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SEMAPA Servicio Municipal de Agua Potable y Alcantarillado
Public water and sewerage utility for the city of Cochabamba in Bolivia’s Cochabamba department.
In September 1999, SEMAPA was privatised and sold to Aguas del Tunari, a subsidiary of the
U.S. multinational Bechtel, following pressure from the World Bank and an obscure tendering
process. Between January and April 2000, a series of protests, also known as the “Cochabamba
Water Wars”, took place in B o l i v i a ’s third-largest city because of the p r i v a t i s a t i o n of the
municipal w a t e r s u p p l y and higher tariffs.
SGEA Société Grenobloise de l’Eau et de l’Assainissement
Subsidiary of the French water giant Suez.
SIAAP Syndicat interdépartmental pour l’assainissement de
l’agglomeration parisienne Publicly-owned French company, dealing with
transport and wastewater management.
SiLo Sale in/Lease out
Term used in the USA for a certain type of CBL deal.
SISAB Superintendencia de Saneamiento Básico
(Basic Services and Water Regulatory Authority in La Paz, Bolivia) In 1997, SISAB signed a 30-
year contract with AISA, Aguas del Illimani, S.A., a subsidiary of the French giant Suez, to extend
drinking and wastewater services in the cities of La Paz and El Alto.
SIVOM Syndicat Intercommunal à Vocation Multiple
Association of 21 French municipalities in the Durance Luberon area.
SLVWD San Lorenzo Valley Water District
Public company, established in 1941; supplies water to the communities of Boulder Creek,
Brookdale, Ben Lomond, Zayante and Scotts Valley, in California, USA.
SODIS Solar Water Disinfection
Method of d isinfecting water using only s unlight and plastic PET bottles.
SOSBA Sindicato Obras Sanitarias de la Provincia de Buenos Aires
(Water Workers’ Union of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina) Tried unsuccessfully to prevent the
privatisation of drinking and wastewater services in the 1990s. Soon after the contract with
the private water company Azurix had come into effect, unrest arose within the union. SOSBA
organised workers to resist and promote alternatives to corporate management and actively
cooperated with consumer organisations, especially in those areas most affected by Azurix’
mismanagement. In February 2002, SOSBA created the public water and wastewater services “5
de Septiembre”, to manage the operations.
SPD Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands
(German Social Democrat Party) Neoliberal orientation; pushes the privatisation of resources and public assets.
SRU Sachverständigenrat für Umweltfragen
Expert panel on environmental issues; advisory board of the German government.
SSIps small scale infrastructure providers
StGB Strafgesetzbuch der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
(Criminal Code of the Federal Republic of Germany)
SUEZ GDF Suez S.A.
French energy and water giant, founded in 1858, with headquarters in Paris; merged with Gaz
de France, therefore now known as GDF Suez S.A.; fields of activity: water and wastewater
management, energy, water treatment, electricity, natural gas, waste management.
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