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Blue Gold: World Water Wars
2008 · Film · documentary · 90 min
Directed by Samuel Vartek
Wars of the future will be fought over water as they are over oil today, as the source of human survival enters the global marketplace and political arena. Corporate giants, private investors, and corrupt governments vie for control of our dwindling supply, prompting protests, lawsuits, and revolutions from citizens fighting for the right to survive.
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Watch the documentary "Blue Gold: World Water Wars" to understand the scale of the problem worldwide.
Most people have no idea of what is in the offing w.r.t. fresh water reserves. In fact many of the wealthiest on the planet have already brought up land containing fresh water reserves as a hedge against the future.
Bottled water is a scam. It's less regulated than municipal tap water in most developed nations, companies suck up water from small towns and use tons of fuel to ship it out of those watersheds and then charge people 1000% markup.
For countries without clean water, the effort should be put into getting municipal water supplies.
Don't buy plastic disposable water bottles if you live in a developed nation. They prop up a terrible industry, generate tons of waste, use tons of oil and it's less clean than just drinking from a water fountain.
Edit: the documentary Tapped is a great film about the bottled water industry, and Blue Gold is a good one about the water industry in general.