The company, insisting that it had been forced out, filed a $25 million lawsuit in the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes. The proceedings, which were held behind closed doors, ended in 2006 with a settlement under which Bechtel dropped its claim.Opinio Juris:Bechtel Abandons its ICSID Claim Against Bolivia, 10 February 2006. Retrieved 11 June 2011. With financing from the Inter-American Development Bank the city expanded its piped water system in the aftermath of the riots.Inter-American Development Bank:IDB maintains US$18.6mn for Cochabamba waterworks, 24 June 2002. Nevertheless, under public management half of the 600,000 people of Cochabamba remain without piped water and those with it continue to receive intermittent service. Oscar Olivera the leading figure in the protests admitted, "I would have to say we were not ready to build new alternatives."
