Emeritus Prof Christopher May on Nostr: Meanwhile in Spain, the combination of widespread regional drought & the rights of ...

Meanwhile in Spain, the combination of widespread regional drought & the rights of private water companies to syphon water out of the aquifers has become a major political issue - of course this issue is hardly limited to Spain, and merely suggests that problems common across poorer countries are coming closer to the developed world....

As the article is neatly headlined:

'Its not drought - its looting'!

#water #privatisation

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/nov/23/spanish-villages-people-forced-to-buy-back-own-drinking-water-drought-flood