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The answer to the question of who owns water is that no-one owns water.
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This says water should not be treated as anyone’s private possession. “No-one owns water” presents it as something that exists for shared human use, rather than as property belonging to one person or group. The wording gives a clear answer by rejecting the idea that ownership is the right way to define our relationship with water.
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