Johannesburg Outsources Water Affairs

Feb. 15, 2001

Johannesburg metropolitan council and Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux, an international water company, signed a five-year management contract for the management of the council's water utility.

The South Africa Municipal Workers' Union condemned the move as "privatising the city's water to a multinational."

Anthony Still, executive director of Johannesburg water said the challenge facing the utility was to reduce unaccounted water from 40 percent.

The contract entails paying Suez Lyonnaise a fixed fee of R25m should it meet delivery targets and a R20m incentive for human resource development, capital expenditure, reducing sewer overflows and customer service.

Source: Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux

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