Turning over the city's water system to a for-profit corporation will only make matters worse.
The city’s water system needs as much as $1 billion in improvements; last year, the state provided just $3 million — a mere 6 percent of what the mayor requested andWhat Governor Reese has prioritized, meanwhile, is turning over the city’s water system to a for-profit corporation.
And in an unbelievably callous maneuver, corporate water operators have been weighing in to point fingers. While at least one CEO has admitted that water privatization simply cannot work in Jackson because there is, the corporate water lobby continues to exploit the crisis to advocate water privatization and rationalize their higher prices.
Of course, it is not surprising that they would present themselves as the solution. But this kind of shameless public relations might be seen as self-preservation: Local communities have been rising up to fight water privatization deals, and they are winning. Just weeks ago, a corporate attempt to seize a sewer system in Pennsylvania was derailed by robust grassroots opposition led by Neighbors Opposing Privatization Efforts .
All levels of government must continue the emergency mobilization to guarantee clean water in Jackson. Congress provided $20 million last month for Jackson, but this is a drop in the bucket of what’s needed. It must step up and appropriate additional direct grants to the city to fund a full recovery. And it’s clear that the federal government must stop waiting for catastrophic system failures before making the investments to ensure that every community has safe water.
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