The Anonymous Widower

Is Privatisation Good for the Water Industry?

All of the English Water Companies are privately owned, but Northen Ireland Water is owned by the government. So according to the theories of the left, the water supply in the province should be better than that in England.

But it’s not, if these reports are to be believed.

Could this be because, if privatised industries fail to invest and do a bad job, as some have done in the past, they are an easy target and go bust, whereas government industries, like Northern Ireland Water have to fight for every small piece of investment against other things that the government needs to spend? So has Northern Ireland Water been starved of investment?  You could argue too, that the South East of England has suffered one of the worst cold spells for over half a century and the water infrastructure has coped well.

So let’s solve Ulster’s ater problem by privatising water and sewage! A good company would surely do a better job than a bunch of politicians looking to win the next election.

I’ve just sent this e-mail to BBC Breakfast under the title of Northern Ireland’s Water Problems.

This surely lays the lie that privatisation is bad.  The South East of England has suffered the worst cold spell in half a century and I’ve not heard of any problems with the privatised infrastructure.

 Could it be that successive governments have starved NI Water of money?  So let’s privatise it now! After all, everybody in the UK would benefit from the sale!

It won’t be read out.

December 30, 2010 - Posted by AnonW | News | Northern Ireland, Politics, Water