So whilst you were sleeping. As if worrying about whether there will be
a total ban on hosepipes for washing your car etc., was a viable
aternative: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4818332.stm

Police detained about 17 people as some rallies turned violent on the
second day of the World Water Forum.

More than 120 countries are represented at the conference, which has
pledged to focus on ways to improve access to water for the world's
poor.

But protesters claim the forum is being held in the interest of big
corporations and their profits, rather than that of the poor.

Water is scarce in Mexico City, with many of its inhabitants managing
on just one hour of running water per week.

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Reminds me of the story of the two little old ladies, the last of their
family line who are being condemned for letting too many horses run
wild on their land.

Which the US government signed a treaty to give them back but now finds
it can't because all the water on it is being diverted to Las Vegas.

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The New Tories will lose the next election if this continues and we
have to have water meters.