Part B: Big Corporations and Water Many big corporations, such as banks like Chase, are starting to buy water. No, I don’t mean they go out and buy a water bottle. In the article, Corporation Grabbing Land and Water, the authors found that businesses from all around the world buy water rights, invest in water-rich farm lands, water utilities, infrastructure, and equipment. An articled named, Water Privatization: Facts and Figures, confirmed that “water privatizations is when corporations buy or operate public water utilities,”. The government in many different countries sell and lease land and or water to other countries (“Corporation Grabbing”). For instance, 60% of these water deals are done in countries with high poverty rate and high …show more content…
“Rainwater harvesting is the act of utilizing a collection system to use rainwater for outdoor uses, plumbing, and, in some cases, consumption.” But also, other states have government officials who want people to be safe by having quality standards. Texas and Ohio have been really focusing on these water issues. “Rhode Island, Texas, and Virginia offer tax credits on the purchase of rainwater harvesting equipment. Both Texas and Ohio allow the practice for potable purposes.” Texas and Ohio have a lot of laws on keeping harvesting water regulated and safe. Colorado has their own rainwater harvesting system. Whenever water is low, the citizens of Colorado can harvest water and use up to to barrels which is 110 gallons that they can get from their roof tops when it rains. “The collected precipitation is required to be used on the property where it is collected and may only be applied to outdoor purposes such as lawn irrigation and gardening.” Arizona allows a town or a city to harvest rainwater for their whole community as a backup or just extra water use, but them must keep it regulated. Arkansas does allow rainwater harvesting but it has to be designed by a professional engineer, have safeguards, and be updated to the plumbing code. Hawaii has always encouraged rainwater harvesting and there's been a long history of citizens harvesting their own water. Oregon allows rainwater harvesting but citizens can only collect rainwater from their roofs. In Washington, it allows cities and counties to utilize rainwater harvesting. This helps Washington by reducing storm rates almost by 10% depending on the city. They often use this extra water water closet urinals portable restrooms and even