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.
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?
Paris, France Banque des Territoires
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 recordHarmed
None on recordWhy?
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
- Ten years of Eau de Paris: the public operator defends its recordBanque des Territoires · 2020