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Alliance for Democracy magazine Justice Rising published an entire issue on Water in 2006 titled Water for Life not Corporate Profit. Lots of great articles about the Water Commons, co-edited by Nancy Price and Ruth Caplan (with Jim Tarbell's oversight).
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom- Save the Water Campaign. A citizens group you can join (men too) and work on saving the Water Commons.
The Council of Canadians- Blue Planet Project. See what our neighbors to the North are doing to protect this common which knows no borders.
Polaris Institute - Bottled Water is an issue that degrades many aspects of the commons at once. Another great Canadian site.
Food and Water Watch. One of our favorite sites on Water.
Barnstead Water Rights and Local Self-Governance Ordinance. New Hampshire township passes radical new law to protect their Water Commons.
Cochibamba's Water War Six Years On - by Frank Chavez. This article looks at what happened when the Bolivian farmers took to the streets to demand an end to the Bechtel Water privatization, and what has happened in the years since.
Thomas Kostigen's Ethic Monitor - Bottle Nose. This article covers Bottled Water and the Bolivian Water Struggle. About taste tests for bottled water.
Historical Perspectives on Latin American and East Asian Regional Development- Noam Chomsky [12-15-06] Not as daunting as it sounds, this is the transcript of a talk by Chomsky. Not actually about Water, but about Bolivia and the inspirational impact of Cochabamba.