Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Water!!

Who owns fresh water resources? Who should?

Fresh water is owned by different governments depending on the situation. For example in Switzerland, there is a lot of fresh water, and this water is cleaned and then given to us through the tap. However, in a lot of countries you cannot drink the water out of the tap, or there is no tap at all. In this case, the government owns a resource with fresh water, and fills it up in bottles, which is then given to the citizens. The problem with this is that it costs money. The countries that are very dry and don't have a lot of money have a bigger problem. Most of their resources are dried up or the government doesn't have the will or money to provide fresh water for them. Due to this the fresh water resources should be taken care of an organization, like the UN. This organization, would take control over the water resources which "don't have a name". Meaning, water resources like Evian will still have control over their territory. However, all the resources that don't have a name should be given to the countries that need it, for example Africa.

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