Category Archives: World Water Rights

Quito, Ecuador — Over 25,000 people flooded Quito, Ecuador’s capital, on March 22 in the culmination of a two week march that began in the country’s Southern Amazon region and spanned roughly 700 kilometres. The march, translated from Spanish to … Continue reading →

Will the St. Lawrence River end up paying the price for Americans’ thirst for water? Canada will come under increasing pressure to sell water to the U.S., with potentially serious environmental consequences, said McGill experts at a recent Macdonald Campus … Continue reading →

28 July 2010 – Safe and clean drinking water and sanitation is a human right essential to the full enjoyment of life and all other human rights, the General Assembly declared today, voicing deep concern that almost 900 million people … Continue reading →

Scientists say the notoriously dry continent of Africa is sitting on a vast reservoir of groundwater. {And} the total volume of water in aquifers underground is 100 times the amount found on the surface. Continue reading more here…. 

Four dollars for a gallon of gas is ridiculous enough, but $4 for a gallon of water could someday became a reality, that is if oil tycoons like T. Boone Pickens and water bottling companies have their way. Privatization of … Continue reading →