Every day the most important headlines on water and sanitation from around the world, compiled by the Blue Community Network, defending water as a common, public good and a human right.
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Yemen: Water situation worsens amid scant rains
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Puerto Rico: Falta de agua potable provoca una gran crisis
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Only 0.5% of 90,000 oil slicks reported over five-year period, analysis finds
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UK: Anglian Water to pay £63m over sewage failures
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Navigating water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) access at the intersections of poverty, substance use, sex work and gender: A qualitative analysis of Vancouver, Canada’s washroom trailer program
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South Africa: DA calls for KZN government intervention as Msunduzi has no water and no plan
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EAC countries launch a joint initiative to combat pollution in Lake Victoria
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España: Fuentes de agua potable para reducir el plástico
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Chile: Acceso al agua potable en provincia de Concepción
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Canada wants cities to start filtering toxic forever chemicals from public drinking water
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Cameroon: UN Special Procedures urge action on mercury pollution and corporate accountability in gold mining
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India: The Silent Sanitation Crisis in the Courts. Reflecting on Rajeeb Kalita v. Union of India
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Sweden: Poison in the water. The town with the world’s worst case of forever chemicals contamination – podcast
