Water in the free market

This might go into the debate of whether the free market ensures usability and access of life-sustaining resources like water:

QUILLAGUA, Chile — During the past four decades here in Quillagua, a town in the record books as the driest place on earth, residents have sometimes seen glimpses of raindrops above the foothills in the distance. They never reach the ground, evaporating like a mirage while still in the air...

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