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Cases / Water use · France · date not stated

Paris brings water under municipal control; operator says it cut costs and prices

Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.

Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
  • The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
What the record lacks: 2 none on record · 1 insufficient · 1 not measured See the gaps

Paris brought its water service under municipal control. The public operator says this brought savings and lower prices; the sources reviewed give no independent figures.

What?
Paris brought its water service under municipal control; the public operator says this cut costs and prices. Banque des Territoires
Where?
When?
Reported in 2020, after about ten years of the public operator Banque des Territoires
Who?
Gained
  • Paris water users — savings and lower prices, according to the operator's own account Banque des Territoires
Lost
None on record
Harmed
None on record
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Municipal management of the water service through a public operator. Banque des Territoires
6 of 6 questions answered from the record

What happened

The record, in order.

Banque des Territoires carried the public operator's own account in 2020 that municipal control of Paris water brought savings and lower prices.

The article, titled as ten years of the public operator, defends its record.

    In court and with insurers

    Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.

    Lawsuits and rulings

    No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.

    Insurers

    No insurer decision on record.

    What we don't know

    Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.

    Nature

    • Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.

    Record

    • Insufficient Reported but not verified: the savings and price-reduction claim, as stated by the operator itself.
    • None on record Not stated in the sources reviewed: the size of any savings or price cut, or any independent audit.
    • None on record Not stated in the sources reviewed: the date the service came under municipal control, or the earlier operator.

    Did the harm stop?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Who paid?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Sources

    Voices on record: — Company or project— Government and regulators— Courts✓ Press and investigations— Communities and civil society— Researchers

    Press and investigations