Who Owns The Water?

23 August 2002 - 12:00pm

Two companies alone supply water to 230 million people worldwide.

"Two French companies alone — Suez and Vivendi Environnement — supply water to 230 million people around the globe, from U.S. cities like Atlanta to urban centers across the Third World. Hardly noticed a few years ago, the issue of water privatization is likely to be a big topic at the United Nations' World Summit on Sustainable Development that begins Monday in Johannesburg, South Africa."

Source: Environmental News Network, August 22, 2002
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Its very unsuitability for an urban center justifies its current usage as a suburban or ex-urban pattern.