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Unmeasured Danger: America’s Hidden Groundwater Crisis
2009-07-21
Farmers in the western United States are drilling ever deeper to water their crops. Mainers are concerned with lowered water levels in their wells when water bottlers come to town. Arizonans see the Santa Cruz River withering away. In communities around the country, these citizens are all seeing the effects of a decline in one of our most crucial but least understood natural resources: groundwater.
All Bottled Up: Nestlé’s Pursuit of Community Water
2009-01-12
Inside Food & Water Watch's report, All Bottled Up: Nestlé’s Pursuit of Community Water, find information about: Nestlé, profits, groundwater, purity, health and safety, Arrowhead, PureLife, Calistoga, Deer Park, Zephyrhills, Poland Spring, Ozarka, Perrier; Wells, Maine; McCloud, California; the Dells, Wisconsin; Shapleigh, Maine; aquifer; Mary Taylor; Jamilla El-Shafei; plastic bottles, plastic pollution, trash, landfills, toxic gas and ash
Free Your Event from Bottled Water
2008-12-18
A Practical Guide to Take Back the Tap at Your Next Event and Avoid the Waste, Expense and Environmental Problems with Bottled Water
American Water
2008-12-01
RWE’s short, uneasy U.S. experiment is a cautionary tale for all concerned — water companies, regulators, elected officials and citizens alike. The American Water experience raises the question: Should a resource so essential to life be controlled by multinational, for-profit corporations, or safeguarded by the public with strong local oversight and accountability measures?
Aqua America
2008-10-14
Aqua America is the second largest publicly traded water and wastewater corporation based in the United States. It has pushed its way to the top through a strategy of aggressive acquisitions and drastic rate increases. Aiming to make several dozen acquisitions a year, the company targets smaller systems to avoid a citizenry armed with resources to fight the takeover. And it pursues systems in states that have fast growing populations, corporate friendly regulatory environments and considerable investment needs. Of course, all of this is done with an eye toward its bottom line.
Costly Returns
2008-06-20
Costly Returns: How Corporations Could Profit from Inflating the Already High Cost of Repairing the Nation’s Crumbling Water and Sewer Infrastructure
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- Unmeasured Danger: America’s Hidden Groundwater Crisis — Farmers in the western United States are drilling ...
- All Bottled Up: Nestlé’s Pursuit of Community Water — Inside Food & Water Watch's report, All Bottled U ...
- Free Your Event from Bottled Water — A Practical Guide to Take Back the Tap at Your Nex ...
- American Water — RWE’s short, uneasy U.S. experiment is a caution ...
- Aqua America — Aqua America is the second largest publicly traded ...