PSIRU published a report on Water Privatisation in parts of Europe

Earlier this year the PSIRU published a report on Water Privatisation in parts of Europe - covering Spain  - France - United Kingdom - including the issue of competition - the report by  David Hall and Emanuele Lobina the report entitled ' Utterly uncompetitive - the home lands of eternal water privatisations ' - The report is available at the PSIRU web site home page www.psiru.org  or at link http://www.psiru.org/sites/default/files/2012-03-W-compet.docx  the reports introduction includes the follwing " The great majority of privatised water in Spain, nearly all privatised water in France, and all the privatised water in the UK, have never been subject to competition. The business is extremely concentrated in the hands of a few companies, which are currently under investigation for anti-competitive collusion. The private business in this sector has been built by gaining uncompetitive, sometimes corrupt, monopolies, and then holding onto them for decades, in some cases over a century. Marseille, host to the World Water Forum 2012, is a typical example. " 
Further PSIRU reports can be located at their home page www.psiru.org