Experts call for hike in global water price

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World Bank and OECD say water is a finite resource that must be valued at a higher price in order to repair old supply systems and build new ones

Major economies are pushing for substantial increases in the price of water around the world as concern mounts about dwindling supplies and rising population. With official UN figures showing that...

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