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Presented By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Water System Finance: the Political Pitfalls of Public-Private Partnerships

MANNY TEODORO, DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND POLITICS PROGRAM AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY

Manny Teodoro Manny Teodoro
Manny Teodoro
Free and open to the public

About the Lecture:
Please join us in a Conversation Across Difference, as Professor Teodoro discusses alternative ownership and management models for water and sewer utilities, as well as the political dimensions of public, private, and public-private partnerships (P3s), and what they mean for cost and quality.

Currently about 84% of American drinking water utilities are owned and operated by local governments; about 15% are private, investor-owned companies, and a tiny percentage operate as public-private partnerships (P3s). Many communities with struggling utilities pursue privatization or P3s as potential ways to address their problems. These processes invariably focus principally on finance, with little attention to water quality or political processes.

Dr. Teodoro will share theory, case studies, and statistical models that tell the story of the advantages and disadvantages of public and private ownership of water and sewer for urban/rural and large/small systems.

Sponsored by: University of Michigan Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) and the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Co-sponsored by: Environmental Law and Policy Program (ELPP), Graham Sustainability Institute, School for Environment and Sustainabillity (SEAS)

For more information visit www.closup.umich.edu or call 734-647-4091. Follow on Twitter @closup.

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