This week in Stockholm, it's time for the 17th edition of World Water Week. This annual global water policy conference, originally founded  by the local public water utility, has become increasingly industry-dominated and is this year sponsored by Nestlé. Activists, trade unionists and progressive public water managers from Asia, Europe and the Americas attend the event to advocate alternatives to privatisation and commodification of the world's water. Read their blog reports from Stockholm online at http://worldwaterweek.blogspot.com/