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  2. Bechtel - Wikipedia

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    In 1925, Warren, his sons Warren A. Bechtel Jr, Stephen, Kenneth (Ken), and his brother Arthur (Art) joined him to incorporate as W.A. Bechtel Company, which by this time was the leading construction company in the western United States. In 1929, Warren's son, Stephen, urged his father to embark on the company's first pipeline project.

  3. Cochabamba Water War - Wikipedia

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    20+. The Cochabamba Water War, [2] also known as the Bolivian Water War, was a series of protests that took place in Cochabamba, Bolivia 's fourth largest city, between December 1999 and April 2000 in response to the privatization of the city's municipal water supply company SEMAPA. The wave of demonstrations and police violence was described ...

  4. Water privatization in Bolivia - Wikipedia

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    The privatization of water supply and sanitation in Bolivia took place during the second mandate of Bolivian President Hugo Banzer (1997-2001) in the form of two major private concessions: one in La Paz/El Alto to Aguas del Illimani S.A. (AISA), a subsidiary of the French Suez (formerly Lyonnaise des Eaux) in 1997; and a second one in Cochabamba to Aguas del Tunari, a subsidiary of the ...

  5. Even the Rain - Wikipedia

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    Even the Rain (Spanish: También la lluvia) is a 2010 drama film directed by Icíar Bollaín and written by Paul Laverty.. The plot concerns Mexican director Sebastián (played by Gael García Bernal), Spanish executive producer Costa (played by Luis Tosar), and their group of actors who travel to Bolivia to shoot a film depicting the Spanish conquest of the New World.

  6. Water privatization - Wikipedia

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    In Germany, a British private water company had set up the first piped water system and treatment plant in Berlin in 1852, but the city, dissatisfied with the lack of investment in particular in sewerage, cancelled the contract in 1873. In 1887 Gelsenwasser was created, which remains an important regional water supplier in the Ruhr district ...

  7. B&W mPower - Wikipedia

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    B&W mPower. The B&W mPower was a proposed small modular reactor designed by Babcock & Wilcox, and to be built by Generation mPower LLC, a joint venture of Babcock & Wilcox and Bechtel. It was a Generation III+ integral pressurized water reactor ( light water reactor) concept. In March 2017, Bechtel withdrew from the joint venture and the ...

  8. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant - Wikipedia

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    The Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, also known as Plant Vogtle ( / ˈvoʊɡəl / ), [4] is a four-unit nuclear power plant located in Burke County, near Waynesboro, Georgia, in the southeastern United States. With a power capacity of 4,536 megawatts, it is the largest nuclear power plant and second-largest power station in the United ...

  9. Hugo Banzer - Wikipedia

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    After one month of the contract, Bechtel raised the water rates over 60%. Local people could not collect rainwater either, as the rights to rainwater had also been given to the company. By January 2000, protests erupted in Bolivia in response to the privatization of water. Violence occurred when police and demonstrators clashed. Banzer then ...

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