UN urges end to 'water apartheid'

[YankeyMCC]

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A new report from the United Nations Development Programme has demanded a big increase in spending to provide clean water.

The UNDP wants another $4bn (£2bn) a year spent, and says that water has not received the attention it deserves.

Water-borne diseases such as diarrhoea kill far more people than HIV/Aids and malaria combined, it said.
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In the modern world of what Mr Watkins calls "water apartheid", the rich do not suffer in the same way, and the incentives for government to act are less.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6131922.stm

$4bn/yr - Much cheaper than war.

[KittyWampus]

1. The Rich definately have plans to control all water which should belong only

to the citizens of every country.