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Water Privatization Conflicts

A class web site on water privatization and commodification produced by students of Geography 378 (International Environmental Problems & Policy) at the University of Wisconsin, Spring 2004 under the direction of Professor Zoltan Grossman.

"In her book Water Wars, the Indian author Vandana Shiva lists nine principles underpinning water democracy. At least two of these principles are directly compromised by the privatization of water. She states that “Water must be free for sustenance needs. Since nature gives water to us free of cost, buying and selling it for profit violates our inherent right to nature's gift and denies the poor of their human rights.” When private companies try to make large profits through high water prices, it denies the poor the inalienable right to the most necessary substance for life." Read more...

Public Citizen

As the world's water becomes scarce and corporations seek to exploit this scarcity for profit, people around the world are losing ownership and control of water resources on which they depend. Water is a human right; to the extent one has the right to live, one has the right to water. Public Citizen's Water for All Campaign is dedicated to protecting water as a common resource, stopping water privatization and bulk water sales, and defending access to clean and affordable water around the world.

Videos

Blue Gold - World Water Wars

This acclaimed film is a must-see. Our fresh water sources are fast becoming owned by a few large corporations. Watch the short clip below on YouTube. You can also watch the entire film on iTunes, Netflix, and Amazon On Demand.

Flow: For Love of Water

Irena Salina's award-winning documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century – The World Water Crisis.

Salina builds a case against the growing privatization of the world's dwindling fresh water supply with an unflinching focus on politics, pollution, human rights, and the emergence of a domineering world water cartel.

"An astonishingly wide-ranging film. An informed and heartfelt examination of the tug of war between public health and private interests." – New York Times

Visit the official web site. View the movie on YouTube.