Bottled water costs more than oil
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Cunningham - Cunningham - Saigo: Environmental Science 7 th Ed. Bottled water costs more than oil
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Bottled water costs more than oil. Price Mechanisms. Charging a higher proportion of real costs to users of public water projects has helped encourage conservation. Yet discriminates against poor. Water multinationals. Public/private water in EU countries. Bottled water quality in question. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Cunningham - Cunningham - Saigo: Environmental Science 7th Ed.
Bottled water costs more than oil
Cunningham - Cunningham - Saigo: Environmental Science 7th Ed.
Price Mechanisms
• Charging a higher proportion of real costs to users of public water projects has helped encourage conservation.
Yet discriminates against poor.
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Water multinationals
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Public/private water in EU countries
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Bottled water quality in question
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Bottled water growth
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WaterPrivatization
WoodstockRiot 1999Fewer
bubblers inpublic
buildings?
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Perrier/Nestle in the U.S.
Texas Florida
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Perrier/Nestle in the Midwest
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Mecan Springs(Waushara Co.)
1999-2000;Big Spring
(Adams Co.),2000-2002
Protection ofrural supplies
from high-capacity wells
