Water supply

Let the clean water flow

IPN Opinion article

Author: Caroline Boin

Countering the myth that the private sector is to blame for water scarcity

Ideology hinders water supply for the poor

IPN Opinion article

Author: Alex Nash

Before arguing that selling water for profit is unethical, anti-privatisation ideologues should consider how many poor people all over the world depend on entrepreneurs and small businesses for clean water.

Water provision for the poor: How ideology muddies the debate

Alex Nash, water engineer, discusses how the debate on water provision has been hijacked by ideologues -- leaving the poor high and dry.

In abundance, scarcity

IPN Opinion article

Author: Barun Mitra

How to solve the water conflict

IPN Opinion article

Author: Richard Tren

Some believe that the war in Iraq is about oil. They are wrong, but the next war may very well be one over a far more precious liquid -- water. According to the U.N.\'s World Water Development Report, which was presented at the Third World Water Forum that just concluded in Japan, water may be a major source of conflict in the Middle East in the years to come. Elsewhere, including Asia, it threatens to be an increasingly contentious issue.