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Waterjustice.org was born at the fourth World Social Forum (Mumbai, January 2004). Inspired by seminars on alternatives to water privatisation and how to finance public water, groups from around the world committed to intensify their co-operation on these key issues. One of the decisions was to develop waterjustice.org into a virtual resource centre and meeting place for exchanging experiences, debate and strategise.


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Apr 04 2013
Borrowing Trouble: Water Privatization Is a False Solution for Municipal Budget Shortfalls
Supplied or written by Food & Water Watch
http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/reports/borrowing-trouble-water-privatization-is-a-false-solution-for-municipal-budget-shortfalls/ 


The 2008 global financial crisis left many governments around the world with serious fiscal challenges. Eroded tax bases and growing health and retirement costs created or worsened local budget deficits across the United States, and a sovereign debt crisis rattled the European Union. Instead of confronting these problems head-on, a number of public officials across the globe sought to lease or sell public water and sewer systems to fund ongoing government functions or to pay down liabilities. That is, they have tried to use water privatization to create the illusion of having balanced the budget, when in fact they are just digging the hole deeper.
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Mar 21 2013
The battle to keep water out of the internal market - a test case for democracy in Europe
Supplied or written by Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)
http://corporateeurope.org/blog/battle-keep-water-out-internal-market-test-case-democracy-europe


The European Commission has in recent weeks gone on a PR offensive in response to growing criticism of its pro-privatisation agenda for the water sector. The criticism centres around the water privatisation conditions attached to the Troika’s rescue packages for Greece and Portugal, and the proposed EU concessions directive, which could lead to increased privatisation pressure on public water municipalities across Europe.
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Mar 10 2013
video: Remunicipalisation-Putting Water Back into Public Hands
Supplied or written by Webmaster
The version in English on Youtube is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlSM1TPm_k8

Spanish subtitles is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-pi8Gckpx4

French subtitles is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdk0Jw6T080

Greek subtitles is available at http://youtu.be/A1XAQwcmmnQ

Portuguese subtitles is available at http://ow.ly/jjWkK

German subtitles is available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMwvzE-tEP8

Italian subtitles is available at http://www.youtube.com/user/AcquaBeneComune

Groundbreaking motion design documentary about cities reversing water privatization to regain public control. This video explores water 'remunicipalisation' in Buenos Aires and Paris, looking at the challenges and benefits of reclaiming public water. It calls on citizens worldwide to mobilize around this option. Do it! Remunicipalisation Works! The video was produced by Transnational Institute (TNI), Municipal Services Projects (MSP) and Corporate Europe Observatory(CEO). Credits: Dent De Cuir

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Jan 18 2013
8 minutes programme by German public TV: the European Commission
Supplied or written by Webmaster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbCD8HA11sg

 WDR, German public TV broadcasted a 8 minutes under Monitor program in December 2012, exposing the Commission's push for privatisation in Greece and Portugal, via the Troika.

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Nov 05 2012
Opposition grows to Agbar’s home rule
Supplied or written by Webmaster
Opposition grows to Agbars home rule.pdf

Publoshed by Global Water Intelligence October 2012.


 The recent decision by the metropolitan area of Barcelona(AMB) to award a 35-year integral water cycle concession for greater Barcelona to Spain’s largest private operator Agbar without an open tender is facing concerted opposition from private sector water operators, NGOs and municipalities.
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Sep 04 2012
Video: Weaving Water Networks - Communal Management of Water as an Alternative of Social Transformation
Supplied or written by Webmaster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_SZ-e_IvwY
This video presents the voices from the la Red Nacional de Acueductos Comunitarios en Colombia (National Network of community water systems in Colombia). It networks community organizations under the principles of reciprocity and solidarity in the struggle for water as a fundamental right and the common good. 

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Aug 22 2012
documentary: HANDS INTO WATER
Supplied or written by the Platform for Public and Community Partnerships of The Americas

the documentary about the experiences of cooperation among water committees, is now available on line at this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPqJs5SELqA

HANDS INTO WATER is the result of collective effort and the self-determination of a number of people who have worked together to provide a solution to the problem of water and sanitation in the south of Cochabamba, Bolivia. In this documentary, two water committees talk about their history, their culture and their lived reality, focusing on how they deal with the daily struggle for water and their search for concrete solutions that do not rely on the state or any other outside organization. This documentary is about the exchange of experiences, knowledge and traditional practices and the creation of mutual aid in order to manage water. It is about an alternative form of cooperation, one that is based on solidarity and not profit.

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Jul 17 2012
Revolution of the Thirsty
Supplied or written by Places [at] Design Observer
published by Places [at] Design Observer

the January 25 Egyptian Revolution was not just a revolution of the disenfranchised; it was also what some have called a “Revolution of the Thirsty.” In a land almost without rain, the Nile River supplies 97 percent of renewable water resources, and these days an increasing share of that water is being directed to the posh suburban compounds — where many of Egypt's political elite lives — to support that "greener side of life." Meanwhile, in the years before the revolution, the state water utilities had dramatically hiked rates for residents in downtown Cairo, where some 40 percent of the population lives on less than $2 a day.
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Jul 04 2012
the independent newscast Kontext TV has published a new program: The Fight for Water Justice
Supplied or written by Webmaster

The broadcast is online in English and German versions on our website: http://www.kontext-tv.de/node/237

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Jul 04 2012
Alternative models for water governance and management: the people’s challenge to “green economy”
Supplied or written by Webmaster
by Mary Ann Manahan, Focus on the Global South


 These alternative models of watershed protection and water service provisions are diverse, as they depend on the specific conditions of a particular area or country. Although there is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ option, strategies have exhibited the following characteristics: pro-poor, ecologically sustainable and progressive public water management system.  The article shows practical and workable solutions that do not rely on market mechanisms or the corporate private sector for which profits come before public and community interests.
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Reclaiming Public Water the book, new chapters added, multiple languages!
leaflet about Reclaiming Public Water Network in English and Spanish
- Latest News! -

Mar 31 2013
Water Justice activities during World Social Forum in Tunisia (26-30 March 2013)

Aug 22 2012
short flick competition on the theme Water Scarcity and Conservation

Mar 22 2012
Creation Public Water Network - Spain: "Red Agua Publica"

Mar 22 2012
Water Citizens’ Initiative launches its campaign website

Dec 10 2010
10th December International Human Right Day-Joint Letter to European Commission