BLUE NEWS DIGEST September 2025

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.

Update Tuesday, September 30

• El Salvador: El agua potable, la propaganda y la realidad

• Sierra Leone joins United Nations (UN) Water Convention, strengthening Water Cooperation in West Africa

• Italia/Sardegna: Bacini quasi a secco: dimezzate le fasce orarie per l’irrigazione

• Ostsee: Rätselhaftes Massensterben beobachtet– „so etwas habe ich hier noch nie erlebt“

• Police clash with protesters in Madagascar as thousands rally against water and power outages

• France – Le Molay-Littry. Conseil communautaire : l’eau potable reste gérée par les syndicats

• US: Water Warning For These New York Counties

• China highlights achievements of water infrastructure during 14th Five-Year Plan period

• Water in the Desert: a book launch

• Water is life: Afghan capital’s wells run dry, driving children out of class and into water queues

• Liberia: Clean water for over 8,000 residents, Gbarpolu County Celebrates

• Australia: Water supply low in Port Hedland

• Central Asia’s complex water-security diplomacy with the Taliban

• Mexico: Senador de Morena propone reforma para endurecer penas contra huachicoleo de agua

• Kabul’s wells run dry, driving children out of class and into water queues

• Webinair: L’Approche basée sur les droits humains dans le domaine de l’eau et de l’assainissement

• Les ressources en eau de l’Extrême-Sud de la Corse en situation préoccupante

• Illegal connections: Ghana Water Limited to partner with security and judiciary to curb menace.

• Nigeria, Others Adopt Africa Water Vision 2063 In Dakar

• Nestlé Malaysia and Global Peace Foundation deepen collaboration to improve safe water access amongst Orang Asli communities

• Women’s participation yields benefits for water management: Insights from village dams in India

• America’s Bottled Water Habit: Convenience at a Premium

• Canada: Dozens of wells have run dry on Grand Manan as summer drought persists into fall

• Ireland: Customers in South Leitrim are urged to conserve water

• South Africa: These Durban residents will have to wait another seven years for running water

• US: Federal judge says New York overstepped in banning radioactive water disposal in Hudson River

• India Plans Mega-Dam to Counter China Water Fears

• India: River Aghanashini diversion – a bigger disaster in the making than Yettinahole

Update Monday, September 29

• South Africa: Joburg water woes | Update on Coronationville situation

• Falta de acceso a agua potable y miedo: seis meses después del letal terremoto en Birmania

• What are droughts and how worried should we be about them?

• Aotearoa/ New Zealand, Christchurch: 1800 water experts, one summit, and a $49b problem

• Sénégal-Côte d’Ivoire : Une alliance renforcée pour faire de l’eau une priorité du développement en Afrique

• France – Réservoirs de Passy : comment fonctionne le réseau d’eau non potable de Paris ?

• Vermont’s drought is straining communities and leading residents to suffer 

• Côte d’Ivoire-AIP/ Guitry : la population du quartier kôkô 1 djiminibougou alerte sur les problèmes d’eau potable et d’éclairage public

• Trump’s dip into the Nile waters dispute didn’t settle the conflict – in fact, it may have caused more ripples

• Österreich – WasserWanderWochen: Schülerinnen und Schüler lernen den Wasserschatz kennen

• Clean, accessible water for Filipinos

• China builds world’s biggest water infrastructure system, 5.4t yuan investment set for 14th Five-Year Plan

• South Africa: Staff at this government building have to carry buckets of water to flush toilets

• France: Ce label qui joue (désormais) la transparence sur l’eau potable

• France – MARSEILLE : Les Canalisateurs du Sud-Est placent l’eau au cœur des municipales 2026

Update Sunday, September 28

• Over 3.5 cr households in India, including 4,000 villages have no tap water facility

• Iran: See ist weg – jetzt macht weißer Wind Menschen krank

• Argentina: Sur salteño | Inacción municipal y 15 años sin agua potable en El Potrero

• France: Eau du robinet ou eau en bouteille : quelle eau faut-il boire?

• France – Qualité de l’eau : herbicide interdit dans les zones de captage, l’évolution des règles du SAGE divise les agriculteurs

• DOCUMENTARY: “Water Is Love: Ripples of Regeneration”

• Africa CDC Warns Of Flood-Driven Cholera Spread, Urges Urgent WASH Interventions

• Kenya: When our rivers are restored, so are we

• RD Congo: Le complexe scolaire Kabinda à Kinshasa privé d’eau depuis quatre mois

• UK: Yorkshire rivers contain over 10 times the legal limit of phosphate pollution

• Australia: SA Water fined $60k for causing ‘environmental harm’ during botched maintenance of Warren Reservoir

• The Ganges River is drying faster than ever – here’s what it means for the region and the world

• France/Corse – Restrictions d’eau à Porto-Vecchio : la situation se tend dans l’Extrême-Sud

• Uganda: Rakai residents travel miles to access clean water

• Madagascar hit by fresh wave of protests over shortage of water

• Why are we all so obsessed with drinking water and reusable bottles?

• Canada: Schools, offices closed in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, due to loss of water

• Lutte contre la sécheresse en Afrique !

• España/Gran Canaria – Agua potable en el Consistorio: entre victoria sindical y gesto político

• Mexico: Diputado denuncia falta de agua potable en Amatlán y Yanga

• US: En sur de Texas, un pueblo lucha por el agua

• Matar a Gaza de sed: la falta de agua obliga a la población debilitada a caminar kilómetros y a sortear peleas en colas interminables

• América Latina y el Caribe, la tierra del agua desafiada por la sed

• Ghana: Water Crisis: Nungua residents turn to sea water as shortage worsens

Update Saturday, September 27

• US: The Passaic River Stars in a Short Drama About Its Life as a Superfund Site

• A Groundwater Story in the Egyptian Desert

• Deadly protests erupt in Madagascar over chronic blackouts and water cuts

• South Africa: Disabled Ekurhuleni Residents Given Houses Without Water and Electricity

• À Madagascar, la Gen Z se soulève contre les pénuries d’eau et d’électricité

• Argentina: Santa Fe garantiza el derecho al agua y otorga personería jurídica a sus ecosistemas con su nueva Constitución provincial

• Cumbre Amazónica en Perú lanza llamado por el derecho al agua

• N. Korea＞ Mass outbreak of severe diarrhea and colitis patients from tap water

• Left calls for law guaranteeing free tap water in restaurants in Poland

• Schweiz: Trinkwasser im Genfersee belastet – Syngenta als Hauptverursacher

• Zu hohe Konzentration von Schadstoffen im Trinkwasser aus Genfersee

• Kontaminiertes Trinkwasser: Tödliche Erkrankung erschüttert Frankreich

• Mounting Water Crisis a Major Test for Iranian State

• Day Zero Drought: Global warming is driving extreme water scarcity

• The transformative power of community action: improving access to safe drinking water in Douala, Cameroon

• La información sobre el agua en México. Alcances y desafíos (PDF)

• Essential services for quality care: Water, sanitation, hygiene, health care waste and electricity services in health care facilities (Unicef)

• Deutschland: Umweltverbände schlagen wegen Gasbohrungen in Reichling Alarm

• What Water Insecurity Teaches Us About Disaster Preparedness

• Ghana’s rivers and soil poisoned by gold mining: Communities demand action

Update Friday, September 26

• UK: United Utilities underspent £52m on vital work in Windermere, FoI reveals

• New Zealand: $26 Billion In Dirty Money: Fonterra Cashes In After Contaminating Drinking Water

• World witnessing ‘dark era’ where water is used as weapon of war, says Emine Erdogan

• Deutschland – Frist läuft: Zahlreiche Trinkwasserrohre müssen entfernt werden

• Illegale Deponie im Erzgebirge: Wie gefährlich sind die PFAS für unser Trinkwasser?

