I don't see that the merger of Michcon and DTE has harmed consumers. It remains a regulated monopoly, and serves the public at least as well as DWSD. The private monopoly model with regulation seems to be working well. I suspect Detroiters would benefit if DTE took over DWSD.

If Detroiters were given the choice between keeping DWSD vs. letting DTE handle water, its clear which would be better.

Yet I do find it troubling the think of one private monopoly. But why not, if they can do as good a job as DTE does.