tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post1081376885847580322..comments2024-03-22T13:06:27.366-05:00Comments on WataugaWatch: Don't Let Them Grab Your WaterJ.W. Williamsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17694324792688711136noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-64017409126772064122012-02-06T14:33:44.383-05:002012-02-06T14:33:44.383-05:00WataugaWatch folks - interesting piece! Clean Wate...WataugaWatch folks - interesting piece! Clean Water for North Carolina is a statewide nonprofit that has been looking into water privatization that's already happening - very quietly - in NC and the impacts it's having on residents. It continues to be one of our major concerns and campaign areas. You can read more about the form water privatization is currently taking in NC in our 2011 report <a href="http://www.cwfnc.org/reports/" rel="nofollow">"Privatizing NC's Water, Undermining Justice"</a>. I know there are some water systems owned by "poster bad boy" Aqua NC in your neck of the woods, including Roaring Gap. Thanks for helping spread the word - as Judith said, the mainstream media isn't picking up on this...yet!Katie H.http://www.cwfnc.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-8343636296221752322012-02-05T18:27:21.458-05:002012-02-05T18:27:21.458-05:00This is precisely the reason I was supportive of t...This is precisely the reason I was supportive of the Town of Boone going for water--to keep it a PUBLIC utility as opposed to in the hands of a private entity that would grab our natural resource, control it and sell it back to us. At least with government we have a voice in what happens to our community water. Thanks so much for covering this. It is a HUGE issue that just isn't being picked up by mainstream media.Judithnoreply@blogger.com