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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">>The city of Augusta, Ga., for example, says it has saved $3 million a year<BR>
>since it handed over the management of its waste water treatment plant<BR>
>to OMI in 2000. But Sawicky says the public loses trust when big deals<BR>
>fail, such as in Atlanta, Ga., where a 20-year deal between United Water<BR>
>and the city collapsed in January amid complaints about poor service,<BR>
>water-main breaks and brown water coming out of the taps.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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CB: What happened to the level of unionization of waste water plant workres in Augusta , (if they had been unionized before) ? What was the impact on wages and benefits of those workers ?<BR>
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