[Durham INC] municipal water system privatization

[Marcilla Smith]

If I may be allowed to fan the vent a little ;) here is a study which says
60% of the global population will face moderate to extreme water resource
vulnerability in less than 12 years:

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FA%3A1007957229865

When Bolivia's third largest city privatized its water system, the
USA-based transnational Bechtel stepped in with "less than optimal" results:

<http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FA%3A1007957229865>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTKn17uZRAE

I wish I could reassure myself that "that sort of thing just doesn't happen
here." However, I'm all too aware that much of the violence our neighbors
to the south experience is actually "exported" from places like a certain
government facility down the road in Fayetteville which shall remain
nameless ;)

Personally, I lack the wherewithal to leave, or I'd probably already be in
Iceland.

I think something like what happened in Cochabamba can be avoided here, but
not with policy-making that ignores historical precedent and ever more
militarized policing. It is going to take a willingness to face the reality
of the situation and commit effort to solutions.

But if not, I call "dibs" for when the air gets privatized. I'M GONNA BE
RICH!!! =P

Marcilla "yes, I probably *do* need medication" Smith

On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 6:34 PM, Melissa Rooney <mmr121570 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> State will take control then privatize it to the highest bidder (i.e. the
> company/interest that greases their wheels the most). Very scary stuff
> here. Water really is this generation's oil...
>
> More and more, Mike (my husband) and I are talking abt moving to another
> country. We just don't like how living here has affected us and our
> lifestyles/quality of life since moving back to the states in 2002.
>
> Just venting...
> Melissa
>
>  ------------------------------
> * From: * Will Wilson <willwilsn at gmail.com>;
> * To: * inc listserv <inc-list at durhaminc.org>;
> * Subject: * [Durham INC] municipal water system privatization
> * Sent: * Sat, Feb 2, 2013 10:26:33 PM
>
>
> Asheville's will be taken over by the state, and probably Durham's, too.
> Rumor is the bills come out next week.
>
> Here's info:
>
> http://www.ashevillewater.blogspot.com/
>
> And here's a petition:
>
> http://signon.org/sign/nc-legislators-governor
>
> So much for local control.
>
> Thanks,
> Will Wilson
> -- http://www.biology.duke.edu/wilson/
> New Book: http://www.constructedclimates.org/
>
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