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	Public Citizen \| Energy Program \| Energy Program - Water privatization backgrounder
		On a global scale, water privatization is being pushed by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in dozens of financially-strapped countries, where global water conglomerates are dramatically raising the price of water beyond the reach of the poor and profiting from the Global South’s search for solutions to its water crises.
		Privatization has also involved the installation of pre-paid water meters – a technology that was legally outlawed in England.
		Water belongs to the Earth and all species and must not be treated as a private commodity to be bought, sold and traded for profit.
	www.citizen.org /cmep/Water/activist/articles.cfm?ID=9589 (2145 words)

	Privatization of Water in India Ignites Water Wars
		Privatisation as dictated by ADB and the Wrold Bank thus means that water will be diverted from the poor to the rich, from rural areas to urban/industrialized areas.
		The government' priority for commodification and privatization of water was clearly stated by the Planning Commission Deputy Chairman, Montek Singh Ahluwalia's statement in his opening remarks at the NDC that farmers should pay for water.
		Privatisation is the enclosure of the water commons.
	www.organicconsumers.org /politics/water071805.cfm (1839 words)

	Bottled Water - Corporate Water Privatization - Sierra Club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		While the FDA requires water sources to be “inspected, sampled, analyzed and approved,” it only has one inspector so the industry does the inspecting.
		The pumping can have a significant environmental impact, sucking water from underground aquifers that are the source of water for nearby streams, wells, and farms.
		If there is a problem with water quality in your community, use a good quality water filter which is much cheaper than bottled water and does not produce mounds of plastic waste.
	www.sierraclub.org /cac/water/bottled_water (981 words)

	Bolivia's War Over Water (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The privatization of water is just the latest in a decade-long series of sales of Bolivian public enterprises to international private investors, the airline, the train system, the electric utility, as government officials carefully toe the neoliberal line that "private is better".
		Her water bill went up in January from $5 per month to nearly $20, an increase equal to what it costs her to feed her family for a week and a half.
		You state, "Opposition to the proposed new water law also came from coca leaf growers who, the state asserted, were supported by their cocaine connection." It seems hypocritically convenient that you would so blatantly criticize the Bolivian government on the one hand and yet so readily parrot their false political spin on the other.
	democracyctr.org /waterwar/index.htm (11551 words)

	Water is Life - Water Privatization Conflicts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Water is a commons because it is the basis of all life.
		This leads to water stress among the poor populations of these areas, causing people to drink water that is often very contaminated and hazardous to their health (even though case studies have shown that privatized water can be very contaminated as well).
		Water deregulation is a common demand of the World Bank and IMF as part of their loan conditions.
	academic.evergreen.edu /g/grossmaz/VANOVEDR (2322 words)

	Why Water Privatization Adds Up (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Privatization has bipartisan support as a means of improving the environment and the health of citizens.
		Privatization of water and wastewater services does not change the system for ensuring the water is safe and reliable.
		The partnership in a privatization and the contract that binds it must be based on visible, measurable performance, and reward private companies only if they meet the goals and performance they have promised.
	www.rppi.org /waterprivatization.shtml (2006 words)

	Water and Development - Global Issues
		Privatization of water resources, promoted as a means to bring business efficiency into water service management, has instead led to reduced access for the poor around the world as prices for these essential services have risen.
		Tanzanian people’s struggles with water privatization, and even the struggles of the poor in the world’s richest country, the United States [highlighting water resource commoditization and privatization versus water as a human right with universal access].
		While water is not mentioned explicitly, the right to food includes water as well, because water is essential for humans to live, and is therefore in line with the principles of the declaration.
	www.globalissues.org /TradeRelated/Development/water (4518 words)

	The Water Barons - The Center for Public Integrity
		February 3, 2003 — The explosive growth of three private water utility companies in the last 10 years raises fears that mankind may be losing control of its most vital resource to a handful of monopolistic corporations.
		They aggressively lobby for legislation and trade laws to force cities to privatize their water and set the agenda for debate on solutions to the world's increasing water scarcity.
		While blame for the contamination was never established, a government-commissioned probe showed that a private water company's operational practices had risked the safety of the water supply.
	www.publicintegrity.org /water (948 words)

	Water Privatization - Fact Pack
		Here are examples where privatized water utilities have posed risks of rate hikes, negative economic impacts, inadequate customer service, and harm to natural resources.
		While municipal water in the United States has been traditionally viewed as a public resource, private management and ownership are on the upswing, particularly by international companies.
		Private water companies are pushing for legislation to require cash-poor municipal governments to consider privatizing their waterworks in exchange for federal money.
	www.serconline.org /waterPrivatization/fact.html (2582 words)

	IRC Americas Program \| Water Privatization in Latin America
		Abundant water is provided to industrial users and agribusinesses through canals that divert whole rivers from their natural courses, and through the construction of infrastructure megaprojects like waterways and dams, at the expense of millions of traditional users including indigenous peoples and small farmers.
		Private water company executives say the prices they charge are high because water is a costly and risky business and their companies must make a profit in order to remain competitive.
		“The process of water privatization thus shows a complex strategy of spatial advance: to atomize scenes of conflict and negotiation over water, with the management of urban water in the hands of municipalities while rural water use is managed in dispersed irrigation systems throughout the country.
	americas.irc-online.org /am/2885 (2445 words)

	Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy \| For Land, Liberty, Jobs and Justice
		The goal is to render water a private commodity, sold and traded on the open market, and guaranteed for use by private capital through global trade and investment agreements.
		While the companies argue that the privatization of water services is socially beneficial, the consequence of corporate control is that social and environmental concerns come second to the economic imperative of maximum profits for the shareholders.
		Privatization means that the management of water resources is based on the principles of scarcity and profit maximization rather than long-term sustainability.
	www.foodfirst.org /pubs/backgrdrs/2001/s01v7n3.html (3634 words)

	Water for Profit
		Private water providers have positioned themselves as the solution to the developing world's water problems, notes Hugh Jackson, a policy analyst at the advocacy group Public Citizen.
		Water companies have been conducting annual "fly ins" to Washington, D.C., to press their legislative agenda, lobbying for laws that would protect companies from lawsuits over contaminated water and block municipalities from taking back troubled privatized systems.
		Private water management is estimated to be a $200 billion business, and the World Bank -- which has encouraged governments to sell off their utilities to reduce public debt -- projects it could reach $1 trillion by 2021.
	www.motherjones.com /news/feature/2002/11/ma_144_01.html (2708 words)

	CBC News - Indepth: Water Privatization
		Water for Profit, CBC Radio's special series on the privatization of water, is done in collaboration with The Water Barons an international investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, which is a project of the Washington-based Center for Public Integrity.
		Water, like air, is a necessity of human life.
		A documentary on water privatization in South Africa.
	www.cbc.ca /news/features/water (462 words)

	Privatization of water services
		The privatization of water is becoming a dire issue in a world where the resource is increasingly becoming a scarce commodity.
		In March 2000, the World Water Forum, an international conference organized by Egypt that met in The Hague, concluded that $105 billion per year in new investments would be needed to meet global drinking, sanitation, waste treatment and agricultural needs until 2025.
		A frequent criticism of water privatization efforts is that decisions are often made with little or no input from the people most affected.
	www.waterindustry.org /Water-Facts/world-water-4.htm (982 words)

	Pacific Institute
		"The New Economy of Water: The Risks and Benefits of Globalization and Privatization of Fresh Water" is the most comprehensive examination of the issue of water privatization to date.
		The report looks at the dangers and benefits of water privatization, offers case studies from around the world, and sets forth principles designed to help guide privatization deals.
		Water is far too important to human health and the health of our natural world to be placed entirely in the private sector."
	www.pacinst.org /reports/new_economy_of_water (175 words)

	Water & Sanitation - Privatization Toolkits - Private Sector Development - The World Bank Group
		Water and sanitation services have specific features that complicate their provision and management.
		This Toolkit aims to assist governments in developing countries that are interested in using private participation to help expand access to safe water and sanitation services at reasonable cost.
		In doing this the Toolkit also helps governments to see whether private participation might be part of the solution to problems in the water sector.
	rru.worldbank.org /Toolkits/WaterSanitation (483 words)

	Water — Food & Water Watch
		Join with the growing global movement that recognizes water as a human right and challenges Suez’s irresponsible and dangerous actions around the world.
		Yet today, water is being polluted, depleted and diverted at a rapid rate.
		It’s called water privatization, which means that the world’s largest corporations, like Suez, Veolia and RWE, want to control the world’s water… and profit from it.
	www.foodandwaterwatch.org /water (304 words)

	Who Owns Water?
		Already, the social, political and economic impacts of water scarcity are rapidly becoming a destabilizing force, with water-related conflicts springing up around the globe.
		Until the past decade, the study of fresh water was left to highly specialized groups of experts--hydrologists, engineers, scientists, city planners, weather forecasters and others with a niche interest in what so many of us took for granted.
		The earth's fresh water is finite and small, representing less than one half of 1 percent of the world's total water stock.
	www.thenation.com /doc/20020902/barlow (811 words)

	Water Privatization - Introduction
		The profit motive may provide private water companies with incentives to avoid conservation and efficiency measures since profits depend upon volumes of water sold.
		Also, the privatization of water utilities has posed risks of rate hikes, negative economic impacts, inadequate customer service, and reduced local control, and raises questions concerning public access to information about water systems.
		To ensure public-private water agreements are carefully designed and implemented to protect public interests concerning these issues, strong public regulatory oversight should be a fundamental requirement before a public agency shifts its responsibility for water utilities to a private entity.
	www.serconline.org /waterPrivatization/index.html (307 words)

	Communities & Privatization — Food & Water Watch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		We provide support for the residents, elected officials, water utility staff, and community leaders who are fighting to protect their water from corporate control.
		In addition to serving as a clearinghouse for communities facing privatization, we alert public officials and concerned citizens about the economic, social and environmental benefits of local ownership, and the risks of privatization.
		People have won real victories in protecting their water resources--from the small coastal town of Montara, California, to the highlands of Cochabamba, Bolivia, to the great city of New Orleans.
	www.foodandwaterwatch.org /water/waterprivatization (204 words)

	Holyoke and Aquarion...public-private: private profit at public expense.
		Jack Lyons. The $millions$ of dollars of savings are served up to the ratepayers in the form of rate increases which will more than double current rates.
		and around the world, and it is hard not to come to the conclusion that citizens need local public control of utilities like water.
		Info on water privatization in the US from the Center for Public Integrity
	water.homestead.com (515 words)

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