• Wasserversorgung: Laut Eder ist Sicherheit entscheidend

• Liberia’s Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Crisis

• Italia: Crisi idrica, livello allerta elevato per la Basilicata

• Emergenza Idrica in Calabria: la Fillea Cgil non fa sconti a nessuno e denuncia “il fallimento della politica”

• Water crisis in Africa more severe than political crisis

• South Africa’s richest city is running out of water

• Sustainable water management urgently needed in Senegal river basin to address water stress & climate change: FAO

• EU will Gewässer besser vor Chemikalien schützen

• France – Scandale des eaux contaminées : “On a écarté l’existence d’un risque sanitaire” pour Perrier, déclare le rapporteur de la commission d’enquête au Sénat

• Canada: Three recipients honoured with National First Nations Water Leadership Award

• Cuenta atrás para el Mar Caspio: Científicos alertan de una desaparición que transformará Eurasia

• CTV National News: Atlantic Canada struggling with water supply amid extreme drought

• Ethiopia’s New Megadam Inflames Regional Tensions

• Gaza faces deadly ‘weaponized’ water crisis: Turkish first lady

• Canada: Notre eau pompée «n’importe comment» par des compagnies étrangères qui nous donnent des redevances «risibles», dénonce Climat Québec

• As Colorado River Negotiations Near a Critical Deadline, a New Way of Looking at Risk is Revealing Hard Choices

• La agroindustria española exporta en frutas y verduras el doble del agua que consumen todos los hogares del país

• Mexico will send to Congress a reform of the Water Law with a ban on transfers

• Italia – Crisi idrica in Calabria: un’emergenza che rischia di paralizzare l’intera regione

• Nigeria: FEMinWASH Launches Cross River Chapter To Drive Gender Equality In WASH Sector

• Mexico: Oaxaca – OCCAMA pide a Sheinbaum transparentar recursos y estudios sobre la presa Margarita Maza

• How to Make Water Conservation a Habit

• India: Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Chandrakant Patil launch National Initiative on Water Security

• France – Martinique – Pénuries d’eau : Cap Nord envisage des pénalités contre la SAUR

• US: California Legislature passes two watered-down bills to regulate data center water use, energy costs

• Myanmar: Six months after the earthquake, access to clean water remains a lifeline for hard-hit communities

• Italia – Crisi idrica in Basilicata: allerta elevata, agricoltori allo stremo

• Burkina Faso – Accès à l’eau à Ouagadougou : Entre défis résidentiels et charge féminine

• Illegal mining driving up water treatment costs – Ghana Water Limited

• Mexico: Inicia programa “Escuelas con Agua” para garantizar agua limpia en primarias de Yucatán

• Del cielo al vaso: cómo el agua de lluvia puede aliviar la crisis mundial de agua potable

• PACJA denounces Trump’s ‘climate hoax’ remarks as dangerous, irresponsible

• South Africa: Tired of waiting, KZN community unites to secure own water supply

• US: State of emergency declared as dieldrin contaminates drinking water in Yigo

• Liberia’s Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Crisis: An Urgent National Challenge With Huge Economic and Human Costs

• UK: £500m Thames Water desalination plant has provided just seven days’ water over 15 years

• Water infrastructures and local power in peripheral urbanisation: New insights from urban political ecology in São Paulo

• Saneamiento exprés: Barcelona, pionera de Europa en probar este modelo de gestión del agua

• Suisse: Pollution chimique dans l’eau potable du Léman

• Canada: Le niveau d’eau potable est faible à Saint-Narcisse

• Liberia: U.S. Aid Cuts Leave Thousands Without Promised Clean Water, Prompting NGO Intervention

Update Thursday, September 25

• Les Européens s’entendent pour limiter les PFAS et autres polluants dangereux dans les eaux

• France – Appellation « eau minérale trompeuse » : l’UFC-Que Choisir demande le retrait temporaire de Perrier

• France: ” Les fuites d’eau un vrai problème ” pour Christophe Leblanc, de l’agence de l’eau Rhin-Meuse

• France: UFC-Que Choisir demande le retrait des eaux Perrier (Nestlé)

• ZDF enthüllt die Wahrheit über deutsches Trinkwasser

• Österreich: PFAS und Extremwetter als Herausforderungen für Trinkwasser-Qualität

• Trinkwasser: Grundnahrungsmittel Nummer 1

• Vietnam: Ensuring clean water supply for urban areas

Update Wednesday, September 24

• US: Ranchers Make Tough Decisions to Weather Intense Southwest Drought

• Canada – OPINION: A world of water yet people still can’t drink it

• Deutschland: Stresstest zeigt Handlungsbedarf in Thüringen

• Deutschland: Sicherheit der Wasserversorgung in Rheinland-Pfalz

• Vivir sin agua o pagar precios insoportables: la peor sequía en la historia de Líbano amenaza la alimentación, el ganado y la biodiversidad

• Cities face risk of water shortages in coming decades: study

• The first emergence of unprecedented global water scarcity in the Anthropocene

• Why hidden costs of water loss remain a pain point

• Desalination: International battle for a contract in Mauritania

• Les autorités vigilantes face au manque d’eau en Seine-et-Marne

• Togo – Grand Lomé : un projet de 46 milliards pour sécuriser l’accès à l’eau potable

• Maroc – Taourirt : Engagement continu pour renforcer l’accès à l’eau potable

• Risque de pénuries d’eau dans les grandes villes d’ici la prochaine décennie

• L’accès à l’eau, enjeu vital pour les Palestiniens

• Pénurie d’eau : 753 millions de personnes menacées d’ici 2100, les villes méditerranéennes vulnérables

• Acqua gratuita a Imperia, attivi i nuovi distributori al Prino e alla Rabina

• Indien: „Lebensader“ Ganges verliert dramatisch an Wasser

• Where ‘day-zero droughts’ could happen as soon as this decade

• Turkey reeling from worst drought in five decades

• Canada: 1,000s of elementary students set to attend Children’s Water Festival in Milton this week

• Extreme global water shortages may occur by 2100

• Cuba: “No aguantaron más y se tiraron pa’ la calle: protesta en Altamira por falta de agua (VIDEO)

• Cuba: Universitarios de Holguín y La Habana sin agua potable en residencias estudiantiles

• Rep. Dominicana: Comunitarios de Tavera, en La Vega, protestan por falta de agua potable y dan plazo a Inapa

• Malaysia: Nestlé and Partners Make Waves with Orang Asli Water Project

• Canada: Des leaders autochtones reconnus pour leur engagement en matière d’eau potable

• Canada: Retour à la case départ pour le projet d’eau potable de Saint-Ulric

• Vers une gouvernance durable et inclusive de l’eau au Cameroun

• Alertan de “la primera aparición de una escasez de agua mundial sin precedentes” en nuestra era

• UK: Thames Water has set a deadline for Ofwat – which is apparently a thing that can happen?

