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In Focus: Public-Private Partnerships for Water Service — Privatization by Any Other Name

Two bills sitting before Congress would help protect our valuable water resources and expand access to safe and clean water to communities around the world.
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  • FoodWater published this 10/16/2009
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Why Water Bottlers Are Bad for Your Community

Companies that want to make billions of dollars selling bottled water are looking for new sources of water and new sites to build their plants — and they may be coming to your town next. Multinatio...
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  • FoodWater published this 10/16/2009
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Unmeasured Danger: America’s Hidden Groundwater Crisis

Most Americans don’t spend much time thinking about the water in the ground beneath our feet, yet this water plays a vital role in our lives. Water pumped from the ground makes up about 40 percent ...
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  • FoodWater published this 10/16/2009
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Water Protection and Reinvestment Act Clean Water Trust Fund

In July 2009 Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) introduced the Water Protection and Reinvestment Act (H.R. 3202). This legislation would establish a federal Water Protection and Reinvestment Trust ...
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  • FoodWater published this 10/15/2009
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Why Washington Needs Federal Funding for Water Infrastructure

Our nation’s water infrastructure and economy are bound together. Aiding the former will help the latter. Unfortunately, these days, both are treading troubled waters.
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  • FoodWater published this 09/24/2009
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Nestlé’s Move to Bottle Community Water

Nestlé has taken water from numerous U.S. communities for cheap or nothing, bottled and sold it — for billions of dollars in profit — and then dumped the environmental and other costs onto society.
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  • FoodWater published this 09/14/2009
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Fluoride: The Chemical

Fluoride is a chemical compound that is often found in drinking water and has been the source of great controversy. Fluoride leaches into drinking water from natural soil erosion and from man-mad...
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  • FoodWater published this 08/21/2009
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Conservation and Efficiency: The Best Water Supply for Marin

The Marin Municipal Water District (MMWD) is looking for new ways to provide water for its customers over the next 15 years. It is thinking about importing more Russian River water, building a desa...
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  • FoodWater published this 07/31/2009
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Protect Our Groundwater: Support Scientific Data Collection

Most Americans don’t spend much time thinking about the water in the ground beneath our feet, yet this water plays a vital role in our lives. Water pumped from the ground makes up about 40 percent...
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  • FoodWater published this 07/22/2009
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The Top Five Reasons to Keep Florida’s Water in Public Hands

The waters of Florida belong to the people of Florida, and the resource must remain public to keep it safe and affordable. Although public entities typically manage water and sewer utilities, when...
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  • FoodWater published this 06/25/2009
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Is Tap Water Safer Than Ground Water

Many of us take the constant supply water for granted. And just because it's readily available, it does not mean it's always safe to drink. If you reside where your water is supplied to you by your...
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  • bfp-sanrafael published this 06/13/2009
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Guide to Private Well Water Testing and Filtration

Are you among the 15 percent of Americans who get their drinking water from a private well, cistern or spring? If you are, it is up to you to ensure that your water is safe. Unlike public drinking ...
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  • FoodWater published this 06/10/2009
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Sustaining Our Water Future: A Review of the Marin Municipal Water District’s Alternatives to Improv

The Marin Municipal Water District (MMWD) is developing a new program to improve water supply reliability. MMWD staff has identified a theoretical water supply deficit of 6,700 afy by the year 2025...
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  • FoodWater published this 06/04/2009
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Private Control Threatens Milwaukee’s Drinking Water

Milwaukee officials are considering a risky and expensive way to balance the city’s budget: They want to lease your drinking water system. In this scenario, a corporation would pay the city an up...
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  • FoodWater published this 05/28/2009
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Why Arizona Needs Federal Funding for Water Infrastructure

In communities in Arizona and across the country, drinking water and sewerage systems are straining under the weight of decades of federal government underinvestment. In recent years, the State Rev...
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  • FoodWater published this 05/07/2009
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Changing the Flow: Water Movements in Latin America

Th is booklet grew out of a meeting organized by the Red VIDA in Cochabamba, Bolivia in August, 2008. The meeting, which is described in the second part of the booklet, focused largely on the just,...
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  • FoodWater published this 04/30/2009
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The Unbottled Truth About Bottled Water Jobs

The $60 billion global bottled water industry has grown rapidly in recent years.To keep up with the expanding market, corporations are looking for new water sources. Once they identify good or easy...
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  • FoodWater published this 03/11/2009
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A How-To Guide for Santa Cruz Restaurants to Switch to Tap Water

In the interest of protecting our water resources, the city of Santa Cruz, Food & Water Watch and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom need your help and that of all Santa Cruz re...
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  • FoodWater published this 03/11/2009
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Dried Up, Sold Out: How the World Bank’s Push for Private Water Harms the Poor Dried Up, Sold Out

Most people in the United States are accustomed to turning on the faucet and seeing safe and healthful water stream forth. But take a trip into the developing world, and one often finds that the ta...
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  • FoodWater published this 03/06/2009
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A Restaurant Owner's Guide to Taking Back the Tap

U.S. citizens are wasting billions of dollars a year on billions of gallons of bottled water, at least in part because they think it is healthier or safer than its counterpart from the tap. It is n...
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  • FoodWater published this 02/25/2009
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