Blue Gold: World Water WarsIn the documentary Blue Gold: World Water Wars, it follows several people and countries around the world in their fight for fresh water. The film exposes the giant corporations that bully poorer developing countries into privatizing their own fresh water supplies. Through privatization, companies make huge profits while developing countries remain poor. Blue Gold: World Water Wars also highlights the fact that Wall Street investors are attacking the desalination process and massive water export projects. This documentary also shows how people in more developed countries treat water with great contempt and do not take care of our limited supply. We are polluting, building dams and simply wasting our limited supply of fresh water at an alarming rate. The film also recognizes that our rapid overdevelopment in housing and agriculture is straining our water supply and leading to desertification across the planet. The film shows how people in more industrialized countries generally take water for granted, while others in less industrialized countries have to fight for every drop. The main argument of Blue Gold: World Water Wars is that fresh water is a fundamental human right and should not be treated as a commodity; while investors see water as the new oil. The world's fresh water supply is unsustainable: only 3% of the planet's water supply is fresh, and even less is actually drinkable for humans. Blue Gold also points out a few reasons why this happens. The film argues that water privatization is one of the main culprits in the demise of our water supply. He points out that when water is pumped into the desert for agricultural purposes through water movement... middle of paper ... the pollutions are depressing. Wetlands appear protected in the United States, but they are still being destroyed by excessive development and pollution. I was a little shocked to see how much water private water companies have purchased rights to around the world. I was even more shocked to learn the extent of water rights that private water companies have here in the United States. Many areas of the United States have already contracted out their water to private companies. Privatization is not only a problem abroad, it is also happening here at home. I believe the film would be a great tool to change the attitudes of people in more developed countries, who take water for granted. Images of people around the world fighting for their basic right to something as simple, yet so vital to life, as water, should make everyone take a second and think about what they are doing..