It’s the things we don’t talk about.

Just saw this documentary and it’s really worth a watch:

In every corner of the globe, we are polluting, diverting, pumping, and wasting our limited supply of fresh water at an expediential level as population and technology grows. The rampant overdevelopment of agriculture, housing and industry increase the demands for fresh water well beyond the finite supply, resulting in the desertification of the earth.

There are things we don’t talk about usually, we don’t think about, they don’t even register on our radar but the time is coming when this is an issue that will be all too important to us. Also, did you know New York’s water supply has been privatized?

Water privatization is a short-hand for private sector participation in the provision of water services and sanitation, although more rarely it refers to privatization of water resources themselves. Because water services are seen as such a key public service, proposals for private sector participation often evoke strong opposition. Globally, more than 90% of water and sanitation systems are publicly owned and operated.

Water privatization is a highly controversial topic and touches on the much broader arguments for and against the private control of formerly public services.