• South Africa: Hundreds of West Rand residents block busy highways over water cuts

• South Africa: Diversion of R4bn intended for Joburg Water sparks outrage and calls for mayor’s resignation

• Mexico: Inside Conagua’s quest to eliminate water theft

• France – Scandale des eaux en bouteille : comment Nestlé va tenter d’empêcher l’arrêt de la commercialisation du Perrier

• Eau potable au Cameroun : la Camwater prépare sa réorganisation stratégique

Update Tuesday, September 23

• US: Hundreds plunge in Chicago River for first official swim in nearly 100 years

• Illness, animal deaths and water shortages: life inside Chile’s polluted ‘sacrifice zones’

• España: El 29% de las depuradoras andaluzas vierten aguas contaminadas a la naturaleza

• Canada: Calling Neskantaga First Nation living conditions deplorable

• South Africa: Gauteng parents speak out on frequent school closures as water outages disrupt learning

• Switzerland’s Gries Glacier melting at an alarming pace

• ECOWAS Commission funds borehole for schools in Ghana

• Deutschland: Staffellauf macht Weg des Bodensee-Trinkwassers sichtbar

• Ein Hochbehälter als Klassenzimmer

• France – Martinique: Dans le Nord, l’eau manque et la colère monte

• Belgique: Plus de 43.000 signatures contre les pesticides en Wallonie, souligne Canopea

• South Africa: Cabinet approves National Water Amendment Bill: Strengthening Water Security

• Young protesters mount pressure on Ghana president Mahama to #StopGalamsey

• Chinese peacekeepers provide lifeline of water to South Sudan villages

• Casi la mitad de El Salvador no tiene conexión de agua en su vivienda, según ANDA

• L’accesso all’acqua potabile: Democrazia idrica

• Geneva: Morocco’s CNDH Advocates Human Rights-Based Governance of Water and Energy

• US: Nitrate contamination of drinking water could cost Wisconsin communities millions, new report finds

• Argentina: Vecinos sin agua potable hace semanas: se agrava la situación en la Isla del Río Diamante

• Panama: Residentes de Charagre piden acceso a agua potable

• South Africa: Public water companies lose Sh16bn to unbilled customers

• France – Batailles pour une gestion publique, Eau publique: Partenariat public-public renforcé

• South Africa: SADC to host 11th multi-stakeholder water dialogue in Lesotho

• US: EPA tells some scientists to stop publishing studies, employees say

• A Great Lakes oil pipeline faces 3 controversies with no speedy resolutions

• Coca-Cola’s latest scandals spark calls to end license in central Colombia

• US: Trump administration backtracks on Iowa water safety rules

• US: Map Shows States Where Drinking Water Has Multiple Contaminants

• Deutschland: Stadt ruft zum Wassersparen auf

• France: La Bretagne romantique ne produit que la moitié de ses besoins en eau potable

• Gabon – Elections 2025 : Koumalé exige l’eau potable aux candidats

• South Africa – Clean governance or dry taps: DA moves to protect the public from abuse in water boards

• UN report urges rethink of global water crisis affecting millions

• US/Hawaii: Red Hill whistleblower describes ‘cover-up’ during May 2021 fuel leak

• Jordan battles severe water crisis with managed distribution, strategic projects

• Sharp rise in EU export trade in banned pesticides despite European Commission promises

• Kenya: Communities at Lake Turkana face water and food crisis

• Mexico: Al menos 8 mil personas sin agua potable en el Istmo de Oaxaca desde hace 3 días

Update Monday, September 22

• Cuba – Protesta en Regla: vecinos cierran calles tras 20 días sin agua potable (video)

• Mexico – Agua obligatoria en eventos masivos: buscan endurecer multas a organizadores de fiestas

• CRISIS GLOBAL | CIUDADES del MUNDO temen el “DÍA CERO” por escasez de AGUA 

• Gaza fait face à une crise d’eau étouffante au milieu des bombardements et du blocus

• Deutsche E-Autos auch betroffen: Zulieferer vertuscht Krebsgefahr im Wasser jahrelang

• Deutschland plant 1.000 neue Trinkwasserbrunnen: Erfrischung auf Knopfdruck!

• Lake Victoria choking on plastics

• Lesotho Highlands Water Project must work with women, not against them

• Nigeria: JCI Africa bestows senator award on Ogun-Osun River Basin CEO

• Cuba: Vecinos de Regla, en La Habana, cierran la calle tras 28 días sin agua (VIDEO)

• Nigeria: Strategic Investment In Water, Irrigation Infrastructure Critical To Transforming Agric Sector – Minister

• Microplastiche sempre più diffuse: l’acqua in bottiglia può farti ingerire migliaia di particelle invisibili

• Frankreich und das Wasser: Wie das Land seine Trinkwasserversorgung gegen die Dürre absichern will

• Nigeria: CSOs shun Lagos Water Corporation mgt meeting over PPP

• Bangladesh: Peace through climate action

• Climate Change Deepens Water Crisis in Northern Kenya + More | Eco Africa

• Wie viele Pillen verträgt ein Fluss?

• South Africa: Villagers lodge complaint with African Development Bank against Lesotho Highlands Water Project

Update Sunday, September 21

• Water Security: Global Weaponisation Portends Increased Civilian Hardship

• Do rivers and whales have legal rights? 

• France: En Seine-et-Marne, la plus grosse usine d’eau potable était privée mais la situation vient de changer

• France: Un collectif de défense de la qualité de l’eau voit le jour

• France – Eau potable : pourquoi notre facture risque d’exploser dans les prochaines années

• Peru: Alumnos de la primera Escuela Bicentenario de la Amazonía desarrollan proyecto de agua potable para comunidades nativas

• Agua potable y pobreza. Fernando Cajas

• 100,000 Ecuadorians protest Canadian mining project threatening key water source

• Sénégal: la saison des pluies, une épreuve sanitaire avec le retour des maladies liées à l’eau

• Sénégal : l’eau potable, une ressource objet de toutes les attentions

• US: McFarland’s Walk for Water raises funds for life-saving wells in Uganda

• South Africa: Parliament Gives Joburg Mayor Dada Morero 14 Days to Fix Water Crisis

• South Africa: Kokosi residents suffer as taps run dry for a month

• Agrigento, 6 anni dopo il contratto delle casette dell’acqua: nulla di fatto, mentre AICA pensa alle bottiglie

• Gaza. L’acqua è l’ultima arma usata contro la popolazione. «È poca e costa tanto»

• Canada: BC community bans plastic water bottles

• ‘We must change’: how drought and overextraction of water has run Iran dry

Update Saturday, September 20

• UK: ‘You could drink from that pond’: the city digging for a solution to toxic runoff

• Canada – ‘Our water should never be that dirty’: the water crisis in First Nations is about staffing too

• South Africa: Water and Sanitation Committee to Engage With City of Johannesburg Over Water Shortages

• Forscher warnen: Ist unser Trinkwasser etwa bald in Gefahr?

• Einleitung giftiger Industrieabfälle gefährdet Maas-Trinkwasser

• Droughts Don’t Just Dry Up Water — They Drain Livelihoods And Weaken Local Economies

• Cuba: Protesta en La Habana por la crisis de agua potable

• UK: Thames Water sorry after Oxfordshire town’s second flooding

• US: Wells going dry amid extreme drought in Randolph County

• L’eau du robinet coûte de plus en plus cher: pourquoi les factures grimpent en Belgique, “le montant de ma facture a doublé, mais pas ma consommation”

• Italia – Roma: convegno “Acqua maestra di vita. Tra scienza e solidarietà, per un futuro sostenibile”

• Italia: Scicli, divieto di consumo di acqua potabile: firmata l’ordinanza

• Africa’s future runs on water. So treat it as essential infrastructure

• ECOWAS Targets Rural Education Through Water Infrastructure Investment

• Cholera outbreak kills 58 in northeast Nigeria

• Canada – Saint John: La ville demande aux résidents de conserver l’eau en raison de conditions exceptionnellement sèches

• Peru: Ollas comunes y comedores populares tendrán agua gratuita

• South Africa: Water woes in Johannesburg far from over despite promises

• US: New Google data center near Richmond sparks fears over higher bills, water, and climate

