Water in Maui's Iao Stream doesn't make it past Wailuku Agribusiness' diversion grate.
Photo: John Duey
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The segment "Maui Water Issues" by Robynn Takayama won a National Journalism Award - "Radio - Unlimited Subject Matter" category,
Asian American Journalists Association.
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Who Owns Our Water? Profits vs. Public Interest
January 5, 2005
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Water is essential to survival. Yet access to fresh, clean water has increasingly come under the control of private corporations, making it less affordable and harder to come by. On this edition, we'll take a look at water as a basic human right. We'll hear about a plan to privatize water services in Lagos, Nigeria, and we'll hear about how activists in Maui, Hawaii are working to recover the island's water sources for public use.
Featuring:
Kapua Sproat, attorney, Earthjustice; John Duey, community activist, Hui o Na Wai Eha; Isaac Moriwake, attorney, Earthjustice; Avery Chumbly, president, Wailuku Agribusiness; Lucienne deNaie, vice president, Maui Tomorrow; Maude Barlow, national chairperson, Council of Canadians; Anil Naidoo, organizer, Blue Planet Project; Wole Adeboye, Lagos resident; Kehinde Oyida, Lagos resident; Olumuyiwa Coker, group managing director, Lagos State Water Corporation; Emmanuel Adeyemo, Nigeria Water Partnership.
For more information :
Earthjustice
223 South King Street, #400
Honolulu, HI 96813-4501
808-599-2436; eajushi@earthjustice.org
www.earthjustice.org
Maui Tomorrow
P.O. Box 429
Makawao, HI 96768
808-572-6406
www.maui-tomorrow.org
Council of Canadians
700-170 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa, ON, K1P 5V5 Canada
800-387-7177; inquiries@canadians.org
www.canadians.org
Blue Planet Project
www.canadians.org
Lagos State Water Corporation
contact@lagoswater.com
www.lagoswater.com
Africa Infrastructures Foundation
P.O. Box 7793
Shomulu, Lagos, Nigeria
+234-1-493-1809; pax@infoweb.abs.net
www.gwpforum.org