DETROIT - Protesters fighting water shutoffs in Detroit greeted aconvoy of Canadians who traveled to the city with hundreds of gallons of water to help those who have been cut off because of unpaid bills.
Maude Barlow, a leading water rights advocate in Canada, and other activists brought 750 gallons of water in a seven-vehicle convoy that traveled through the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel to deliver the water and the message that the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department's policy of shutting off service to delinquent customers violates the United Nations' 2010 declaration that water is a human right.
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