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Is the supplying of water a basic human right?
If you consider all the things the gov't spends our money on (defense, roads, bridges, justice system etc), should one of them be a simple necessity?
It’s a basic human right: water. But could the United Nations soon help the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department provide the service to struggling customers?
And while Garner says water is “a God-given right,” she says there is a cost to move water from the water resource to the customer and that the infrastructure costs money.
Nearly Half Of Detroit Water Customers Can’t Pay Their Bill « CBS Detroit
Collecting water from public places or from the rain should be considered a right. However you do not have the right to force someone else to employ filtration and purification methods on that water and/or deliver it to your cup without just compensation.
For what it's worth, the water running through my house is collected from a stream running through my property into my cistern. I had to buy the tubing, the cistern, the plumbing components, the water pump, and the filter with my own money. I also buy the electricity that runs the water pump. I do not have a right to be furnished with potable water. I have a right to gather it from my rooftops or that stream running through my property. What I do with it beyond that is my business and responsibility.
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