Water Study

League of Women Voters
of Lexington, KY

RESOURCE COMMITTEE ON WATER

and
POSITION ON WATER OWNERSHIP

October 2005

ABOUT THIS REPORT: The League of Women Voters’ Resource Committee on Water identified questions relating to the ownership of Lexington’s water utility and pulled together research in an attempt to provide background and information related to this issue.

The report and resource materials are presented here to enable League members and the public to examine information related to the issue.

On October 11, 2005 the League of Women Voters of Lexington concluded that “based on …all of the research and deliberations, the League of Women Voters of Lexington favors public ownership of Lexington’s water utility. We further conclude that under any ownership (public or private), local citizens should maintain oversight of water resources.”

What follows is a list of materials related to the water study.

· League of Women Voters of Lexington Position on Public Ownership of the Water Utility (October 2005)

· LWV of Lexington Resource Committee on Water Report to the Board (September 10, 2005)

· Water Study Comparisions

· Questions presented to representatives of proponents and opponents of local ownership and responses (Summer 2005)

· Mayor’s Water Authority Task Force Report (March 2004)

· The Dupree Report (May 2002)

· Local Water, Foreign Money & Local Growth (2004)

· LWV of Lexington Water Supply Study Report (1970)

· Water for Profit, including The Giants of Water

· Who Owns Your Water? (2003)

· The Investor-Owned Water Industry