I am looking for the total number of water utility providers by the
following countries (for example, the US has about 54,000). Tip is
successful
Thanks

South Africa
China
Pakistan
Phillipines
India
Indonesia
Thailand
Vietnam
Romania
Ukraine
Belgium
Netherlands
Turkey
UK
Brazil
Mexico
Egypt
Israel
Canada

<Number of water utility providers by country.

South Africa - 15
China - over 350
Pakistan - over 5000
Philippines - 553
India - 3,700
Indonesia - 15
Thailand - 2
Vietnam - over 200
Romania - 400
Ukraine - 65
Belgium - 4
Netherlands - 10
Turkey - 1
UK - 22
Brazil - 27
Mexico - 32
Egypt - 14
Israel - 1
Canada - 4000

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References:

South Africa - 15
(Source: Water and Sanitation. South African government.)
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:48kvb-qZwJ4J:www.treasury.gov.za/documents/ifr/2003/chp11.pdf+%22five+water+boards%22+%22south+africa%22+&hl=en

China - over 350 
(Source: World-wire)
http://www.world-wire.com/news/0318050001.html

350 municipalities
(Source: Statoids.com)
http://www.statoids.com/ucn.html

Pakistan - over 5000
The municipalities are responsible for providing drinking water.
(Source: Pakistan government.)
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:vvUZQjZJNgIJ:www.environment.gov.pk/pro_pdf/PPCDWI.PDF+%22pakistan%22++municipal+water+%22drinking+water%22&hl=en

There are over 5000 local governments in Pakistan. (Source: Answers.com)
http://www.answers.com/topic/subdivisions-of-pakistan

Philippines - 553 (148 non-operational).
Two private companies operate in Manilla.
In other areas there are 551 water districts (148 non-operational)
administered by the Local Water Utilities Administration. (Getting
Acquainted with the Water Sector, Existing Water Supply and Sanitation
Systems in the Philipines. Ma Theresa T. Agravante. Freedom from Debt
Coalition.)
http://www.freedomfromdebtcoalition.org/main/pages/000199.php

India - 3,700
Municipal corporations - 109
Municipal councils - 1432
Nagar Panchayats (city rural bodies) - over 2100
(Source: Mobilising Urban Infrastructure Finance in India in a
Responsible Fiscal Framework. Subhash C. Garg, IAS Joint Secretary,
Ministry of Finace, Government of India.)
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:pGLMU-FZVW8J:www.worldbank.org/urban/mun_fin/uifpapers/garg.pdf+rajasthan+%22drinking+water%22+%22municipal+councils%22&hl=en

Indonesia - 15
15 water supply companies (Source: South East Asia Water Utilities
Network - SEAWUN. Performance Benchmarking. Asian Development Bank.)
http://www.adb.org/Water/SEAWUN/proposed-members-list.asp

6 private companies ( Source: Indonesia Progress Report on the
Millenium Development Goals.)
http://www.undp.or.id/pubs/imdg2004/English/MDG-IDN_English_Goal7.pdf

Thailand - 2
Metropolitan and Provisional waterworks Authority. (Source: Thailand
Business and Investment Guides.)
http://www.modernthailand.com/eng/investment/infrastructure.htm

Vietnam - over 200
200 water stations in urban areas. Some in rural areas with more
planned. (Source: Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.)
http://www.fao.org/documents/show_cdr.asp?url_file=/DOCREP/004/AB776E/ab776e05.htm

Romania - 400
The local authorities are responsible for drinking water supply.
There are currently 400 public service operators. There are plans to
reduce their numbers to 80 to 100 by 2007 and
40-50 by 2015. (Source: Watertime.)
http://www.watertime.net/docs/WP1/NCR/D10j_Romania.doc

Ukraine - 65
Owned by central government - 4
Owned by municipalities - 61
(Source: Privatisation and restructuring of water supply in Russia and
Ukraine. By David Hall and Vladimir Popov. January 2005)
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:Jr4W37_tw1oJ:www.world-psi.org/TemplateRedirect.cfm%3Ftemplate%3D/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm%26ContentID%3D5023+ukraine+%22water+supply%22&hl=en

Belgium - 4  (Source: Reality.be)
http://www.reality.be/organisations/mrw/environnement/jeudeleau/en/distribution_fiche.html

Netherlands - 10 (Source: Watertime.)
http://www.watertime.net/docs/WP1/NCR/D10h_Netherlands.doc

Turkey - 1
Directorate of State Hydraulic Works is responsible for supplying water.
http://www.fao.org/ag/agl/swlwpnr/reports/y_nr/z_tr/tr.htm

UK - 22
10 water and sewage, 12 water only. (Source: OFWAT.)
http://www.ofwat.gov.uk/aptrix/ofwat/publish.nsf/AttachmentsByTitle/fpe_report2003-04.pdf/$FILE/fpe_report2003-04.pdf

Brazil - 27
Public companies - 25
Partly privatised companies - 2
(Water Supply And Sanitation in Porto Alegre/Brazil. Odete M. Viero.)
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:k43c5QJlFWAJ:users.ox.ac.uk/~prinwass/PDFs/DMAE.PDF+brazil+++%22state+water+companies%22+&hl=en

Mexico - 32
32 state water authorities.
454 potable water treatment plants (only 400 in operation).
(Source: Strategis.gc.ca.)
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/internet/inimr-ri.nsf/en/gr121391e.html

Egypt - 14
(Source: High and Dry. By Rania Al Malky. Egypt Today.)
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=4488

Israel - one national company supplies 90% of drinking water. (Source:
The Ministry of National Infrastructures.)
http://www.mni.gov.il/english/units/Water/WaterSupplycompanies-MekorotWaterSupplyco..shtml

Canada - 4000 (Source: Louise Comeau. Director. Sustainable Communties
and Environmental Policy.
http://www.fcm.ca/english/communications/water.htm
Canada has 4000 municipalities. (Source: Assessment of Drinking Water
and Sanitation 2000 in the Americas.)
http://www.cepis.ops-oms.org/enwww/eva2000/canada/informe/inf-02.htm>

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Great again
Any chance you can find data on the average number of customers that
each of these utilities serves. For example if Inda has 100 water
utilities what % of those serves less than 10,000 customers, less than
50,000, less than 100,000 etc.? If so - I could start a new question
for you
Thanks

<Thanks.>
<It should be possible to find data on the average number of customers.>

As far as Turkey is concerned, the information is not accurate.  State
Hydraulic Works (DSI) is only responsible for management of water
sources for power generation and irrigation. Water utility services
are carried out by municipalities in Turkey. However in metropolises,
water utilities, which are owned by metropolis municipalities, provide
water service for customers. Some examples are ISKI for Istanbul (the
largest utility), ASKI for Ankara, IZSU for Izmir, etc.