Cleanwaterforum : A forum to discuss how to achieve universal access to safe, physically accessible, sufficient and affordable, clean water.

We set up this blog to discuss issues surrounding universal access to safe, physically accessible, sufficient and affordable clean water. These issues include, but are not limited to: 1) whether access to clean water should be enshrined as a fundamental human right; 2) how to respond to the increasingly prevalent treatment of water as a commodity rather than a public good (corporate social responsibility and water); 3) clean water as global health issue; 4) clean water as a poverty issue; 5) clean water as a global security issue; 6) clean water as a gender issue.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

NYT: Entrepreneurs get into the clean water business

Small businesses are meeting demand for clean water - not only for municipal residential uses, but for industry. Small firms are developing high-tech solutions in desalination, water purefication, and treatment processes. The Suez company is often mentioned (it's the world's largest water company) - who has more info about Suez? Also, these companies will soon be bringing this technology to the developing world and drought-stricken areas or areas lacking clean water. What is the balance between profit making and making a profit using someone else's public good?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/19/business/smallbusiness/19edge.html?ex=1214452800&en=e1413e4128b7375e&ei=5070&emc=eta1
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