• Uganda: Kabale, Boku varsities launch water project in Kigezi region

• Les conflits liés à l’eau vont s’intensifier avec le dérèglement climatique

• Burundi: Floods force 100,000 out of their homes – and the water in this African city is still rising

• Johannesburg’s water crisis: A threat to South Africa’s global image ahead of the G20 Summit

• South Africa: Johannesburg mayor gives update on water challenges

• Ghana – Galamsey: We need good water to drink; can we eat and drink gold? – Most Rev. Joseph Osei-Bonsu

• US – Texas : des puits de pétroles abandonnés laissent échapper des geysers d’eau toxique

Update Friday, September 19

• We’ll always need the toilet. Key messages you should know on World Toilet Day 2025

• Safe sanitation targets ‘out of reach’: New global report examines progress and challenges

• Der Mordsdurst der Schlachthöfe. Sie sind Deutschlands geheime Wasserschlucker

• Verbrauch der Schlachtindustrie: Schnitzel statt Trinkwasser

• US: White House scraps water expert’s nomination as states hash out Colorado River plan

• US: Benicia declares Stage 4 ‘Critical Water Shortage,’ requiring 40% cut in water use

• From drought to deluge: WMO report highlights increasingly erratic water cycle

• Water: 1 in 4 without safe access. Arrojo-Agudo: the real figure is double that

• How Kenya’s north tackling water insecurity

• Rep. Dominicana: Diputado Frank Ramírez denuncia que municipio de Bohechío lleva dos meses sin agua potable

• Peru – La Ruta del Agua de Pucallpa: un viaje educativo para promover el cuidado del recurso hídrico

• Mexico: Propone Raynel Ramírez reforma a la Ley de Agua Potable y Alcantarillado para el Estado de Oaxaca

• Italy – ‘You’re poisoning my child’: How Mamme No PFAS helped expose Italy’s PFAS pollution scandal

• France: Eau publique par Est Ensemble renforce son partenariat avec Eau de Paris

• Burkina/Accès à l’eau potable, à l’hygiène et à l’assainissement : World Vision lance son plan stratégique 2026-2030, « Mapping the Blue Thread »

• Mobilisation sociale: des “sabotages” sur le réseau d’eau en Martinique

• Nigeria: Safe Water Global Initiative seeks water access in flood-hit areas

• South Africa: SA’s water sector ‘untransformed’

• Struggle For Water Continues Following Israeli Attacks on Lebanon

• Ghana: Parliament Demands Dedicated Sanitation Fund Amid Mounting Contractor Debts

• US: The Colorado River is running dry, and scientists think they know why

• France – Normandie – Rouen: Métropole Zéro Pollution Plastique

• «3,6 milliards de personnes ont un accès à l’eau inadéquat» : voici les conséquences des perturbations du cycle de l’eau à cause du changement climatique, selon l’OMM

• Uruguay busca estrategia nacional de riego para mejorar aprovechamiento de recursos hídricos

• Argentina: “El agua potable es un recurso de salud pública”, afirma Caruana sobre nuevo proyecto para eventos masivos

• Italia – Agrigento: Situazione idrica sempre più drammatica, oggi 21 mln di metri cubi d’acqua nelle 9 dighe agrigentine

• US: EPA Backtracks on First-Ever Limits on Forever Chemicals

• US: White House scraps water expert’s nomination as states hash out Colorado River plan

• Australia: Water Corporation admits no water left for major new development in Port Hedland

• UK: Government doubles down on £100 billion water nationalisation price tag – but are they coming clean on the true cost of publicly owned water?

• España: Sevilla aprueba un plan para duplicar sus fuentes de agua potable en cuatro años

• Nigeria – Flood: CSO urges provision of safe drinking water to avert disease outbreaks

Update Thursday, September 18

• Nigerian Government Reaffirms Commitment To Achieving SDG Six

• US: Map shows tap water for nearly 100M people has toxic chromium-6 mixed with arsenic and nitrate

• US: Modesto Irrigation District director accused of water theft, board will investigate

• Africa: Understanding hidden lifeline of groundwater recharge

• Over 25,000 concerned citizens demand safe water: Greenpeace Africa hands petition to Minister Pemmy Majodina

• Zambia: Chinese-linked mining firms sued over ‘ecological catastrophe’

• US: Phoenix planning 3 plants where treated wastewater will be purified enough to drink

• La privatización del agua

• España – Valencia: Más de 3.000 estudiantes del complejo de Cheste están sin agua potable desde mayo

• Italia – Dal fiume al tuo rubinetto: il procedimento per un’acqua sicura

• Cross-Border Partnership for Water Security

• Peru: Channeling the Past to Face the Future

• The risk of water scarcity in Türkiye is growing!

• Canada: Manque d’eau au Québec!

• La capital paraguaya renovará el 40 % de sus tuberías de agua potable

• Gaza: Condenamos el ataque israelí contra nuestro centro de distribución de agua

• Cerca de un tercio de los cubanos está afectado por la falta de agua

• Water is Life: La ONG que combate la crisis de agua potable

• Canada – Pages Web sur l’eau et la santé : une référence utile et pertinente

• Sabotages sur le réseau : plus de 50 000 usagers du Centre et du Sud de la Martinique privés d’eau

• France – Bonneval. L’eau, un enjeu majeur des agriculteurs

• State of Africa’s Environment 2025: Changes in global water cycle to have adverse impact on continent

• Only a third of world’s river basins experienced normal conditions in 2024

• Trump golf course in Scotland accused of breaching sewage limits

• UK: Thames Water convicted of illegal raw sewage discharge into fishing lake and on to land in Newbury and Thatcham

• Japan supports access to safe drinking water for over 50,000 people in Abdurahmoni-Jomi district

• CICTAR Report: How Corporations Exploit Brazil’s Water Sector

• Côte d’Ivoire : Accès à l’eau potable, l’État confie la gestion des usines de Bouaké et San Pedro à un partenaire privé

Update Wednesday, September 17

• Melting glaciers mean an uncertain future for Europe’s rivers

• A new guide to help maintain water security in the future

• US: American Water Works Outlook – A Deteriorating Technical Picture Amid Mixed Analyst Opinions

• Profesor Tec expone evolución global en sistemas de aguas residuales

• Mexico: Oaxaca – Avalan presa Margarita Maza con consulta exprés

• US: Waterkeeper Alliance and Allies Sue EPA for Abandoning Slaughterhouse Water Pollution Rules

• Canada: To the last drop, ‘Forever chemicals’ in drinking water leave these communities in toxic limbo

• Lesotho villagers complain of damage from water project backed by African Development Bank

• US: Arizona town sinking as farms pump groundwater, locals drill deeper wells

• Uruguay’s green hydrogen plans raise ecological concerns in Argentina & at home

• South Africa: Chatsworth residents take to the streets over water

• Wasser wird zur kritischen Ressource. Perspektiven für ein klimaresilientes Wassermanagement in Deutschland und der EU

• Deutschland: Wasser wird knapper: so will Umweltminister Schneider gegensteuern

• UK: National Drought Group warns that current drought is far from over and is causing significant environmental impacts

• US – Opinion: Newsom must protect California’s drinking water from microplastics

• Ecuador: Tens of thousands protest Dundee’s mine project near key water reserve

• US: Bottled water sold for $1.21, dismissed medical pleas and faith tested at family detention facility

• Kapalua won’t host PGA Tour’s season opener as it copes with drought and Hawaii water dispute

• L’acqua: un bene comune, non una merce

• Cuba – “Aquí nadie tiene agua”: Cubanos agobiados por las roturas e interrupciones al servicio

