Public Meeting to organise water campaign
Public Meeting to organise water campaign
The
group Right to Water has organised a public meeting for
those in the
Wellington area opposed to the
commercialisation of water.
The meeting will be held on
Wednesday 22nd July at 6.30 pm in the
Mezzanine Floor
Meeting Room of the Wellington Public Library.
“Water
commercialisation is being hinted at by both central and
local
government. We’ve noticed increasing numbers of
people and groups
expressing concern at this prospect.
People find the ideas of user-pays
for household water
and private sector involvement in management and
delivery of water repugnant”, said Right to Water
spokesperson, Maria
McMillan.
“Knowing the damage
that user-pays can cause, especially to the many
households already struggling financially, most of us
don’t want to see
people charged for an essential
service. We certainly don’t want to see
companies
profit from involvement in that service”, said Ms
McMillan.
“This meeting is a chance for those of us
passionate about human rights
and social justice to
organise and plan. Communities are still
suffering from
past decisions to sell off New Zealand state assets and
to commercialise public services. We have no intention
of letting water
go the same way”, she said.
ENDS