As a champion of unsustainable use of water globally, Coca-Cola's sponsorship of the [World Water Forum] puts the very credibility of the [forum] at stake...Nowhere is Coca-Cola's blatant disregard for water and communities...more evident than in India...Coca-Cola bottling plants have dramatically affected both the quantity and quality of groundwater resources...making access to water by communities even more difficult...The company has indiscriminately discharged its wastewater into the surrounding fields, severely polluting the scarce remaining groundwater as well as soil...Thousands of farmers across India are struggling to make a living because of crop failure as a result of the water shortages created by Coca-Cola.