• Argentina – El ajuste de Milei también llegó al acceso al agua potable: la inversión cayó a su nivel más bajo en dos décadas

• Argentina – Fallos Derecho al agua: La autoridad penitenciaria debe adoptar todas las medidas necesarias para garantizar y mantener la provisión de agua potable para uso y consumo de los internos de dicha unidad carcelaria

• Mexico: Sanciones por corte de agua en eventos musicales masivos

• Perú – Hambre y desnutrición: Gobernadores reclaman agua potable y salud primero

• Nigeria: Avoid boreholes, well water now — Ogun govt warns coastal communities, others

• Cape Town’s water crisis: Community protests highlight neglect of the poor

• The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States Emphasize Water as a Fundamental Human Right Amid Climate Challenges

• Chile: Experts of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Welcome Chile’s Efforts to Promote Work-Life Balance, Raise Questions on Indigenous Peoples’ Right to Land and Access to Safe Drinking Water

• France – Plan Départemental de l’Eau : stratégie 2025 – 2030

• RDC : lancement du programme de formation gratuite des jeunes en électricité et dans divers domaines de l’eau

• Serbia – Belgrade public fountains: Only one has spring water that is safe to drink

• Chinese-built water supply project to benefit livelihoods in Angola’s capital

• South Africa: “We Strongly Urge Dialogue and a Solution”: Cardinal Brislin Calls for Immediate Action on Johannesburg Water Crisis

• US: Obama lawyers seek end to Lejeune toxic water case

• UK: Sussex at breaking point: Water woes threaten our future

• US: Delta Dental of Idaho Expands Access to Drinking Water in Schools with Bottle Filling Stations

• Cantabrians say “enough”: Nitrate-polluted tap water returned to ECan

• US: Veolia Water tells customers not to drink the water after months of saying it was safe

• France – Interdiction des PFAS : « Le texte ne permet pas de protéger les Français »

• Zimbabwe: Mufakose Residents Forced to Vacate Homes As Raw Sewage Floods Yards

• South Africa: Teachers at Eastern Cape school give up their toilet to grade R learners

• South Africa – Media Statement: Water and Sanitation Committee Welcomes Positive Impact of Withholding Equitable Share

• Schweiz: Das Grundwasser wird immer wärmer

Update Tuesday, September 16

• Peru: Antiguo sistema de agua potable en San Miguel de Cauri colapsó

• Italia: Privatizzazione, il Comitato “Vogliamo l’acqua dal rubinetto” dice no

• Colombia: Más de 40.000 habitantes de Soacha tendrán agua potable y alcantarillado: los barrios beneficiados

• US: EPA Says It Won’t Regulate Four PFAS in Drinking Water

• Devex Newswire: Why does development ignore the key to life?

• Cameroun : Pénurie d’eau potable, le gouvernement s’engage aux côtés d’Africa Dream Water pour 100 forages solaires

• France: Faites-vous confiance à l’eau du robinet ?

• Guinee – Banankoro (Kérouané) : « Les femmes souffrent énormément » face au manque d’eau potable

• Ecuador: Tres cantones suspenden clases presenciales por falta de agua potable

• La falta de agua potable en Cuba genera malestar y denuncias de la población

• South Africa – ‘We want water’: Cape Town protesters cause early morning traffic delays

• UN expert calls for rights-based energy and water systems

• Canada: Vermont firefighters conserve water as drought worsens

• The Water Authority of Fiji WAF outlines drought strategy

• UK: Sewage pours into rivers of English and Welsh national parks at twice rate

• Veolia sur le plus grand projet d’eau industrielle complexe en Arabie Saoudite

• Forum national sur l’assainissement au Tchad

• ‘Things are really, really low’: Vermonters feel impacts of record low water levels

• Nigeria: Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation Inaugurates National Technical Working Group on Sustainability of Rural Water Supply Systems

• Tejgaon’s sanitation crisis: A look into workers’ health in Dhaka

• Zimbabwe: Civil Society Petitions Parliament to Halt Water Privatisation

• Italia: La crisi idrica è una minaccia anche per il diritto allo studio

Update Monday, September 15

• UK: Super tunnel aims to capture 95% of millions of tonnes of sewage polluting River Thames

• ‘I woke up and there was no water’: Gaza’s human rights defenders in their own words

• «Un cas de racisme environnemental» : à l’approche de la COP30 à Belém, une favéla lutte pour accéder à l’eau potable

• US: The dwindling Colorado River can’t wait for states to cut water use, experts say

• Estudiantes de escuelas rurales de San Luis diseñan filtros caseros para mejorar el acceso al agua segura

• South Africa: Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina Confirms Millions Paid for Incomplete Water Projects Amid Ongoing Crisis

• France: La taxation sur les PFAS repoussée à 2026, “une manœuvre politique” dénoncent associations et élus écologistes

• India: Getting the five elements right

• In Australia, a data centre boom is built on vague water plans

• Italia: DISSALATORI SICILIANI, UN FLOP ANNUNCIATO: UN MILIONE AL MESE PER ACQUA CHE NON ARRIVA

• Crise de l’eau en Guadeloupe : entre débrouille et ras-le-bol, les habitants s’organisent face aux interdictions

• Kingston University, London Joins Key Project To Make River Thames Drinkable

• DNR starts fisheries and water quality graduate fellowship in Iowa Great Lakes region

• ‘A basic human right’: Manitoba First Nation declares state of emergency over water quality

• ‘It’s dying in front of our eyes’: how the UK’s largest lake became an ecological disaster

• UK: Ofwat confirms £86m in fines for Anglian and South West Water over sewage failures

• Inside the Plastics Industry Playbook: Delay, Deny, and Distract

• Mexico – El Batán: entre la urgencia hídrica y la confianza pública

• “Usuarios deben pagar solo por la calidad del servicio que reciben” Ruth Quevedo – CRA | Entrevista

• Illegal Mining Crisis: GWL Shuts Kwanyako Headworks, Thousands Left Without Safe Water

• South Africa: A $3 Billion Plan to Bring Water to Johannesburg Hits Opposition

Update Sunday, September 14

• Thames Water paid £1m-plus to corporate spooks firm part-owned by Starmer adviser

• Water war and shorter showers: Iranians ‘storing every drop’ as dams run dry

• Poverty and Water Security in the Sahel

• Ecuador: Esmeraldas declara emergencia cantonal por falta de agua potable

• South Africa – Burning planet: Joburg water crisis reaches boiling point

• Entrevista: Comunidades indígenas de la Amazonia colombiana disfrutan de agua potable gracias a cooperación Sur-Sur

• PepsiCo celebrates major project to address harmful impacts of its operations: ‘A powerful example’

• Colombia: Ibagué se convierte en epicentro de la gestión comunitaria del agua con congreso internacional

• República Dominicana: Dirigentes comunitarios protestan por la falta de agua en Villa Altagracia

• Opinion | Water, Sanitation And Hygiene: What Latest Global Report Means For India

• US: Why desert golf courses and artificial lakes remain untouched by the Colorado River crisis

• South Africa: JHB Water Crisis | Reservoirs failing to keep up with demand for water: Pemmy Majodina

• Ghana: Government committed to addressing Damongo water crisis – Minister

• Mexico: Combate al robo de agua potable, una constante en Torreón

• Colombia: Campesinos del sur del Cauca acumulan dos meses sin agua potable; empresa que presta el servicio respondió

• Colombia: Agua potable para comunidad indígena de Hatonuevo transforma su calidad de vida

• Cuba: Crisis del agua golpea a casi toda Cuba por “sequía meteorológica”

• Cuba: Neighbors lose patience in Canal Habana report: They report over a month without water

• Mexico: Agua como derecho y como futuro

• Canada: Québec lance un projet pilote pour limiter la consommation d’eau

• South Africa’s water crisis is a national emergency, not a local problem

• South Africa – Johannesburg’s water crisis: Residents demand urgent action

• US: Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer District declares exceptional drought for second time in history

Update Saturday, September 13

• Nigeria: AfDB and ICRC partner to support inclusive, resilient water services in Maiduguri

• UK: Are the Rights of Nature the Only Way to Save Lough Neagh?

