Collaboration of the private sector in the management of the public water service in Algeria

Abstract

The aim of this work is to tackle the problem of expansion of economies and growth of needs, as well as the population growth which is leading to increase the demand for water in many sectors. The water combines the concepts of natural resources and the basic thing in living, industry, climate, housing, health, tourism and transportation. All of these are related to water as well as many decisions are taken in other fields have direct and indirect effects on it, making it a fundamental variable in the development policies of States and territories in the terms of development that increases the interdependence of individuals and common resources. These different fields are affected by water as well as it is affected by it. Due to of its biological role and high cost of infrastructure for its exploitation as a permanent product of nature. This led many countries to manage it for long periods as a general monopoly of natural resource, for its political role as a protector for the public interest. For Algeria, It considered that the issue of the management of water resources and the collaboration of the private sector in managing the means to provide them with the quantity and quality required is a worthy challenge