Multinational water companies once beat a path to buy up privatised operators in Argentina. Now they are desperate to get out, writes Oliver Balch

More than 1 million residents in the rural Argentinian province of Santa Fe are facing an anxious wait to discover if their taps will still flow or their toilets flush over the next few weeks. Since 1995, the province has had its water supply and sewage services provided by a consortium led by the French multinational Suez; now the giant utility wants out, and plans...

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Posted by rjorr at November 21, 2005 5:45 PM