The Privatization of Detroit: Massive Termination of Water Services | Global Research
By Abayomi Azikiwe
Federal bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes continued his anti-people legal reasoning by denying a motion to reconsider his decision not to halt water shut-offs in Detroit.
Since January some 31,000 households have been subjected to a concerted policy of massive terminations of water services. Even though officials of the Detroit Water & Sewerage Department (DWSD) claim that most customers paid their designated arrears allowing a reconnection of service, there still remains an undetermined number of people who are living without water or have been forced to re-locate.
Earlier in June, a spokesperson for emergency manager Kevyn Orr told the Detroit Free Press that the termination of water services was an integral part of the City of Detroit’s restructuring. For weeks officials at the DWSD denied there was a problem until protests and a public outcry drew global attention to the conditions prevailing in the majority African American municipality
