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Water Privatization

26 events in this timeline

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  1. 1992-12-09 December 9, 1992: Aguas Argentinas Wins 30-Year Concession to Operate Buenos Aires Water Utility
  2. 1993-04-28 April 28, 1993: Argentina Sells Public Water Utility to Private Consortium
  3. 1999-11-29 November 29, 1999: Aguas Argentinas Renegotiates Contract with Argentina
  4. 2001-01-09 January 9, 2001: Aguas Argentinas Implements Third Rate Hike
  5. 1993-2001: Aguas Argentinas Earns High Rate of Profit, Despite Failure to Meet Contractual Obligations
  6. 1996: Aguas Argentinas Fails to Expand Water and Sewer Services to Poor Neighborhoods in Buenos Aires
  7. 2001: Aguas Argentinas Demands Argentine Government Act to Protect Company’s Profits in Midst of Financial Collapse
  8. 1997: Aguas Argentinas Seeks Revisions to its 30-Year Water and Sewer Contract
  9. Spring 1996: Aguas Argentinas Imposes $800 Water and Sewer Connection Fee, Massive Protests Ensue
  10. (Summer 1993): New Private Water Company in Buenos Aires Cuts Off Water to 10% of its Customers for Non-Payment
  11. (Early 1994): Aguas Argentinas Raises Water Rates 13.5 Percent
  12. (Between 1994 and 1997): Argentine President Appoints Political Ally to Head Agency that Oversees Management of Buenos Aires’ Privatized Water Utility
  13. May 1998: Aguas Argentinas Raises Water Rates Again
  14. November 1996: Argentine Government Allows Private Water Company to Levy Fee That Was Not in Original Agreement
  15. (Mid-1996): Argentine Congress Accuses Aguas Argentinas of ‘Serious and Grave’ Breaches of Contract
  16. 1991: Head of Buenos Aires Water and Sewer Utility Says Privatization Needed
  17. 2003: Buenos Aires Poor Still Lacks Access to Safe Drinking Water
  18. April 1996: Buenos Aires Residents Protest Water and Sewer Connection Fees
  19. 1991-1993: Ahead of Privatization, Water Rates Begin to Rise Rapidly in Buenos Aires
  20. 1998-2000: Bechtel Subsidiary Wins Bolivian Water Supply Contract; Prices Doubled
  21. 1980s-1993: Buenos Aires’ Public Water Utility Company Unable to Meet Needs of Growing Population
  22. (1997): Argentine Government Official Tells Congress that Aguas Argentinas Has Failed to Keep Its Promises
  23. Early 1990s: French Government Officials Lobby on Behalf of French Water Companies for Argentine Water Utility Concession
  24. June 1992: World Bank President Says Argentina Neoliberal Reforms Are ‘An Example for All of Latin America’
  25. (Early 1994): World Bank Buys 5% Stake in Aguas Argentinas
  26. 1991: World Bank Funds Team of British Consultants to Advise Argentina on Privatization of Public Utilities