Water was once free
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The provision of clean water to industrialised cities was one of the great social accomplishments of modernity, massively reducing the urban death rate. In the 19th century, the free drinking fountain reflected that sense of achievement: itself, both a useful service and a public monument, an ostentatious celebration of society’s ability to supply the basic necessities of life.
By 1930, bottled water was perceived as a symbol of backwardness, since it suggested your house or workplace hadn’t been connected to the public supply.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/21/like-uber-for-toilets-how-the-sharing-economy-forces-a-movement-towards-privatisation
Farhad Mazhar's column on this issue:
http://www.sangbad247.com/2018/05/04/10623
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