Except this specific thread is all about how the municipal system is failing because either the populace won&#x27;t vote for investment or higher political bodies block it.<p>In that case privatisation can work because it removes short term political incentives from the equation. Corporate structures enable investment and charging what is needed - plus things like water conservation ironically are often pursued more by those with financial stake in the game.<p>A private water utility can be sued into oblivion or killed by regulators over lead issues - yet a public system gets some soul searching articles that still mostly manage to blame capitalists while ignoring the failures of regulators. &quot;Better regulation&quot; is hard to achieve, but America in many ways seems to be truly shocking in how poorly regulated many areas are.