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At the same time the right to water has been protected by UN as a basic human right.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_water

For this reason what happens when the price for water is raised and the consumers can't pay becomes a very interesting issue. Detroit has raised their prices and then started to cut off consumers that don't pay. Something UN has criticized Detroit for:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/26/united-nations-detr...

http://www.wnd.com/2014/06/u-n-to-intervene-in-detroit-water...

parent JoachimS 12 years ago

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