Controversy Of Water Privatization

Water covers 71% of the earth. Water is needed for every person to survive. Yet water is bottled up and sold for profit. Some water bottling companies are making more profit than others, and not putting the profits back into the water source they use. The big company that comes to mind is Fiji Water. While Fiji Water is making millions selling water in the U.S. the island of Fiji is suffering. Fiji Water has the government in their pocket, and does nothing to help the island nation. Fiji Water can keep their profits high by masking their flaws and making the product look as appealing as possible on store shelves.

With 1,400 miles of water and 9 states using it- water is running out fast. Farmers that use the water are saying that they have more legal rights to use the water since they are growing food to give to everyone. Although, cities are needing water to keep their people alive as well.

The quality of water however falls solely on humans, who are the number one hazards to the precious water we have become so addicted to. The obligation for safe, clean, drinkable water is an individual responsible; if you die or fall victim to dehydration the blame falls on the suffering individuals. That being written, no person should have the right to revoke water from anyone. If an organization has taken it upon themselves to treat, facilitate, and distribute water in return for some compensation then any persons may purchase this service so long as the required payments are being

Whether water is a human commodity or basic human right has become a large problem around the world while dealing with the availability of clean drinking water in developing societies. If water is either recognized to be a right or a commodity, many complications come to these developing countries in several social and political aspects. A human right is a freedom and a right that belongs to everyone in the world. Water as a human right gives everyone the right to water as

Environmental Attorney Jim Olson said, “Water is a transient gift on earth for life” (Menzies, 2010). To me this means water was provided to us by God as a means of survival and ongoing life. Water belongs to no one person yet all of us at the same time. A better solution than House Bill 6443 would be a bill that instead imposes a high tax on the withdrawal of water for commercial use. Honestly I can’t believe there is no such law. Government should play a larger role in the preservation of our natural resources; however it is ultimately up to us as individuals to be conscious consumers. Without consumers there are no markets.

I think Barlow’s reading was important as a whole. It was surprising to learn that a natural resource like water is something that is not available to many people. People are struggling to get water that god provided every with equally. The purpose of privatization of water is to make it cheaper for poor people so they can afford it. Suez and Vivendi is two main role players in privatization of water. Their job is to make water cheaper and available for everyone but rather they are using water as a way of making money and becoming rich. They are providing water to poor people but not to all the poor people only to the ones that can afford to pay for it. Cooperation is not doing everything they are supposed to be doing to provide everyone with

Water is being used in so many ways to make some sort of profit. From being used at water parks, being used in farming, but most importantly being bottled and sold. some of the biggest companies that have done this are Arrowhead, Aquafina, Crystal Geyser, Dasani, and many more. During times of drought, it is ethical for companies to continue their use of water from local sources. bottled water merely impacts the amount of water taken from local sources compared to agricultural industry.

Ineffective or corrupt government makes things worse by opening the doors to illegal logging and other crimes in the developing countries. Kenyan government denies using forest land for patronage, and says the areas will be used to resettle poor, needy landless people, but in truth the forest land is being handed over by the government to supporters as a way of currying favor before the next elections. It is too bad that the poor and needy happen to actually be the rich and politically powerful people of Kenya. It is not the poor that the environmentalist and ecologist are dealing but the government and their corruption where they encourage mismanagement of resources and complain that they are poor. Before the election in 1997, Kenyan President

The concept of race outlives slavery and limits emancipation through the manifested ideals of white supremacy and white privilege. The criminal justice system sets back colored communities by arranging political boundaries and looking back on the precedent set by the emancipation proclamation. With the ideologies shared within the Doctrine of Discovery, the Tenets of the Eugenics Movement, and Neoliberal Capitalism, some multinational companies attempt to privatize water. While water has remained an unpriced commodity for most of the world, consumption and scarcity have raised some questions on whether the world can benefit from water privatization.

Water is just as important as air, it is a basic need for life, ever since the

The concept of race outlives slavery and limits emancipation through the manifested ideals of white supremacy and white privilege. The criminal justice system sets back colored communities by arranging political boundaries and looking back on the precedent set by the emancipation proclamation. With the ideologies shared within the Doctrine of Discovery, the Tenets of the Eugenics Movement, and Neoliberal Capitalism, some multinational companies attempt to privatize water. While water has remained an unpriced commodity for most of the world, consumption and scarcity have raised some questions on whether the world can benefit from water privatization.

Water competition is growing, and it is becoming a economic problem. Government and companies started to treat water as a far more precious resource than they have in the past. Some companies have already worked with the Nature Conservancy to protect freshwater sources in Latin America. Some countries have built industries in desalination to tackle its own water scarcity problems. Companies face risks to their reputation—they need to consider how their use of water will be viewed by the communities around them.

Water is a utility service for many people since its treatment, distribution, and recycling is funded by the taxpayer. Water is also a scarce commodity among some communities around the world. Privatization of water would allow firms to make it a profitable venture. Both domestic and global business environments have interesting ethical dilemmas to navigate. Peter Brabeck, the former Nestle CEO noted that water is not a basic human right but a commodity that should be privatized and controlled. Although the Universal Bill of Human Rights declares that withholding the resource takes away human dignity it fails to specifically grant the right to water. However, if water is a basic human right, it should be justly and freely available to all. Therefore, water is a right entitled to all human beings and thus should not be privatized.

Water is vital for humanity as it sustains human life and is a fundamental aspect in most of the products which are consumed by an average living person. This is why water supplies are crucial, because through them this substance is provided sadly these services are being perturbed by various obstacles that at the end are provoking a severe water scarcity around the globe. This has been attempted to be solved by privatising water services, since it is believed that water available for free has generated an overexploitation of this resource. However, this apparent solution is encouraging the problem due to the inefficiency and corruption of these companies. That is why the purpose of this paper, before all else, will be to analyse the

Water is a human right, not a commodity. It is the essence of life, sustaining every living being on the planet. Without it we would have no plants, no animals, no people. However, while water consumption doubles every twenty years our water sources are being depleted, polluted and exploited by multinational corporations. Water privatization has been promoted by corporations and international lending institutions as the solution to the global water crises but the only one’s who benefit from water privatization are investors and international banks. The essential dilemma of privatization is that the profit interests of private water utilities ultimately jeopardizes the safeguarding of the human right to water. Access to clean, sufficient