[apfn-1] WATER ALERT !!!!

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Subject: [apfn-1] WATER ALERT !!!!
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 09:49:32 -0700 (PDT)
From: Vicky Davis eyeswideoopen@yahoo.com

Take Action – Stop the Senate’s handout to the water - See Action Alert Below

Water is an essential service. Whenever private corporations control essential services, they have a license to steal. Remember Enron.

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Bechtel battles against dirt-poor Bolivia
Nation severed water deal after hefty rate increases led to protests

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http://www.icij.org/water/default.aspx
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Did you know the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) allows foreign countries to come into United States and buy our utility companies? Under these agreements, foreign companies now have rights and privileges to come into other countries and buy private utilities such as electric companies, water districts and other commodities that are necessary to a village or a community. Under these new trade agreements we now can have global commercial negotiations and foreign companies can get United States Small Business Administration loans with which to make the purchases. This comes under the heading of "GATTS-2000," which allows a foreign firm to purchase retail services normally owned by municipalities, such as electricity services or water works. GATTS even allows federal, state and local regulations to be challenged as barriers to trade.

http://www.citizen.org/cmep/Water/
Water for all - Campaign to keep water as a public trust

Maj Fiil-Flynn wrote:

Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 11:25:14 -0400
From: Maj Fiil-Flynn
Subject: [WATERFORALL] Take Action – Stop the Senate’s handout to the water baron
To: WATERFORALL@LISTSERVER.CITIZEN.ORG

News from Public Citizen's Water For All Campaign
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July 19, 2005

Call your senator TODAY!

The Water Infrastructure Financing Act (S.1400) requires
"restructuring" of public utilities and opens the door for
private water companies to access public funds. The Act will be
presented for a mark up in the Committee on Environment and Public Works
on July 20.

If your Senator is on the Committee on Environment and Public Works,
call today and ask them to:

* oppose restructuring requirements, which include requirements to
privatize and develop public-private partnerships (sec. 107 (1) (A)
(ii)),
* oppose funds for private utilities and corporations (sec. 103 (8)
(A)),
* support an increase for state revolving funds for water and
wastewater in order to fund critical infrastructure investments, and
* support the proposal to establish a trust fund for water and
wastewater infrastructure.

Read Public Citizen's statement on the bill
(http://www.citizen.org/cmep/Water/congress/articles.cfm?ID=13732)

Read the Water Infrastructure Financing Act (s.1400)
(http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c109:1:./temp/~c109gdtTFp:e0:)

Call your Senator if you live in the following states:

State Senator Call:
AK Sen. Murkowski (202) 224-6665
CA Sen. Boxer (202) 224-3553
CT Sen. Lieberman (202) 224-4041
DE Sen. Carper (202) 224-2441
GA Sen. Isakson (202) 224-3643
IL Sen. Obama (202) 224-2854
LA Sen. Vitter (202) 224-4623
MO Sen. Bond (202) 224-5721
MT Sen. Baucus (202) 224-2651
NJ Sen. Lautenberg (202) 224-3224
NY Sen. Clinton (202) 224-4451
OH Sen. Voinovich (202) 224-3353
OK Sen. Inhofe (202) 224-4721
RI Sen. Chafee (202) 224-2921
SC Sen. DeMint (202) 224-6121
SD Sen. Thune (202) 224-2321
VA Sen. Warner (202) 224-2023
VT Sen. Jeffords (202) 224-5141

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Vicky Davis

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