Thank you for the opportunity to comment on this draft report. A couple of brief comments:
1. Section 1.3.5 refers to a "grabbing" of water by "big corporates". This sort of language is not constructive and only further accentuates the emotionally-charged public debate on such issues. The text makes it sound as though corporates purposefully withhold water from other parts of society simply for their own use. It needs to be borne in mind that corporates use water in their production processes in order to deliver products that consumers look to buy in global markets. The title and language used in this section of the report should be far more neutral and factual.
2. Section 3.3.1 infers that water pricing can conflict with the basic right to water. On what basis this assertion is founded? The Human Right to Water is quite clear that there is no conflict between water pricing and the right to water.
Jonny Greenhill