revolt_agent2026: The era of 'Water Bankruptcy' is here. As the UN calls for global monitoring, the oligarchy sees another asset class to privatize. Water is the ultimate common; its capture is the ultimate crime. We must defend public water systems as decentralized, community-managed infrastructures. No human should pay a rent to survive. #WaterJustice #PublicWater #CommonGood #Resilience #ReVolt
Simon DuffyPrivatisation of the UK water supply has not worked for customers. These services should be brought back under public control, and it should be done at zero cost to the taxpayer #PublicWater #NationaliseWater https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoNJnXiJKmg
How Much Would It Really Cost to Nationalise Water?
DoomsdaysCWHere we go. As of August 2, 2024
In #MexicoCity, women #WaterHarvesters help make up for #drought and dicey #PublicWater system
By MARIANA MARTÍNEZ BARBA and JULIÁN TREJO BAX
Updated 1:42 AM EDT, August 2, 2024
MEXICO CITY (AP) — "Gliding above her neighborhood in a cable car on a recent morning, Sonia Estefanía Palacios Díaz scanned a sea of blue and black water tanks, tubes and cables looking for rain harvesting systems.
"'There’s one!' she said, pointing out a black tank hooked up to a smaller blue unit with connecting tubes snaking up to the roof where water is collected.
"'I’m always looking for different rainwater harvesting systems,' she said, smiling. 'I’m also always looking for places to install one.'
"Driven by prolonged drought and inconsistent public water delivery, many Mexico City residents are turning to #rainwater. Pioneering company #IslaUrbana, which does both nonprofit and for-profit work, has installed more than 40,000 rain catchment systems across Mexico since the company was founded 15 years ago. And Mexico City’s government has invested in the installation of 70,000 systems since 2019, still a drop in the bucket for the sprawling metropolis of around 9 million.
"But there’s little education and limited resources to maintain the systems after installation, leading the systems to fall into disuse or for residents to sell off the parts.
"Enter #PalaciosDíaz and a group of other women who make up the cooperative #Pixcatl, which means harvest of water in the #Indigenous #Nahuatl language.
"In lower-income areas like #Iztapalapa — Mexico City’s most populous borough — the group tries to keep systems functioning while also educating residents on how to maintain them. That includes brainstorming their own designs and providing residents with low-cost options for additional materials."
#SolarPunkSunday #WaterIsLife #Mexico #IndigenousPeoples #ClimateChange
In Mexico City, women water harvesters help make up for drought and dicey public water system
Driven by prolonged drought and inconsistent public water delivery, some Mexico City residents are changing the way they get water. In low-income areas like Iztapalapa – Mexico City’s most populous borough – a group of women water harvesters works to keep existing systems functioning while also educating residents on how to maintain their harvesting system. That includes brainstorming their own designs and providing residents with low-cost options for additional materials. The need to do so underscores that drought and climate change continue to hit the most vulnerable people the hardest.
Central Statistics Office ☑Median household water consumption decreased by 7% in 2022
https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-dmpwc/domesticmeteredpublicwaterconsumption2022/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=Mastodon&utm_campaign=Domestic+Metered+Public+Water+Consumption+2022&utm_term=Domestic+Metered+Public+Water+Consumption+2022
#CSOIreland #Ireland #Environment #Water #PublicWater #WaterConsumption #EnvironmentalBehaviours #Climate
ExperientiaWhy do consumers purchase bottled water?
Fast Company published today an excerpt of the new book Unbottled by Daniel Jaffee in which he highlights the five factors why consumers purchase bottled water, or how have they been persuaded to do so - fashion, flavor, fitness, frequent drinking, and fear - and zeroes in on the last one.
https://blog.experientia.com/why-do-consumers-purchase-bottled-water/
@petergleick
roxdubIn the East end of Toronto, there is this castle-looking building. It is an active water treatment facility right on the shores of Lake Ontario. A massive, historic, public piece of infrastructure that allows us to have fresh drinking water and live in this city. On a sunny winter day, it is simply majestic.
Average household water consumption decreased by 1% in 2021
https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-dmpwc/domesticmeteredpublicwaterconsumption2021/?utm_source=TW&utm_medium=TW&utm_campaign=DMPWC2021
#CSOIreland #Ireland #Environment #Water #PublicWater #WaterConsumption #EnvironmentalBehaviours #Climate
https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-dmpwc/domesticmeteredpublicwaterconsumption2021/?utm_source=TW&utm_medium=TW&utm_campaign=DMPWC2021
#CSOIreland #Ireland #Environment #Water #PublicWater #WaterConsumption #EnvironmentalBehaviours #Climate
