The purpose of this study is to examine the commercialization of water and the arguments it is based on. More specifically this investigation seeks to answer the following questions: Are there economic interests behind this discourse? How is the market of water being structured? The method of research utilized was based on documents and bibliographies. The principal results of the survey were: 1) the process of commercialization of water is based on the following principles: the economic value

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... f water b) the effectiveness of the marketing mechanism to optimize the distribution and efficient use of water; c) the superiority of private investment over the public investment as a motor of economic and social development; d) the necessity of liberalization of national markets; e) water as a necessity and not as a right; 2) specialists in the area believe that strong interests exist behind the commercialization of this asset, especially on the part of transnational companies and international financial institutions. 3) the results of these privatizations have been very negative for the societies where they have taken place.