Selling it hard

Pro Water-Is-A-Commodity people (aka corporations or individuals that would profit from water being a corporate controlled resource) are selling hard the idea of "let the free market fix the water crisis". This wont work for one simple reason, life itself is a human right and water is life. If water is a commodity with a market driven value then human life becomes the same. Still you get little articles like THIS ONE talking about how "any economist would tell you to let the market set the price".

The problem with this is the subversive nature, the implying that any educated person knows that water-as-a-commodity is best. People in general don't look too deeply into things that don't directly effect them, and right now we aren't in a crisis the way other countries are. We can all still turn a knob and have water. For how long?

Let me paint you a picture. If corporations like Nestle have their way, water becomes completely subsidized and priced on the free market things will start to break down. Water sources will continue to not have enough to support the area populations in dry regions, becoming more and more severe. Meanwhile other sources of water (such as glacial lakes in Alaska) start being used to bottle and ship water around the world. With no new sources of fresh water however, the supply will continue to drop steadily over time. As supply goes down demand (and price) climb. The corporations controlling the water start making more profit, they don't care about 100 years from now they care about profit margins for this quarter, so no new sources are made the price is just increased. As the price goes up the cost of living goes up. Eventually people will have to choose between paying other bills or having clean water to drink. Poor families in the US are hit first, causing a drain on social services to give water to those who need it, raising taxes. The price goes up more and people have to start making more and more cutbacks on how much water they use. Agriculture gets more and more expensive making food more and more expensive. Eventually people who can't afford to pay are left without and when people get desperate they resort to desperate measures. Look forward to fights, even wars, over water.

This can easily be prevented, but we need your help. Donate, share this site, spread the word, and we can begin making new publicly owned sources of fresh clean water. Our first project is going to cost us about $300k, a very lofty goal, but once it's done and governments and other organizations see an actual example of what we can do, more funding will become available from other sources. Of course it won't be profitable, of course it isn't going to make money for anyone, but it will make sure that in 100 years we aren't living struggling day to day for survival because of a lack of water.