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Article

13 Feb 2005

Author:
Ian Bell, Sunday Herald [UK]

Access to water: it’s a basic human right, so why is it being handed over to big business?

...you cannot risk privatising a utility on which society depends. Water supply is not something that can be left in the care of a board of directors answerable to shareholders rather than the public. [refers to Scottish Water, Coca-Cola, Vivendi (now Veolia Environnement)]