Florida Legislation Paves Ground for Water Privatization (egads!) [View all]

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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/01/10-2


Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn open to selling water for industry, agriculture; may consider "toilet to tap" measures


Recent moves by Tampa Mayor Buckhorn and state Rep. Dana Young (R-FL) have some residents fearing privatization of the state's water is on the way.

Buckhorn and Young have a bill pending in legislature, HB 639, that would transfer public drinking water and reclaimed wastewater from being a public resource to being owned by the utility company.

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In Texas, recent water privatization efforts have left residents overwhelmed by rate increases, as an in-depth report in the Statesman showed:

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Buckhorn and Young must have found a way to make money off of Fl. water.

they better be stopped