‘Corporate vultures’: how Americans fearing higher water bills are fighting takeovers
by Nina Lakhani in Chester and Delaware counties, Pen from US news | The Guardian on (#5VCRD)
Corporations are trying to privatize dozens of public water utilities around the US, capitalizing on the financial troubles of cities
The Octoraro reservoir is a lake in south-east Pennsylvania where locals fish, kayak and marvel at bald eagles and owls. It's a picturesque scene but in the neighbourhoods nearby there are placards which carry warnings.
No to Big Water", the signs say, and Save CWA".
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