards a world where everyone actually has water and sanitation services requires a fundamental rethink in sector practice.
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The industrial sector uses an estimated 45% of water in the United States, agriculture accounts for 42% and domestic uses, like drinking and sanitation, account for a mere 13%.
So the private sector is the domestic small private sector is de facto the provider of water to the vast majority of people all over Africa and in the rest of the poor countries.
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The water risks are most obvious in the food and beverage sector.
The energy sector threatens to take up large chunks of water.
The areas of regulation would affect the energy sector, the postal service, telecommunications, water and rail industries and matters relating to competition in the commercial markets.
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