WATER HAS BECOME A COMMODITY LIKE OIL OR GOLD:
Now water is traded on the stock exchange
Since the beginning of the week, water has been traded on the Chicago Stock Exchange for the first time. Farmers and investors can insure themselves against droughts and water scarcity - or they can place bets upon it.
Hedge funds are driving prices upwards without scruple or remorse
The linked article here is, unfortunately, in German but...
https://www.20min.ch/story/jetzt-wird-wasser-an-der-boerse-gehandelt-743857772388
