Water privatisation in South Africa

[Element Alpha]

Originally posted on the BBCnews website:

South Africa's experience with private water companies is not a rosy one.

Water is life. Everyone should have access to water. South Africa's Bill of Rights states that every citizen has a right to water

In 2000, the government of South Africa compelled the rural people of Ngwelezane in the Kwa Zulu-Natal province to pay for water that they have been receiving for free under apartheid. And as they could not afford to pay, many resorted to using water from streams with the result that there was a cholera outbreak that claimed 200 lives.

They always choose the most profitable and thus pick the juiciest cherry leaving the local public authorities to carry the burden of the poor while they laugh all the way to the bank.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/2959396.stm

 

[LoneDeranger]

In the US, a bottle of clean water costs $1.00

 

[Direwolf]

...not really. Thats only if you buy it bottled. Its worth almost nothing from the tap.

 

[Maxi]

In Finland, we get clean water from our taps.

 

[king John I]

there's a lot of poverty in the world today. be law resturants have to give free tap water to paying customers, that includes mc.donalds. At least in england anyway.

 

[LoneDeranger]

Originally posted by Direwolf
Its worth almost nothing from the tap.

.. and cotains only 4 of the world's 10 most deadliest pathogens.

 

[Axyon]

During the 9/11 crisis, a nearby Starbucks were offering mineral water to paramedics for $90 a bottle.

Not sure if that has anything to do with this, but feh.

 

[LoneDeranger]

Originally posted by Abom|nation
During the 9/11 crisis, a nearby Starbucks were offering mineral water to paramedics for $90 a bottle.

Not sure if that has anything to do with this, but feh.

proof?

 

[Axyon]

Originally posted by LoneDeranger
proof?

... uh. Proof of your pathogens?

 

[LoneDeranger]

Originally posted by Abom|nation
... uh. Proof of your pathogens?

It was joke LOL

 

[Sulkdodds]

Here, tap water is nice.
Here is England, by the way

 

[Murray_H]

Originally posted by Sulkdodds
Here, tap water is nice.
Here is England, by the way

You in a hard or soft water area? Hard water tastes so much better to me

 

[Varg|Hund]

We get nice water that costs next to nothing from the tap here in Sweden. Especially in the winter, when it's nice and cold

 

[pHATE1982]

Soft water tastes like piss... and it's a bugger to wash freaking shampoo out of your hair with it aswell.

 

[dfc05]

a mcdonald's in salt lake city charged my friend 15 cents for tap water

 

[Varg|Hund]

Originally posted by dfc05
a mcdonald's in salt lake city charged my friend 15 cents for tap water

Hmmm? Are they really allowed to do that? *confused*

 

[SpuD]

Originally posted by MaxiKana
In Finland, we get clean water from our taps.

I live in Oregon, USA, its the exact same way. Bottled water and tap water taste the same