Next month Parliament starts to debate the controversial Water Bill which will put water into private hands. This film has been made with JAWS (Joint Action for Water Services) and it brings together concerned environmentalists, health specialists and people from the water industry. They fear that privatised water companies would seek to maximise profits, at the expense of the investment needed to ensure safe drinking water and to halt environmental pollution. They argue that, as a natural asset needed by everyone, water should not be left to the vagaries of commercial exploitation.