TFTT Report

As Food & Water Watch activists pay up to $20,000 to gather in New York City for a night of shmoozing, cocktails and music billed as “subversive to colonialism and mainstream forces of destruction,” we have a few questions to ask:

1. Why are you patting yourselves on the back for blocking proven and much-needed water solutions in cities like Baltimore, where the Department of Public Works continues to struggle to provide safe drinking water to its residents and sewage seeps into local waterways?
2. As you bring in potentially hundreds of thousands from this reception, which is really just a fundraiser, do you commit to disclosing the sources of the money raised? What about for the more than $142 million in funding you have accepted from anonymous donors since 2011?
3. What do you suggest local governments struggling to address urgent water infrastructure do today, given that your federal funding solution has been languishing in Congress for nearly ten years?

We look forward to hearing the answers to these three important questions. While we wait for answers, the nearly 40 million Americans served by NAWC member companies can continue to count on the exceptional water and wastewater service provided by regulated, private water companies that ensure their water is safe and their service is reliable.