COMMONS MAGAZINE
Water Corporate initiatives to privatize, control, deplete or pollute fresh water around the world are intensifying, which raises sobering questions about fair access to an indispensable resource for life. The commons provides many constructive answers to this growing threat.
To ensure safe drinking water for all, Arturo Quevedo vigilantly protects local watersheds for the municipal water utility in Loja, Ecuador. (Photo by Daniel Moss)
Drinking water for New York City is protected by strict land use policies in places far from the city. (By David Leip under a CC license.)
Conservation policies ensure both safe drinking water and ecological preservation
Detroit's recovery will lose ground if thousands of people are run out of their homes after the city shuts off the water.(Photo by S.J. Carey under a Creative Commons license)
Thousands of people face water shut-offs as part of privatization strategy
Creating new avenues for genuine citizenship and a revitalized civil society
