Professor, Manchester University, UK: "Water is not just a human right, access to water is a matter of democratic equality".

Finnish Arch Bishop: "Water is the source of life. Water is also the most crucial of all the necessities of life. By defending the right to water, we defend the right to life without conditions. Using water as a means of gaining profit violates against the sanctity of life created by God."

Mayor of Moita (Portugal) and President of AIA (Associação Intermunicipal de Água da Região de Setúbal): “É uma honra e um dever associar-me a esta ação de autarcas, Presidentes de Câmara Europeus. Eu apoio e já assinei a ICE “A Água e o Saneamento É Um Direito Humano” apelo para que todos vós, meus concidadãos, façam o mesmo. A água é um direito, não é um negócio. É possível um mundo melhor e mais justo! É possível um mundo em que todos os seres humanos tenham acesso à água e ao saneamento. Vamos dar corpo a este sonho realizável!”

Schepen van Openbare Werken en Mobiliteit in Gent, Belgium: "Water: onze publieke verantwoordelijkheid".

Member of CDA (Netherlands)

Famous Czech actor: "I traveled a lot and I had the opportunity to see and experience how important it is, that each person in the world has the right to drink clean water! Having a functional sanitary helps to reduce the spread of infectious diseases to a minimum"

Mayor of Amsterdam (Netherlands): "Amsterdam heeft een van de beste drinkwatervoorzieningen in de wereld. Onze kennis delen we met steden die dat nodig hebben. Binnen Europa en daar buiten. Dat is onze plicht. Het gaat hier om een mensenrecht, want een gezond leven begint bij schoon drinkwater." - “Amsterdam has one of the best water supply in the world. We share our knowledge with cities that need it, in and outside Europe. That is our duty. Water is a human right. A healthy life starts with clean drinking water”.

Austrian State Secretary: "Wasser ist ein Grundbedürfnis. Jeder Mensch soll täglich mindestens drei Liter Wasser trinken. Jeder von uns möchte aber qualitativ hochwertiges Wasser. Das heißt, die Wasserversorgung muss in öffentlicher Hand bleiben. Denn nur dann ist die gewünschte Qualität gesichert, die wir gerade in Österreich so gewöhnt sind. Deshalb bin ich Botschafter der Europäischen BürgerInneninitiative!"

Famous Czech Singer: "Every person has the right to have a free access to clean water and sanitation"

Socialist Party (Netherlands)

Conseiller Général du Val-de-Marne (France): « L’eau, plus qu’un besoin vital, est un droit qui reste à conquérir en France, en Europe et dans le monde. Le service public est un élément fort de la garantie d’accès pour toutes et tous à l’eau et à l’assainissement »

President of CITUB Trade Union (Bulgaria): "The right to water? -This is the human right to life!"

Adjoint au maire de Paris, chargé de Paris Métropole & des relations avec les collectivités territoriales d'Ile de France : "L'eau est à nous"

Mayor of Ljubljana : »Ljubljana je mesto, ki se lahko pohvali s čisto pitno vodo, in na to smo zelo ponosni. Na mestne ulice smo celo postavili javne pitnike ter tako našim meščanom in obiskovalcem v toplejših mesecih omogočili brezplačno odžejanje. Ker se zavedamo, da je kakovostna voda javno dobro in človekova pravica, ne sme preiti v upravljanje zasebnikom. Zato bomo v Ljubljani zagotovili, da voda ostane dostopna vsem.« "Ljubljana is a city that boasts of having clean drinking water, and this is something we can be proud of. We have even set up drinking fountains on the city streets and thereby enabled our residents and visitors to have a drink free of charge in the warmer months. As we are aware that good-quality drinking water is a public good and a human right we cannot allow it to be privatised. Therefore we in Ljubljana will ensure that water remains accessible to all".

Präsident der Allianz der öffentlichen Wasserwirtschaft e. V. (AöW) und Vorstandsvorsitzender Emschergenossenschaft/Lippeverband: "Wasser ist unser Lebenselixier – ein Gut, das wir schützen und bewahren wollen. Für die Menschen und die Umwelt. Die AöW lehnt die Liberalisierung und Privatisierung der Wasserwirtschaft ab. Wasser gehört in die öffentliche Hand!"