Paulla McCarthy, a single Black mother in New York, is the owner of a spring water bottling plant as well as the land from which the spring water is obtained, becoming the first woman in the state to do so. Water globally is becoming increasingly scarce and the fight for control of drinking sources has led experts to predict that water will become more valuable than gold over the next 50 years, according to a report on Black Wealth News' website. McCarthy has been offered over $20 million from major water companies to sell her property, but she is steadfast […]
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