Water private

INTRODUCTION  Water is considered a basic human right. This is simply because humans need water to live. Unfortunately many people in underdeveloped nations do not have access to clean drinking water or the infrastructure or technology to filter water from lakes and streams. Approximately 1/8th of the Earths population doesn’t have access to clean water according to (Kumar, 2012). This has started a crusade by large companies like Nestle to privatize water. Tan (2012) shows that, water privatization is the private sectors participation and control over water services and sanitation in a region. However even though if these large private companies take over a regions water supply and enable them to have clean drinking water what would be the price for this service. This topic raises a humanitarian and environmental question. There have been underdeveloped regions that experimented with private water and have failed and this was seen as a violation of their right to water. But, there is still a push from the private sector to build water supplies in underdeveloped regions. Private water means more plastic bottled water or a mark up on water that people in these underdeveloped regions can’t afford. But, still there is an opportunity to have readily available drinking water where is does not already exist.

There are pros and cons on either side and that is what we will explore through this analysis. Private water or the right to water for all? That is the big question here.