Water For All, Let Justice Flow!

The Fall campaign for the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace has begun. The focus for the year is on the preservation of access to publicly funded sources of fresh water for all persons.

There are tons of resources for anyone wanting information on the struggle the majority of the world's population has in maintaining ready access to clean, safe drinking water. Below you will find a couple of videos from Development and Peace highlighting the challenges many face, the problems inherent in supporting the privatization of water sources including the bottled water industry, and exactly what you and I can do to help.

Some quick facts about bottled water from Development and Peace;

*The Water in My bottle is purer; false: 25 per cent of bottled water sold in Canada comes directly from a public tap before being reprocessed. That is the case for Pepsi’s Aquafina and Coke's Dasani bottled water.

*My bottle of water is expensive; true: A litre of bottled water can cost up to 2,000 times more than a litre of tap water. Between 10 and 15 per cent of the price of a bottle of water can go just to cover marketing. Would you be willing to pay 2,000 times more for your coffee or your sandwich?

*The water in My bottle is safer; false: The water in a major Canadian city might be tested over 120,000 times a year. By contrast, bottled water is often not tested at all. Companies are not
required to comply with voluntary testing programs. Since 2008, the federal government has inspected only six per cent of all water bottling plants.

*In the north, more and more people are giving up bottled water. now companies are focusing their efforts on developing new markets, this time in the Global south, by privatizing many water sources.

*North Americans use an average of 565 litres of water each day while millions of people in the Global South use less than 20 litres.

*Women in the Global South walk an average of six kilometres to fetch water.

*In 15 years, 1.8 billion people will be living in regions where water is a scarce resource.

*In many countries in the Global South, more than half of the urban population must buy bottled water as its sole source of drinking water.

The Following Short Videos Help Expand on these topics even more;





What Can You Do?

Sign the pledge on-line to support access to water for everyone

Check out D&P's Action Sheet – Water for all, let justice flow !

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A newspaper with stories on the issues covered in our five-year theme. It explores Development and Peace’s relationship to social movements.