Stop Congress From Pushing Water Privatization Through Foreign Aid!
Protect public water in the Global South.
The Water for the World Act 2009 sets the goal of bringing safe drinking water to 100,000,000 people for the first time. This is an important goal for which the U.S. should strive. However, the bill contains a peripheral component that encourages public-private partnerships, which have been used in the U.S. and abroad to privatize municipal water systems. Act now by telling Congress to remove this corporate-biased component of the bill.
Chances are good that you, like 85% of Americans, receive your household water from a publicly owned and managed water company. This ensures that decisions are made locally and that revenue is reinvested at home. People in the Global South benefit from and deserve public water management just as much as we do.
The Water for the World Act 2009 was introduced in the House as H.R.2030 by Rep. Blumenauer (D-OR) and in the Senate as S.624 by Senator Durbin (D-IL). Food & Water Watch has written alternate language that removes the privatization loophole and we are lobbying the bill's sponsors to get it corrected, but Congress needs to hear from you. Tell them it is unacceptable for the U.S. government to be pushing privatization on poor countries.
Fact Sheets
Reports
- Changing the Flow: Water Movements in Latin America — In case after case around the world, water has bee ...
- Dried Up, Sold Out — Dried Up, Sold Out: How the World Bank’s Push fo ...
- Money Down the Drain — Greedy multinational corporations are after your w ...
- All Bottled Up: Nestlé’s Pursuit of Community Water — Inside Food & Water Watch's report, All Bottled U ...