Please donate a dollar to two to support the Freedom of Information Request for financial information about American Water Services contract with the City of Hamilton.
Hamilton City Council says it will cost $2800 to get information about the contract with American Water Services. We say that the people of Hamilton want public access to information and will buy it with their loonies and their toonies if they have to.
Hamilton Water Watch is a coalition of environmental, neighbourhood, faith and union groups.
Initial sponsoring groups: Hamilton Council of Canadians, Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace; Canadian Union of Public Employees; Hamilton Labour Council; Environment Hamilton
Our objectives are:
- To return Hamiltons water and wastewater treatment to public operations
- To ensure that the public interest is paramount in any contract with a private operators for water and wastewater treatment
- To monitor the performance of Hamiltons water and wastewater treatment.