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Article: Water pricing.(FROM READERS)(Letter to the editor)
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- World Watch
- Article date:
- July 1, 2009
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"Water Wars: Is Water a Human Right or a Commodity?" [March/April] gives a good overview of some water issues, but dwells too much on the privatization debate.
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