WAC has addressed problems in privatisation inn Australia in the seminar Privatisation: The Cost of Water Reform? 18 May 2011. See also the Brochure, Media release and the YouTube: http://www.unisa.edu.au/hawkecentre/events/2011events/WAC.asp. Overseas the issue is causing major public protest:

Italian Voters Turn Out Against Water Privatization - Rich Bindell Foodandwaterwatch.or 15 June 2011: http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/blogs/italian-voters-turn-out-against-water-privatization/

The Victory of the Italian People is a Victory for the People's Global Struggle against Water Privatization! http://www.w4pn.org/index.php/w4pn-latest-statement/2-w4pn-category-statements/47-the-victory-of-the-italian-people-is-a-victory-for-the-peoples-global-struggle-against-water-privatization.html