Over the years, I have been involved in numerous collaborative projects in and around water struggles, first in Ontario, Canada through two SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada) grants with Robert Case from the University of Waterloo, and currently through Just Water Futures, an evolving platform and network that was initially funded by a grant from the Volkswagen Stiftung and that aims to communicate the rapidly evolving intersection of finance and global water provisioning along the hydrosocial cycle to a broader public. At the same time, we discuss alternatives to these trends.