{"id":6875,"date":"2016-11-29T16:55:01","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T22:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=6875"},"modified":"2016-11-29T16:55:01","modified_gmt":"2016-11-29T22:55:01","slug":"water-water-water-slovenia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2016\/11\/29\/water-water-water-slovenia\/","title":{"rendered":"Water, Water, Water: Slovenia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Slovenia, in Europe, has made access to potable water a basic right. the guardian<\/strong><\/em> reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Source: Slovenia Holidays<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Slovenia<\/a> has amended its constitution to make access to drinkable water a fundamental right for all citizens and stop it being commercialised. …<\/p>\n

\u201cWater resources represent a public good that is managed by the state. Water<\/a> resources are primary and durably used to supply citizens with potable water and households with water and, in this sense, are not a market commodity,\u201d the article reads.<\/p>\n

The centre-left prime minister, Miro Cerar, had urged lawmakers to pass the bill saying the country of two million people should \u201cprotect water \u2013 the 21st century\u2019s liquid gold \u2013 at the highest legal level\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cSlovenian water has very good quality and, because of its value, in the future it will certainly be the target of foreign countries and international corporations\u2019 appetites.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs it will gradually become a more valuable commodity in the future, pressure over it will increase and we must not give in,\u201d Cerar said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A right wing party abstained from the vote, calling it politically motivated. While the left parties celebrate, I wonder if it’s a good thing to place control of such a valuable resource in the hands of government. After all, all political parties think you’re as clean as the driven snow. If they ever reach the point of water rationing, how will they approach it?<\/p>\n

Of course, a commercial controlling interest would also raise the hairs on my neck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Slovenia, in Europe, has made access to potable water a basic right. the guardian reports: Slovenia has amended its constitution to make access to drinkable water a fundamental right for all citizens and stop it being commercialised. … \u201cWater resources represent a public good that is managed by the state. \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6875"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6878,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6875\/revisions\/6878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}