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To: robnhood who wrote (100770)	5/8/2001 10:21:19 PM
From: yard_man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

I can see I need to clarify -- sorry -- by stable, I mean the earnings of established water utilities that are compensated in some kind of rate of return basis as in the states. Some, to be sure, would provide shoddy service in order to get a quick buck -- but that is short-lived -- under rate of return regulation there is no reason to not have a good system since the regulation is really "cost-plus" ratemaking ... In some areas, there has been the subsidization of very wasteful practices -- Nevada, Washington, Florida -- there are many examples of this. Avoid these as an investment ... clean water is becoming a scarce commodity only in some locales -- it is very location-specific. There have been a number of good articles recently -- National Geographic, Scientific American, other mags -- they do tend to lean to the "scare" side ... third world countries have it bad, but that's nothing new. I'd like to see that change myself ... I have a well --- during a dry spell the water had "taste" issues. Too lazy to get around to putting in a conditioner and a filter, I took to buying drinking water at ~30 cents a gallon. Rainfall picked back up and the "taste" issue is gone but we are still buying the bottled water out of habit ... Water treatment is really low-tech for the most part. There is no good reason why people everywhere shouldn't enjoy good potable water, IMO ... As far as investments go -- I would focus on established concerns in the US that have rate guarantees ...