Industry & Services >> Analyst Interviews >> August 28, 2000

Water Industry Outlook : Debra Coy – Schwab Capital Markets & Trading Group

DEBRA GAINGER COY is a Senior Analyst for Water Industry and Environmental Policy at the Schwab Washington Research Group, which provides political, economic and industry research for institutional and corporate investors. Schwab Washington Research Group is a division of the Research Department of Schwab Capital Markets & Trading Group. Ms. Coy has covered these sectors from Washington, DC, since 1985. She has created a unique franchise in the emerging water sector in the United States and has been responsible for running the only specialty water conference for investors on Wall Street. Prior to joining Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., Ms. Coy was an Equity Research Analyst with HSBC Securities, Inc. and with NatWest Securities. She received her Bachelor's degree from Southern College and Master's in Journalism from the University of Maryland. Profile
TWST: Debra, will you begin by telling us about the World Commission on

Water for the 21st Century, and the rather sobering issues that were

discussed at the Summit of World Water Ministers that