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A Sweet Deal for Sugar Creek

A Sweet Deal for Sugar Creek

Mar 27, 2025

The following letter appeared in the Kansas City Star. There is a proposal to sell the Sugar Creek water and...

The Salad Days in Sugar Creek

The Salad Days in Sugar Creek

Mar 7, 2025

The Kansas City suburb of Sugar Creek is considering selling off its water system to Missouri American Water. The proposal...

Good Ideas Done Poorly in Jefferson and Perry Counties

Good Ideas Done Poorly in Jefferson and Perry Counties

Oct 31, 2023

A version of this commentary appeared in the St. Louis Business Journal. As systems evolve and become more complex over...

St. Louis Should Privatize Its Water System

St. Louis Should Privatize Its Water System

Jul 7, 2023

A version of this commentary appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. You have probably heard about all of the large...

Eureka Water Privatization Is a Very Good Thing

Eureka Water Privatization Is a Very Good Thing

Aug 12, 2022

The Post-Dispatch had a very long story about the just-finalized sale of Eureka’s (an outer suburb of St. Louis) municipal...

St. Joseph Should Privatize Its Sewer System

St. Joseph Should Privatize Its Sewer System

Dec 7, 2021

A version of this commentary appeared in the St. Joseph News-Press. The usual problems with water in St. Joseph, Missouri...

Arnold Residents Vote to Privatize Sewer System

Arnold Residents Vote to Privatize Sewer System

Nov 5, 2014

Yesterday, the residents of Arnold voted to privatize their wastewater system by an overwhelming margin (70 percent of voters approved). While some...

Wastewater Privatization: Case Studies

Wastewater Privatization: Case Studies

Oct 14, 2014

As Arnold residents prepare to decide whether to sell wastewater facilities in their city to Missouri American Water, they should...

Arnold Wastewater Privatization: Don’t Waste the Opportunity

Arnold Wastewater Privatization: Don’t Waste the Opportunity

Oct 13, 2014

There’s “gold in them thar hills,” to quote a popular expression, which dates back to Mark Twain and the California...

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