• South Africa: DA calls for the immediate restoration of Excelsior’s boreholes to stop ongoing water crises

• UK: Welsh Water announces plan to cut 500 jobs

• Between intrusion and drying rivers: In Peru’s Amazon, a tribe leads the fight for clean water

• Zu viel Nitrat im hessischen Trinkwasser 

• Accords franco-suisses sur le Rhône et le Léman: le verre à moitié vide ou à moitié plein

• US: EPA Seeks To Roll Back PFAS Drinking Water Rules, Keeping Millions Exposed to Toxic Forever Chemicals in Tap Water

• Opinion: The water we waste

• Nigeria: Strengthening Cholera Response and Preparedness in Lagos

• Ghana: WRC outlines measures to protect water-bodies in country

• Nigeria: Coca-Cola system invests $1.65m in support of water security

• France: “C’est une situation de sécheresse exceptionnelle” : l’extrême sud de la Corse risque de manquer d’eau potable

• UK: One in five struggled to pay water bill in last year – Citizens Advice

• US: Trump admin asks court to kill 4 PFAS drinking water limits

• República Dominicana: Protestan por más de cinco años sin recibir agua potable en Nigua

• Siccità e crisi agricola, Catanzaro (Pd): “Urgente l’intervento della regione siciliana”

• A high-risk mega-dam in Ethiopia

• Algeria struggling against tide of wasted water

• Mexico: Citlali Medellín Impulsa gestión de agua potable para Tamiahua desde CONAGUA

• Colombia: Alcaldía de Cali respalda la Política Pública de Gestión Comunitaria del Agua: garantía de vida y participación ciudadana

• Perú y Suiza firman convenio para fortalecer y garantizar el acceso seguro al servicio de agua potable en Lima y Callao en caso de terremoto

• Mexico: Agua como derecho y como futuro

• Ecuador: Esmeraldas enfrenta nueva emergencia por falta de agua potable

• US: The 2025 Southern California Community Water Systems Atlas

• US: Greene County communities issue emergency declaration 3 years after water supply contaminated

• RDC: La commune de Ngiri-Ngiri desservie en eau potable après 5 mois de pénurie

• Bold genius: What rest of Africa thinks of Ethiopia’s grand dam

• South Africa : Joburg’s water crisis | City backs up Morero’s seven-day deadline

Update Friday, September 12

• Italia: Rome’s mayor says River Tiber could open to swimmers within five years

• South Africa: Government calls for calm amidst Johannesburg (water) protest action

• Ghana: The solution to galamsey is not in tariff adjustments – ISODEC, Africa Water Justice Network reject proposed 280% water tariff hike

• Italia: Un’isola senz’acqua e con tubature vecchie

• Un altro blackout a Cuba: il collasso energetico che scuote l’isola

• Guest Post – The Water Reckoning: Why Water Stress is the Next Big Financial Risk

• US: Why thousands of people in rural West Virginia lack reliable drinking water

• España: València será la primera capital europea capaz de autoabastecerse de agua potable en caso de catástrofes

• España: València invertirá 120 millones para ser autosuficiente en el suministro de agua potable

• Ghana Water Company Threatens Plant Shutdowns Over 280% Tariff Rejection

• AI is causing a severe water crisis. US journalist Karen Hao

• Kenya: Audit exposes massive water theft, leakages in county water companies

• US – SAFER water for California’s future: Legislature moves to continue safe drinking water program past 2030

• Canada: Government invests $18.7M in Nunavut infrastructure, water systems

• Nigeria: Water Safety in Focus with Nestlé Water Quality Advocacy Campaign

• Unlocking the Flow of Capital to End the Global Water Crisis

• Water is Everyone’s Responsibility: Interview with Retno Marsudi, the United Nations Secretary General’s Special Envoy on Water

• Mexico: Documental: Xangá Ndá Ge, el río que agoniza en la tierra de los anarquistas Flores Magón

• Mexico: Cártel del agua en La Paz

• ‘Water For Life, Not For Death’: Liberatory Politics Against Imperialism’s Violence

• Canada: These residents didn’t know their water was contaminated until a professor showed up

• ‘No food, no drink, no water’: Misery in the south for refugees from Gaza city

• Colombia: Procuraduría exige coordinación para garantizar agua potable en el País

• Mexico: ¡Necesitamos agua potable! Vecinos de La Arcina se manifiestan en la Presidencia Municipal de León

• South Africa – ‘We are asking for a basic human right’: Coronationville residents protest water shortages

• France: Sécheresse | Point de situation des différents bassins au 11 septembre 2025

• Canada: Une nouvelle carte expose les cours d’eau contaminés par les perfluorés

• France – Pau : la bataille pour l’eau au cœur d’une conférence à l’UPPA

• US – Running Out: Texas’ water crisis — and the path forward

• The Worst Drought in Decades Threatens Syria’s Recovery from Civil War

• Climate change and human pressures threaten Volta Basin as Ghana deepens cross-border collaboration

• Ghana moves to strengthen regional voice in managing Volta Basin Resources

• UK: Thousands of tonnes of toxic landfill liquid added to sewage and spread on English farms

• India – Three Kilometres for a Pot of Water: In Maharashtra’s Melghat Region, Clean Water Is Still a Distant Dream

• Liberia: Clean Water and Sanitation Project Transforms Lives In Rural Montserrado

• US: Agencies launch innovative pilot program to protect Lake Tahoe’s air and water

• UK: Caterers charge Bristol City Council £20 for tap water at meetings

• UK: Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water announces 500 job cuts

• UK: Water firm bans tankers from transporting water for billionaire’s lake

• Iran’s water crisis: A warning for Nigeria

• South Africa mulls ‘punitive’ action on municipalities over mounting water debt

• Saltwater intrusion in Kenya’s Tana River threatens thousands of livelihoods

Update Thursday, September 11

• South Africa: DA alarmed by water-board fees while water crisis rages on

• Mexico: Vecinos de Toluca enfrentan tres semanas sin agua potable

• Why there’s an argument over Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam

• El Centro Annotated Subject Bibliography: Mafia (Cartel) Water Theft, Water Resource Control, and Community Extortion

• China’s CJIC intensifies water initiatives in Madagascar

• Italia: Crisi idrica, attivate modalità straordinarie per attingere acqua

• 35% des Tunisiens privés d’un accès régulier à l’eau potable, alerte Houcine Rhili

• Surging number of data centers around the Great Lakes could lead to water shortages, report says

• European Parliament: “We will monitor water law implementation”

• Megadroughts Are Here To Stay, And U.S. Water Utilities Need To Adapt

• Uganda moves to honour its hidden clean water and sanitation heroes

• US – Viewpoint: Repealing roadless rule threatens clean drinking water

• La cooperación transfronteriza en el sector hídrico abre cauces en Europa sudoriental

• Agua potable vs. agua segura: el desafío pendiente en Argentina y América del Sur

• Datos y capacitaciones de la NASA ayudan a Uruguay a navegar por sequía

• Italia – Sicilia: Non si placa la crisi idrica nell’Isola, interventi straordinari per garantire acqua potabile e per l’irrigazione

• Italia – Termini Imerese, il Comitato delle Contrade: “L’acqua è un diritto, non un privilegio”

