Water is a strategic raw material and therefore a good business. Various multinationals knew this when they came up with an irresistible offer 15 years ago: They promised town halls that they would pay them millions of crowns for operating water and sewage systems. The manipulated and often deceived municipal leaders, overwhelmed by the immediate return, did not hesitate to hand over the water monopoly to the conceners under strange conditions. Yet the millions paid out do not even come close to outweighing the value of what they lose. Who is in control of the water business, the price and cash flows and profits from water in the Czech Republic? The struggle for water in the Czech Republic has already started, and it started after 2000, but people are unaware of it. The consequences ARE affecting the citizens of the Czech Republic FIRST, BUT NOT ONLY, IN THE EXPENSIVE PRICE OF WATER.
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