Burst pipe-dreams: Why privatisation hasn’t improved the supply of our water
Last year Thames Water was hit with a £20m fine for polluting the waterways of Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire with a billion and a half litres of raw sewage between 2012 and 2014. The judge cited a...
View ArticleThe rising tide for the democratic control of water in Barcelona
Barcelona’s battle to take its water company back under public ownership is reaching its climax in the courts and at the ballot box. When the citizen platform, Barcelona En Comú, crowdsourced its...
View ArticleBaltimore City Council Votes to Ban Water Privatization
Baltimore Poised to Become First U.S. City to Amend its Charter to Prohibit Leases and Sales of its Water and Sewer System. Today, the Baltimore City Council, led by Council President Bernard “Jack”...
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How Privatisation Undermines the Human Right to Water and Sanitation
Access to safe water and sanitation has long been internationally recognised as a basic human right, essential for life. But when water becomes a marketable commodity rather than a public good, it is...
View ArticleManila: Privatization is creating an artificial water shortage
Metro Manila’s supposed water crisis is one that is not caused by lack of supply and new water sources, or as some would argue, by lack of foresight and preparations by regulators and Manila Water....
View ArticleHundreds of Salvadorans march against water privatization
Some 500 people marched Wednesday in the Salvadoran capital to demand that lawmakers move immediately to approve a long-stalled constitutional measure making access to water a human right. The march,...
View ArticleSwiss Development Aid, Nestlé and Water Privatization
Last February, the Government of Switzerland announced the creation of a Foundation in Geneva, under the name ‘Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator’ (GSDA). The purpose of this new foundation is...
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The Dangers of Wall Street Water
Health agencies and officials have made it clear that running water is essential to preventing the spread of the Coronavirus. But before mid March, millions of Americans with unpaid water bills and no...
View ArticleCoca-Cola and Cape Town’s sweetheart Day Zero deal
How big business ignored the water restrictions and got away with it As dam levels dropped dramatically at the end of 2017 and Cape Town faced the threat of Day Zero, households were forced to pull out...
View ArticleWall Street Begins Trading Water Futures as a Commodity
Wall Street has begun trading water as a commodity, like gold or oil. The country’s first water market launched on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange this week with $1.1 billion in contracts tied to water...
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