Not sure how water is set up, but I think municipalities should own the network infrastructure and rent/lease it out to private companies. This keeps the city

Not sure how water is set up, but I think municipalities should own the network infrastructure and rent/lease it out to private companies. This keeps the city from having to run a business, instead they just maintain the infrastructure (like pipes/roads) and let the private companies duke it out themselves. This is always how I had it in my head, but apparently there's a name for it (Open access network): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-access_network https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-access_network