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Water localization resolution

WHEREAS water is now considered a finite resource due to human behavior of emptying aquifers and shipping that water to urban areas where is goes directly into the rivers then out to the ocean; and
 
 WHEREAS we should protect working families from the pending water wars; and

WHEREAS working families should band together against privatization of water distribution and delivery systems; and

WHEREAS the big water multinationals have been carving up this country’s water distribution and delivery systems to make, what most agree, should be a right, namely, the ability to drink clean water; and

WHEREAS the rapid desertification of the planet needs to be addressed and the "desalination" method is just another way to allow the same corporations to ability to escalate their control over all of us; and

WHEREAS we need to do is restore the planet's watersheds through hard work not expensive, carbon dependent, unproven technology.  

WHEREAS our freshwater is being polluted at an ever increasing rate; 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that we discourage any attempts at water privatization throughout Oregon and the United States of America; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we encourage cooperative utility’s that state in their bylaws that they may never sell their operations or systems to private individuals, companies, or corporations; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we support efforts to stop the pollution of fresh water, including helping to minimize the impacts of your own lifestyles, professions and trades; and 

BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that we support any citizen coalition that is attempting to reclaim water systems that are privately owned.

Submitted by:
Grant Swanson
AFSCME Council 75 Local 88