Currents
Our monthly newsletter with the latest updates on the corporate control of water, featuring community news, legislative updates and action alerts.

Our monthly newsletter with the latest updates on the corporate control of water.
2008
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January
Arizonans reclaim local control of water; San Francisco restaurants take back the tap; Calculate your water footprint; and more . . .
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September
Florida: Beating Back the Bottlers, Citizens Initiative to Appear on Akron
Ballot, FLOW Coming to a Theater Near You; and more. . .
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2007
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November
Congress resolves to solve the Nation’s water woes; New water exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History; Hearing could sink Poseidon desalination plant; and more . . .
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September
New report demonstrates need for clean water trust fund; Join the National Call-in Day for water; Citizens in Córdoba Argentina win water referendum; and more . . .
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August
The Eat Well Guided Tour of America; Thirteen detained for weeks following water protest; Mass support for water rights in Italy; and more . . .
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July
Release of the new report, "Take Back the Tap"; U.S. Social Forum focused on the right to water; Stockton cancels water privatization; and more . . .
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June
Bolivia stands up to the World Bank; U.S. Social Forum in Atlanta; Protecting America’s water; and more . . .
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May
German utility dumps American Water; United States Social Forum in Atlanta; Members of Congress call for a clean water trust fund; Ojai, CA joins FLOW; and more . . .
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April
California communities oppose American Water sale; Americans criticize RWE’s water business at shareholder meeting; Red VIDA meets in Peru; "Thirst" hits the bookshelves; and more . . . -
March
Congress votes on Water Funding Bill; Bush Administration promotes tax break for private water companies; California American Water attempts to drown Larkfield campaign; Michigan residents mobilize against Nestlé; and more . . . -
February
African water network launched at World Social Forum in Kenya; President cuts funds for water while promoting privatization; Water for All focus on investment battle in Tanzania; and more . . .
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January
RWE/American Water stays in the headlines; Letters are delivered to Suez in Bolivia; Indigenous Mexican women shut-off water in protest; and more...
2006
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December
Ohioans joins the fight for public control of water; Calling on the new Congress to protect America's water; Suez contract approved despite popular uproar in Argentina; and more...
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November
Stockton Privatization ruled illegal; Blue October a success; Peru scraps proposed privatization; Delsalination update; Election Day wins and losses and more...
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October
Blue October opens a month of international action to challenege corporate control of water; Private water companies gather in California to plan the control of US water interests; Salvadorans and Argentinians defend their right to water; Report from the New England Water Conference and more...
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September
Blue October: Participate in International Actions; and more... -
July
WTO and water; Water rights ini South Africa; American Water in Felton; Suez's exit of Bolivia and more...
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June
Lexington voters get their turn; Mayors support public funding for water; New Jersey town wants out of corporate contract and more...
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May
Greeting cards for a good cause; WTO's next war on clean and affordable water; Long hot summer for ocean water desal and more...
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April
Bush puts drinking water at risk; U.S. mayors make a splash at RWE’s annual shareholder meeting in Germany; The promise of affordability in Detroit slowly emerges and more...
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March
Report from the 4th World Water Forum; Another step forward for desal, another step backward for the public; Suez Leaves Argentina and more...
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February
RWE shirks responsibilities; Communities step up; Bechtel versus Bolivia: THE PEOPLE WIN!; Biwater files claim in Tanzania and more...