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Two current water stories from Alternet
Jeff Conant of Food and Water Watch has a terrific inside look at what’s happened in Bolivia since the 2000 “water war” in Cochabamba that ousted Bechtel. Conant’s piece is an important look at the problems that communities face, especially in countries lacking in both financial and water resources, to create truly equitable systems of public control of water. The insights in the piece about the problems Bolivians have faced since taking back control of their water and the lessons they’ve learned are important to share with other water justice advocates.
And we’ve got a piece by AlterNet regular Stan Cox about how development is pushing Florida over the brink when it comes to resources like water. This is not only a problem threatening the future of Florida, Stan writes, but also applies to many other states in the U.S.
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