[greenapple2]

I just watch a film on the water war that is going on around in the world. The question it raised is that is water a human right in that it should be available to everyone or is it something that can be canned, bottled, and sold. Basically, should water be publically own or privatized. Just recently, the city where I go to school, had their water privatized. A company from Germany came and "bought" the water plant. So far, no great changes have been detected, but the problem is that like gasoline, if water is privatized, then companies can charge whatever they want for the water in the long run. What if people cannot afford to buy it? I think that even without food, people can still survive for a few extra days if they have water. So without water, humans cannot survive. Therefore, water should not be privatized.

[natty]

well purifying water cost money.. so that's where it's no longer possible for it to be free... unless we can purify our own water, then i think it's right and ok for those companies who can to charge..

[greenapple2]

Yes, someone has to purify and charge for it. But if it is privately own, they can charge whatever price, no matter what. It should be publically own, in that it should rest on the city to do the purifying and supplying to make sure prices stays reasonable so that people can afford it.

[natty]

i do agree with that.. so it's up to us the consumer whether they would buy the privately bottled one or the cheaper one.. however we do have people who believe that privately own companies do pay more attention to their products and you get better qualities... so now it's up to the publicly or government own one to live up to the same quality as the private companies..

[Sunny]

my water at school raised 10 cents last week and soo expensive at the mall to purchase water!

[Solin]

Water is a human right for sur !

In fact, before I went to asia I don't really understand the water problem ; I am lucky to live in France where water is very cheap : some private water are cheaper than public, so it's more interesting to buy.
But when I was in asia, I mostly drink soda because water is more expansive. Moreover, some private companies producte water from very bad quality...so I really realised there is a big problem.

I think govement must take care of giving everyone the possibility to choose if they want buy private water or public ; make public water be good quality or make private water be affortabled by everyone.

This post has been edited by Solin: 01 February 2008 - 03:37 AM

[lilxgxriah]

yeah...water is deffinly a human right!!! thats why we need to help those who cant get water...like those in Darfur or some parts of china...some of their water is so polluted, so whats left to drink?....yeah, when i was in asia, i had to drink juice and soda or bottled water because the water isnt good enough to drink from tap...very sad actually cause i drink tap at home and it has more benefits than bottle water

[linstah]

i don't think water should cost money because water comes from the clouds. and yeah. they don't pay the clouds for the rain. but i do understand that it does cost money to bring pure water. but they should make water cheappp!!

[katerine]

Wll my dad pays about £220 a year and a bottle of water cost like 90p which sucks water should be free As there like allways telling you to drink it A can of coke is cheaper then then Water

[Darvil]

Bottled water is one of the nasty exploitation of corporations around the world. Don't get me wrong; I believe in corporations in general but this one is ridiculous.

There have been some recent scandals where some water companies claim their water is from some fresh spring. Turns out there is no magical place where they got their water from. Its pretty much tap water with some extra work so they say. Realistically speaking in the US the water purification process for public tap water is actually damn good. Here at least in WA I drink straight out of tap for years now. Even in Thailand, adding a water filter to the tap is fine. I drank water that way for at least 2 years.

It is ridiculous the prices we're willing to pay for bottle water yet we bitch about the gas prices which is even cheaper then water. There is something wrong with that picture.

There is of course plenty of places to use bottled water but I can't believe the average citizen thinks the price is fair.

Anyway I'll stop my rant now. If you guys are a little more curious read the link below to read some interesting information.

http://www.rd.com/special-reports/the-envi...nk/article.html

[Woranuch_KaoZ]

Yeah, that issue raises a lot of questions. To me it doesn't really matter, it just depends on the consumers' choice of product. Even though companies might start buying the water plants, but there is always going to be a competitive motive and then comes cheaper product. I doubt that the price of water will go up.