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[box] 16 May 2013: The Ilion Municipality Council, having hold a meeting on the privatization of EYDAP, unanimously declared that: “This Council stands against the privatization of any company or institution dealing in public goods. As EYDAP deals with water, which is the number one public good and a natural resource, we can only oppose its privatization and we hereby declare our will to use any and all legal means in order for water to remain a public good used for public welfare. Our decision applies also to the recycled Psytalleia water, which, after being biologically processed, can easily be used for irrigation purposes in Attica both within and outside the city limits.”[/box]
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22 May 2013
A resolution concerning the privatization of EYDAP
In a meeting held on Thursday 16 may 2013, the Ilion Municipality Council (Attica, Greece) unanimously came to the following resolution:
“The Ilion Municipality Council stands against the privatization of any company or institution dealing in public goods. As EYDAP deals with water, which is the number one public good and a natural resource, we can only oppose its privatization and we hereby declare our will to use any and all legal means in order for water to remain a public good used for public welfare. Our decision applies also to the recycled Psytalleia water, which, after being biologically processed, can easily be used for irrigation purposes in Attica both within and outside the city limits. Water is a natural source of life, is absolutely necessary to all human beings and can be used as a means for the development of a country. We cannot ever allow it to become a trade commodity used for private profit. It shall remain a natural resource available to all citizens; vulnerable social groups shall have access to it in special low prices. As already has been internationally proved, the privatization of water resources led to higher prices, bad maintenance of the necessary infrastructures, the lowering of its quality, neglect for environmental protection, a rise in losses during transfer and the depletion of the water sources. The tendency therefore, all over Europe, is for water companies to return to public/municipal management. The Ilion Municipal Council, considering that water management must be run by public authorities, demands that EYDAP be exempted from privatization. In order to protect the water resources and the environment in our country we are prepared to cooperate with other municipal councils to this purpose.”
This resolution shall be sent to YPEKA (Special Water Resources Bureau) and made public through the Internet and the local press
Dimitrios Koukouvinos
Chairman
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