[PAA-Discuss] Tell Congress: Don't use foreign aid to privatize water

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_Stop  Congress from pushing water privatization through foreign aid!  _ 
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Dear  Juli,


_Take  action to protect public water in the Global  South.
_ 
(http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=uLfYMNjlgqzegEtSGXRaZg7VRbdCvGg+) The Water  for the World Act 2009 sets the goal of bringing 
safe drinking  water to 100 million people for the first time. This is an  
important goal for which the U.S. should strive.  However,  the bill 
contains a peripheral component that encourages  public-private partnerships, which 
have been used in the U.S. and  abroad to privatize municipal water 
systems. _Act  now by telling Congress to remove this corporate-biased component  
of the bill._ 
(http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=2orJiH/2cBm65mMUMmvNAg7VRbdCvGg+) 
Chances are good that you, like 85% of  Americans, receive your household 
water from a publicly owned and  managed water company. This ensures that 
decisions are made  locally and that revenue is reinvested at home. People in 
the  Global South benefit from and deserve public water management just  as 
much as we do.  
The Water for the World Act 2009 was  introduced in the House as H.R.2030 
by Rep. Blumenauer (D-OR) and  in the Senate as S.624 by Senator Durbin 
(D-IL). Food & Water  Watch has written alternate language that removes the  
privatization loophole and we are lobbying the bill's sponsors to  get it 
corrected, but Congress needs to hear from you. _Tell  them it is unacceptable for 
the U.S. government to be pushing  privatization on poor countries._ 
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(http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=z68C4xrqvN/GD4z//x/RDg7VRbdCvGg+) Thanks for taking action,

Darcey  O'Callaghan 
International Policy  Coordinator 


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that works to ensure clean water and safe  food. We challenge the corporate 
control and abuse of our food and  water resources by empowering people to 
take action and by  transforming the public consciousness about what we eat 
and  drink. 
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