• Italia – POZZUOLI| “No alla privatizzazione dell’acqua pubblica e ai rincari in bollette” 

• Innovación y circularidad: las múltiples facetas de la innovación al servicio de la circularidad del agua

• De la inundación a la oportunidad: el poder de la captación pluvial

• US: State adds 30 counties to drought watch list after ‘abnormally dry’ stretch

• Kosovo: “Trinkwasser, Stopp der Betonierung der Stadt”, Visar Azemi von LDK verspricht Ferizaj

• Deutschland – Tag des offenen Denkmals: Stadtwerke öffnen historisches Wasserwerk Bockum

• Vietnam: Clean water to the highlands

• RDC: Environ 14 000 personnes privées d’eau potable à Buleusa

• Nigeria: ‘We are still waiting, still suffering’: The legacy of a deadly xdam collapse

• Task force formed to fight rising cholera cases in Africa

• Burkina Faso – Eau potable et assainissement dans la région de Nando: des ouvrages hydrauliques pour réduire la corvée des populations

• Kenya: Over 4,000 displaced amid concerns of rising water levels around Lake Naivasha

• Pollution suisse de l’eau française

• South Africa: Police fire rubber bullets, stun grenades and tear gas at Joburg water protest

• A Massive Seaweed Belt Stretching from Africa to the Caribbean is Changing The Ocean

• Water credits in Africa: Financing climate resilience and community futures

• Bis zu 21 Prozent: Bewässerungsbedarf in der Schweiz könnte massiv steigen 

Update Wednesday, September 10

• South Africa: The SAHRC engages with Water and Sanitation Minister regarding water challenges

• PFAS-Ausstieg stellt Schweiz vor grosse Herausforderung

• Más que potable: agua segura para La Paz y toda Bolivia

• La permanente crisis del agua en Cuba

• Italia – Fontane pubbliche sotto osservazione: tra diritto all’acqua e abuso del bene comune

• France, Martinique – Eau potable : un inquiétant cocktail dans nos canalisations ?

• Canada: Quels seront les effets du projet pilote de réduction de la consommation d’eau?

• Le Bureau européen de l’environnement (BEE) publie un rapport accablant sur la qualité des eaux de surface en Europe

• ICE Raids in California Block Farmworker Access to Clean Water 

• Belastetes Trinkwasser im Südelsass: Euro-Airport übernimmt Hälfte der Kosten

• Mexico: Destinarán siete veces más recursos para 2026 en infraestructura de agua potable, alcantarillado y saneamiento

• Italia: Mazara del Vallo, protesta silenziosa del CCRIAM in Consiglio comunale: “L’acqua è un diritto”

• South Africa: Pressure mounts on Water and Sanitation Dept for complete procurement overhaul

• US: House Bill Amending the Clean Water Act Could Mean Dirtier Water Nationwide—And Especially in Iowa

• Water management key to food security, resilience in Bangladesh: UN experts

• Syria: $2 Million Deal to Rehabilitate Wells and Strengthen Water Security in Rural Damascus

• Can filtering seawater provide for a thirsty world?

• The Effects of Melting Glaciers in Europe

• UK: Household complaints to water watchdog soar to highest level in nine years

• Paris cleaned up the Seine – and gave swimmers a new way to beat the heat. Will your city follow suit?

• South Africa: Millions face barriers that strip away basic rights and dignity

• Burkina Faso : Des ouvrages hydrauliques remis à trois villages

• Vers une stratégie intégrée de l’eau : un impératif pour les territoires

• Nappes phréatiques françaises : gouvernance territoriale et leviers pédagogiques pour une sobriété durable

• Peru: II Foro de Economía Circular en agua y saneamiento

• CAF firmó convenio de cooperación técnica con OSE para mejorar la infraestructura y la gestión hídrica uruguaya

• US – Health Matters: Lead in school district’s water concerning, experts say

• UK: “Will they protect freshwater?” – Greenpeace reveals Environment Canterbury candidate scorecard

Update Tuesday, September 9

• South Africa: Vandals ruin water supply for Eastern Cape village

• Woman-headed households in South Africa need water, sanitation and energy to fight hunger – G20 could help

• The combined thirst of upstream nations is a greater threat to Egypt’s water security

• Guinea: New study alleges Simandou Iron Ore Project of polluting water, soil and impacting community; incl. cos. responses & non-response

• Italia: L’acqua pubblica tradita: la deriva privatizzatrice della Campania

• Italia: Pozzi, dissalatori e 128 milioni per l’emergenza acqua: dal governo regionale risposte concrete alla crisi idrica

• Mexico: Inaugura Gobernador David Monreal Programa Escuelas con Agua

• France – Sécheresse : « La question qui doit se poser est celle de la finalité de l’usage : est-ce que j’ai réellement besoin de cette eau-là ? »

• India: Trust the tap? Not even RO water is safe in some parts of Mohali

• We Can Remove Toxic Forever Chemicals From Drinking Water. Why Aren’t We?

• Water Stress: Morocco is Third Largest Avocado Producer in Africa

• Music for Water at the GRAMMYs: Artists Turn Songs Into a Global Call for Clean Water

• Deutschland: Wird in Lohr das Trinkwasser knapp? Die Ampel steht auf Gelb, nur lang anhaltender Regen kann helfen

• Europe: The Map of Forever Pollution

• In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestinian taps run dry

• Republica Dominicana: Fuerza del Pueblo advierte que anteproyecto de ley de aguas abre paso a la privatización

• Desalación y planificación hidrológica. Retos y oportunidades

• Peru: Proyecto de agua potable en Garabito fortalece la calidad de vida y el desarrollo de la población

• Costa Rica – Charla: gestión y uso eficiente del agua en los campus universitarios

• Mexico: Concluye a golpes asamblea de comité de agua potable, en Acuitlapilco

• Canada: Falkland Water System moves to Stage 3 restrictions

• Deutschland: »Trinkwasserschutz hat oberste Priorität«

• Afrique de l’Est: Le secteur de l’eau en AEOI

• UK: Bluey and Bandit: Wessex Water’s Detection Dogs Sniff Out Pollution in Sewers

• UK: Feargal Sharkey blasts water company following poo tsunami

• UK: Ashford wastewater works make ‘estate smells of sewage all the time’

• UK: Surf contest cancellation due to sewage ‘a first’

Update Monday, September 8

• Water Security: Global Weaponisation Portends Increased Civilian Hardship

• Empowering Mediterranean societies and individuals to tackle water security

• Researchers make new guide to help maintain water security in the future

• Jordan initiates pilot project to enhance water security in Wadi Seer

• UK drought is “tip of the dry iceberg” in future water security concerns

• “Millions Face Water Crisis Tomorrow”: Himalayan Glaciers Disappearing 10 Times Faster Than Predicted, Threatening Entire Nations’ Survival

• Colombia: A punta de mariachis, habitantes de Cáqueza bloquearon la vía Bogotá-Villavicencio: el momento quedó en video

• Kosovo – Emir Sulejmani: Jelina without water, without hope and with millions of euros in debt

• Chovechuva, le système brésilien qui transforme l’eau de pluie en eau potable sans électricité

• Crise de l’eau en Guadeloupe : plus de 200 plaintes pénales recueillies au Gosier

• Iran: ‘Lake Urmia Has Become Part of History,’ Report Declares as NASA Images Confirm Complete Disappearance

• Australia: National Drought Forum convenes in SA to put policy under scrutiny

• Mexico: Defensores del agua en Xoxtla son vinculados a proceso por interrumpir el tránsito

