It is a serious situation when private corporations backed by Wall Street start buying up water rights. Some resources should never be for sale and our air and water are two of those  resources. The buying up of water rights is as serious if not more so than the proposed silicon metal smelter buying the rights to pollute our air.

Pilings Interesting Seattle Times article.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/wall-street-spends-millions-to-buy-up-washington-state-water/