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This 11 page paper considers the impact that the withdrawal of the government is having on urban networks, in this case the water supply and its deregulation in the United Kingdom. The writer argues that the commercial approach that results in the privatised industry places a greater emphasis on the needs of the shareholders and reduces the stakeholder approach. The paper compares the ULK to Italy to gain a European perspective. The bibliography cites 14 sources.
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File: TS14_TEwater2.rtf
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in the rivers and the seas, yet by the time it reaches us to quench a thirst it has become a commercial good, that costs money and time to convert
to a safe product that can be drunk with little concern regarding the safety of the product. This may be seen as a basic need that is supplied, and it
was for this reason that many states adopted a state controlled system for the urban system that delivered this commodity. This was seen as necessary so that the required level
of safety could be maintained without the need for concern regarding the clash of the cost with commercial interest. However, the situation has now changed. Many of the services there
were formerly in the state hands that formed networks, such as water, along with electricity, gas and even telecommunications, have seen many changes over the last few decades. The
withdrawal from government has been seen to occur all over Europe, but if we look at the water industry in the UK and consider the consequences of this we may
argue that it has shown a very different pattern form the more traditionally socially aware countries. In this paper we can consider the implications for the UK and then compare
them to other countries, such as Italy. The state has been forced to withdraw from the maker by push and pull factors, these factors may be seen as the
same in all European countries, it is the response and resultant situation that varied. The need for continued investment, combined with the
lack of commercial pressure had resulted in the impact that is seen in many monopoly markets. This results in the need for more investment at the same time as reducing
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