Detroiters want the DWSD, which serves 6 counties and 40 percent of Michigan’s population, to remain in the hands of the public, not private water profiteers.
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Water Privatization is for the birds. Check out this video if you don’t think so http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBSI6Du2yhk . Water should be a basic right not a commodity only for those with money.
I think the people of michigan need to make this clear to the companies and politicans.
On a related note other areas want the water from the Great Lakes for their water poor area. The reality is that if that happens people will remember their water problems now as “the good old days when everyone has enough water”. The water table does not magically replenish itself it takes time.