It's time to end the…

It's time to end the longstanding practice of leasing water rights to for-profit companies, like Nestle or BlueTriton. The name change does not alter the practice or make it any better. BlueTriton is not supplying any kind of essential service - it is only manufacturing wasteful products and depleting a precious natural resource in the process. It is well-documented that we are well on our way to a global water crisis. I see this proposal as a way of capitalizing on this crisis rather than mitigating it; BlueTriton gets to profiteer from an essential, life-giving resources at almost no cost to itself; and speculators get to capitalize on the increased commodity-value of lands containing the water rights leased to BlueTriton. The government is supposed to act for the common good - this is the fiduciary responsibility of the state and should be upheld