Q: Is there a difference between treating water as a human right and as a commodity? In your opinion, should water be treated as a human right or as a commodity?
I believe that there indeed is a difference between treating water as a human right and as a commodity, and I feel that it should be treated as a commodity. Water is the fundamental thing that we living organism require for survival, and all of us have the right to have access to it, as we would die without it. However, only about or less than 1% of the water on earth is drinkable, and expensive methods have to be carried out to make the undrinkable water drinkable. It is only through the sale of the water that the capital of processing the water is gotten back, so that more water can be continued to be processed with the constant stream of money fueling the plants/factories. If this is not done, then large losses will be amounted and then soon no company or organisation will be willing to desalinate or process water for consumption.
You may say that water is a necessity for a man's survival, and hence it should be considered a human right. However if that is so, then why is food sold too? Even if water is needed for a person to live, it does not mean that we have to give it to him free of charge. If people are entitled to water and do not have to pay for it, they will not appreciate it and use water excessively, thereby wasting it. It is only through leaving water as a commodity that water is deemed precious and being conserved by the public. We have to make the masses work and pay for their water, to ensure that they do not take this privilege for granted.
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