42: Water Goes Where Money Flows

Trending consolidation puts more and more power into the hands of fewer people.

As clean drinking water continues to become a scarce resource around the world, it is baffling to understand why we are endlessly giving away water “rights” to those who do not have the best for the planet in mind. Columbia Insight is bringing awareness to water allocation issues and pushing for big changes in decision-making procedures to this life-sustaining commodity. Environmental protection organizations are calling to slow down in order to comprehend the type of use efficiency it’s going to take to ensure the health of our global community into the future.

Originally aired on February 16, 2022 on KPOV’s The Wednesday Point