Who Owns the water?

Who owns the water??

It's always a hard question to answer, since after all every human needs water for survival, and owning such a vital resource would be nothing but selfish, if used for personal purposes. Three quarters of our planet are pure water, that including salt water and rivers, lakes, and others and governments have established some rules in terms of who owns what part of that water. Countries with coast own, by law; an estimated number of nautical miles starting from the coast into the ocean, that area of water is that country's space, and any activities in those waters are reserved for the country in question. Past that area is everybody's water, here many boats full of cargo of international trade go through everyday. In terms of the rivers and others, it's reserved for the country/region/community in which such bodies of water are situated, and if the case of an international river or shared lake appears, an agreement between the nations/regions/communities can be achieved.

Drinking water , on the other hand; it should not be owned by anyone. Water is essential for our survival, and the denial of water to a human in need of it should never occur. Everybody wants and needs water, and the fact that companies can extract water from wherever they want with a permission paper and no advice, without caring about the people that need such water the most is simply selfish.