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The possibility of a lack of water has always been cause of a certain anxiety to me since I have come across the first news about water privatization years ago. Where “… one of the world’s great business opportunities” occurred has left a trail of high rates and bad service to say the least. In the words of CBC Radio’s special series on the privatization of water which dates back to 2003: “In the past ten years, three giant global corporations have quietly assumed control over the water supplied to almost 300 million people in every continent of the world. A 12-month investigation by journalists in Canada, the U.S., Europe, Asia and Latin America shows that the results range from questionable to disastrous. And it shows how well-meaning municipal governments in the U.S. and Canada can become vulnerable to the persuasive techniques of these high-powered corporate giants“.
6 years have passed and – from the average citizen’s point of view – it certainly did not get better.
Even though this has little or nothing to do with photography, I thought that collecting and sharing my bookmarks on the subject could be interesting for those of you who are keen to learn more about the business that “promises to be to the 21st century what oil was to the 20th“.
Unless your client is one of those giant global corporations … .
Here are my bookmarks:
Public Citizen: Water Privatization Overview
Public Citizen: Turning On The Tap
CBC News: Indepth – Water Privatization
Food & Water Watch: Private vs. Public
Food & Water Watch: Case Studies Of Failed Water Privatization
Food & Water Watch: Sign The “Protect America’s Water Pledge”
