Got water?

[Free Palestine]

46 billion - Amount spent per year globally on bottled water

$1.7 billion - Amount needed per year beyond current spending to provide clean drinking water to everyone on earth

More than one billion - Number of people worldwide who lack reliable access to safe drinking water

80 - Percentage of world illnesses due to water-borne diseases

Source: The New York Times (http://go.sojo.net/ct/O7z3e7E1vzXc/)

[Correa]

Which reminds me I have to purchase a water purifier in order to stop contributing to the water corporations. Bad news none the less.

[JokingClown]

In 2000, Bechtel signed a contract with Hugo Banzer, the former dictator of Bolivia, to privatize the water supply in Bolivia's 3rd-largest city, Cochabamba. The contract was officially awarded to a Bechtel subsidiary named Aguas del Tunari, which had been formed specifically for that purpose. Shortly thereafter, the company tripled the water rates in that city, an action which resulted in protests and rioting among those who could no longer afford clean water. Many people had to withdraw their children from school and stop using doctors because of abnormally high costs for water. Bechtel demanded payments even for rain water. Martial law was declared, and Bolivian police killed at least 6 people and injured over 170 protesters. Amidst Bolivia's nationwide economic collapse and growing national unrest over the state of the economy, the Bolivian government was forced to withdraw the water contract. In 2001, Bechtel filed suit the Bolivian government for $25 million in lost profits. The continuing legal battle has attracted attention from anti-globalization and anti-capitalist groups.

Second paragraph.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechtel_Corpo...980s_and_beyond (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechtel_Corporation#1980s_and_beyond)