Water Portal

Welcome to the Water Portal on Spinprofiles

Welcome to the Water Portal on Spinprofiles—your guide to networks of power, lobbying and deceptive PR within the water industry. This water portal will track and profile global and regional governing institutions, lobby associations, policy planning organisations, think tanks and agents all involved in the water industry. It will include those of a pro-privatisatisation persuasion but also those who are promoting an alternative vision orientated towards publicly owned and participatory systems. Spinprofiles has a policy of strict referencing and is overseen by an Managing editor and a Sysop and several Associate Portal editors. The Editors of the Water Portal are Tommy Kane and Kyle Mitchell. Priority pages on Water International Water Association World Commission on Water for the 21st Century (WCW) Water UK Water Integrity Network International Chamber of Commerce European Services Forum Margaret Catley-Carlson DFID European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Scottish CBI Regulatory Policy Institute GATS Coca-Cola (This is a list of pages that need work - See more...)

Context of the Water Debate Often taken for granted, water is vital to life. It is the essential component in all asoects and activities related to our well-being and existence - including food and energy production and manufacturing in general. It's clear that if our water suply continues to dwindle, and/or, water became unaffordable, then our lives would be detrimentally transformed. Billions of people are already experiencing and suffering from the mismanagment and unequal allocation of water. Bettween 1.1 and 1.5 billion people in the world lack access to safe drinking water and 2.6 billion people lack access to basic sanitation. 2.2 million people die each year due to low quality drinkning water and/or lack of sanitation - that 42,000 people a week, 90 percent of whom are children (WHO/UNICEF:2005). Exclusion to socially necessary goods and services has horrific consequences that are catastrophic, yet entirely preventable. Issues Text needed here Recent Articles on SpinWatch Rss Water

Categories There are a list of categories associated with this page: Water Water: International Policy Initiatives Water: People Water: Advocates for Privatisation of Scottish water Water: European Actors Water: Governing Institutions Water: Media Water: NGO's Water: Regulators Water: Think Tanks Water: Transnational Lobby Networks Water: UK Actors Water: Industry Water: Concepts Recent changes to pages on Water Recent Changes to pages on Water Recent changes to pages on People involved with the Water industry Recent Changes to pages on Water Recent changes to pages on People involved with the Water industry Recent Changes to pages on Water Recent changes to pages on People involved with the Water industry Recent Changes to pages on Water Recent changes to pages on People involved with the Water industry <DynamicArticleList> title=Newest Pages type=new count=10 </DynamicArticleList> <DynamicArticleList> title=Recently Updated Articles type=update count=10 </DynamicArticleList> References and Resources Text needed here

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