Today, one in 6 people lack access to safe, affordable water and the United Nations expects this number to rise. Amid this crisis, some of the world’s wealthiest corporations–like Nestlé and Coca-Cola–are making a profit, often at the expense of the poor. Water, like air, is a necessity of human life. It is also, according to Fortune magazine, “One of the world’s great business opportunities. It promises to be to the 21st century what oil was to the 20th.” A vibrant international movement is challenging the corporate control of this precious resource, and defending water as a public good and an inalienable right.
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Featured Issue: Bottled Water Resolutions
Mayors Vote to End Taxpayer Spending on Bottled Water
The U.S. Conference of Mayors passed a resolution June 23, 2008, encouraging mayors to phase out city spending on bottled water and to promote the importance of municipal water.
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Read the press release.
Read Mayor Newsom’s Statement at the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
Read more about Resolution No. 70.
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