NOW Magazine recently came out with a five-point plan to save our most precious resource - water.

1 Make water a human right

Former vice-president of the World Bank Ismail Serageldin said, The wars of the 21st century will be fought over water. No fewer than 31 countries are considered to be in water-stressed areas. And by the year 2025, demand for fresh water will far outstrip global supply. We need to roll back agreements that give foreign-owned, for-profit water corporations the power to pry open markets around the world and restrict poor people’s access to water.

2 Adopt a real storm management plan

Our inability to manage stormwater and runoff from rain is costing us billions in both infrastructure and environmental costs.

3 Boycott bottled water

Bottled water companies are sucking up huge amounts of water from rural springs and municipal supplies - and paying next to nothing to do it. As a result, groundwater reserves are being tapped out, reducing the flow of streams and lakes and causing stress on ecosystems. The world’s two biggest-selling brands of bottled water - Pepsi’s Aquafina and Coca-Cola’s Dasani - are nothing more than treated tap water sold to an oblivious public as pure drinking water at astronomical profit rates. To add to the ecological and health fallout, Grass Roots Recycling Network estimates that more than 800 million pounds of virgin plastic water bottles are discarded every year. Time to rethink the hype.

4 Create national standards for clean drinking water; keep water services in public hands

The provision of water services is a public trust. It should never be given up to corporations that view water standards as obstacles to profit, or who would leave poor communities without adequate services because of their inability to pay.

5 Ban water exports and diversions; protect water habitat

We’re not immune to the effects of overuse, global warming and geography.

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