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Thirst for Profits: Privatizing the World's Water
December 13, 2000
Listen/download helpOver one billion people throughout the world lack the most basic water supply. At the same time, agribusiness and other industries are rapidly depleting remaining fresh water sources. On this program, we take a look at the global water supply and the push for privatization.
Featuring:
Chris Daly, Mission Agenda; Jamie Dunn, Council of Canadians; Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment and Security; Beverly Hennessey, Public Utilities Commission; Oscar Olivera, Coalition for the Defense of Water and Life; Sandra Postel, Global Water Policy Project; Lee Travers, Water and Sanitation Group, World Bank.
For more information:
Mission Agenda
2940 16th Street, #205
San Francisco, California 94103
415-626-2303
Council of Canadians
502-151 rue Slater St.
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5H3 Canada
613-233-2773;
fax: 613-233-6776
www.canadians.org/
Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment and Security
654 13th St.
Oakland, California 94621
510-251-1600;
fax: 510-251-2203
www.pacinst.org
Public Utilities Commission
1155 Market St., 4th floor
San Francisco, California 94103
415-554-1830;
fax: 415-554-3161
Coalition for the Defense of Water and Life
www.americas.org/country/Bolivia/bolivia_noticias.htm
Global Water Policy Project
107 Larkspur Drive
Amherst, Massachusetts 01002
413-256-4808;
fax: 413-256-0309
www.worldwatch.org/alerts/990717.html
Water and Sanitation Group
World Bank
1818 H St. N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20433
202-473-4761;
fax: 202-522-3228; whelpdesk@worldbank.org