The Water Research Group is a consortium of researchers focusing on the status of Scottish Water in the Public Sector. At present the Scottish Water industry is in the process of being marketised and set up for privatisation. Our work is devoted to understanding the political and economic factors underlying the current position of the Scottish Water industry and proposing policy alternatives designed to keep water where the vast majorioty of the Scottish public want it - in the public sector.

The Water Research Group is convened by Tommy Kane  

Publications 

Did Flaws in the Application of Resource Accounting and Budgeting Distort the Strategic Review of Water Charges in Scotland
Cuthbert, J.R., Cuthbert, M.: Fraser of Allander Institute Quarterly Economic Commentary, Vol 28, No 4: (December 2003).
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Deep Water for the Scottish Executive

Cuthbert, J.R., Cuthbert, M.: Scottish Left Review, Issue 21: (March/April 2004).
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How the Strategic Review of Charges 2002-06 Casts a Long Shadow over Future Water Charges in Scotland
Cuthbert, J.R., Cuthbert, M.: Fraser of Allander Institute Quarterly Economic Commentary, Vol 30, No.4: (2006).
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Water: A Suitable Case for Treatment
Cuthbert, J.R., Cuthbert, M.:  Scots Independent, Issue no. 927, May 1, 2006
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Risk and Profit: Unanswered Questions about the Strategic Review of Water Charges 2006-10

Cuthbert, J.R., Cuthbert, M.:  Fraser of Allander Institute Quarterly Economic Commentary, Vol 31, No.1: (2006).

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Cuthbert, J.R. How the RCV Method Implies Excessive Returns on Capital Expenditure.

response to OFWAT/OFGEM discussion document on "Financing Networks", published on OFGEM website: (August 2006).

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Water: The Birth of a Cash Cow. Why water privatisation in Scotland is inevitable unless we rethink the basis of utility pricing.

Cuthbert, J.R., Cuthbert, M.: talk given at conference on "Neo-liberal Scotland: Rethinking Scotland in a Global Context", at the University of Strathclyde, 20th May 2006.

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Drowning in Self Interest: the Key Battleground in the Coming Struggle to Prevent Water Privatisation

Cuthbert, J.R., Cuthbert, M.: Scottish Left Review, Issue 36: (September/October 2006).

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