Public services create wealth and social capital and are an absolute must if a nation has to progress and prosper. Next to air, water is the single most important resource. This has naturally led to many attempts to capture the water supply market and create a monopoly. Water supply includes four important features which affect the choice of the best performance of the organization in the market. Despite the dominant role of municipalities, national governments have played a significant role in financing water management systems given the social sensitivities. There are constant disputes among states for water from common rivers. The European Union has been funding water management projects in the developing countries. The use of dams to store water has always been a controversial issue and a source of much dispute. The communities are to be involved directly in water resources development and management to get good results. Such efforts would do well to understand community needs, learn from local innovators, and develop projects that can be locally managed and sustained.

The efficiency of public services is a truly definitive way to determine the efficiency of governance. A public service would invariably involve the state, either directly or indirectly. The casual observer cannot really understand the intricate workings of a state, but he can do so through the efficacy of its public services.

Public services create wealth and social capital and are an absolute must if a nation has to progress and prosper. At the same time, especially in poor nations, capital is in short supply, leading to the need for various models of delivery. To understand the concept better this paper focuses on one essential public service and the international comparisons therein. The subject is simply too vast to be encapsulated meaningfully in one paper.

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