• France: “Eau secours”, un avant-goût salon de la caricature de Saint-Just présenté à la Maison de la Région à Limoges

• The Earth is drying out and we need to act urgently

• Water lies at the centre of Africa’s climate adaptation

• Worried about ARVs in South Africa’s tap water? How to tell when journalists get the science wrong

• Hydrological variability of large rivers in West Africa: gap-filling with Earth observations and daily rainfall-runoff modelling

• Zimbabwe: How refill stations fight plastic waste in Victoria Falls

• WHO global water, sanitation and hygiene: annual report 2024

• Egypt, Sudan worry about water as Ethiopia’s GERD dam opens

• Eau potable: Plus de 5 milliards de DH pour alimenter Marrakech

• La révolution pipi-caca: Les hérauts des toilettes sans eau en mission

• « Les serveurs boivent notre eau potable » : ces datacenters espagnols qui consomment 53 millions de litres par an affolent les agriculteurs assoiffés

• France – Estelle Grelier : « Nous voulons redonner à l’eau la valeur qu’elle mérite »

• Canada: Par crainte de manque d’eau, Québec va tester une limite de consommation

• Pénurie d’eau au Liban: le gouvernement appelé à déclarer l’état d’urgence hydrique

Update Sunday, September 7

• • World must act now to prevent conflicts over water, Abu Dhabi forum told

  • Egypt affirms support for African countries through water projects

  • Iran: El día cero en Teherán: cómo la megacapital de Irán se está quedando sin agua y electricidad para sus 10 millones de habitantes

  • ¿Por qué Panamá no logra superar la crisis de agua? • FRANCE 24 Español

  • Argentina: Vota Buenos Aires, la provincia más rica, poblada y desigual, con barrios sin agua potable y countries con lagunas privadas

  • South Korea: Gangneung suspends water supply to apartments, hotels amid historic drought

  • Afghanistan: Water Crisis and Water Mafia in Kabul: Situation Becomes More Critical Each Day

  • Italia – Emergenza idrica: stop notturno dal 5 al 6 settembre in oltre 20 comuni dell’Irpinia e del Beneventano

  • Österreich – Frisches Wasser für alle: Nordtirol startet digitale Brunnenübersicht

  • US: In Idaho History Decides Who Drinks First

  • Suisse: Avenir énergétique ou désastre écologique? Un projet de barrage suscite la polémique à Zermatt

  • Nepal – No One Left Behind: The Promise of CWIS

  • UK: Water firm’s court summons over parasite outbreak

  • US: Explaining county water, sewer rate increases

  • The Ripple Effect of Clean Water: Breaking Poverty Cycles

  • Chemicals found in tap water linked to a 33% increase in cancer rates

  • India: Severe Drinking Water Crisis in Srinagar,Supply disrupted in dozens of areas; residents in distress

  • South Korea: Dunamu delivers water for drought-stricken Gangneung

  • Kosovo: The water utility calls on consumers: No drinking water without paying bills

  • Colombia: Comunidades Wayuu en La Guajira recuperan acceso a agua potable con rehabilitación de molino de viento

  • Mexico: Vinculan a proceso a activistas por bloquear carreteras en protesta contra pozo de agua potable en Puebla

  • Flooding of the Senegal and Gambia rivers: increased vigilance in Matam and Podor

  • South Africa: Lesotho’s giant dam takes shape

Update Saturday, September 6

• Dispelling Myths about Water Services (Book)

• Small communities left behind as advanced water treatment for PFAS proves broader benefits

• South Africa, here’s what five years did to your water and electricity bill

• UK: England’s toxic road runoff pollution being ignored, MPs told

• Water Treatment In South Africa – The Unseen Crisis In Our Taps That Demands Urgent, Scalable Action

• Oil giants accused of dodging Niger Delta clean-up as UN panel intervenes

• Italia: Emergenza idrica in Calabria, Coapi: “Dati ufficiali confermano deficit e invasi al minimo”

• US: Waterkeeper Alliance Condemns EPA’s Decision to Halt Rulemaking to Reduce Water Pollution From Slaughterhouses

• South Korea – City left thirsty: Gangneung’s water crisis nears breaking point

• US – Katrina: Hell and high water in New Orleans

• Cholera remains Africa’s leading public health concern: Africa CDC

• Sin agua y sin respuesta: Cubanos salieron a las calles a protestar tras semanas sin servicio

• Kosovo: Tanks with drinking water in Pristina, Gračanica and surroundings

• Deutschland: Aus vielen Brunnen sprudelt reines Trinkwasser – nicht nur in Karlsruhe

• Canada: Pression à la baisse sur l’eau potable à Québec

• France: Pour protéger l’eau potable des Lyonnais, des agriculteurs accompagnés vers une réduction des pesticides

• As Seas Rise and Aquifers Shrink, Salt Is Choking North Africa’s Farms, Study Finds

• Mexico: Denuncian a granjas porcinas de Yucatán por infectar el agua

• US: Solutions for Salinas Valley groundwater contamination exist, but adoption is slow

• South Korea: 86 groundwater reservoir dams to fight droughts

• How a Le Monde Team Uncovered 300 Contaminants in France’s Groundwater

• Humanity is rapidly depleting water and much of the world is getting drier

• Mexico: Conagua anuncia inversión de 122 mil millones de pesos en proyectos de abastecimiento entre 2025 y 2030

• Mexico: Exigen quitar concesión a empresa española que administra agua potable en Veracruz

• Map: French water tables by department at end of summer

• Water crisis in Gaza: Precious drops that save lives

• US: Vail Town Council wants a clear budget on proposed plastic water bottle ban

• Team Europe Strengthens Partnership with Kenya to Advance Water and Sanitation Sector

Update Friday, September 5

• La guerra del agua: conflictos globales por el control de los recursos hídricos

• Progress on water, sanitation slows, universal access drifts away

• Egypt’s Partnership Agency Expands Water Management Cooperation Across Africa

• Exploring the diverse motivations of volunteer water management committees in rural Malawi

• South Africa: Joburg residents, fed up with water outages, block roads

• France, Switzerland agree on Rhone, Lake Geneva water management

• Israel to pump desalinated Mediterranean water into the Sea of Galilee

• Ecuador: detectan niveles tóxicos de metales pesados en el agua y sedimentos del río Santiago

• Mexico – Sanitation in Ensenada’s urban region: bridging the gap between the human right and the practice

• Partnership for Impact: UNDP and CIFF Invest in Sustainable Water Access in Ethiopia’s Somali Region

• Egypt, Sudan reaffirm stance against Ethiopia’s Nile dam

• Why is Europe running out of water?

• US – VA officials: Regional collaboration on wastewater crucial to manage, prevent crises

• PFAS water treatment has double benefits, cutting toxic ‘forever chemicals’ and carcinogens

• You can be exposed to PFAS through food, water, even swimming in lakes – new maps show how risk from ‘forever chemicals’ varies

• Pennsylvania lawmakers grapple with how to handle demand for data centers

• South Africa: Kareedouw residents without running water for almost 10 years

• 12 Irish charities supporting Gaza and Palestine right now

• Cuba: Vecinos de Centro Habana protestan ante la falta de agua potable: “Esto es insoportable”

• España: El hotel de las suites a 3.000 dólares la noche y 15 piscinas que robaba agua potable mientras Menorca se seca

• The strangulation of Indus Delta

• Catchment-based water resources modelling and planning of the transboundary Inkisi River in the Congo Basin

• Colombia: Gobierno reconoce la gestión comunitaria del agua como política pública nacional

• República Dominicana: Comunitarios en Pantoja y Los Girasoles denuncian crisis por falta de agua potable

• Mexico: CONAGUA anuncia 17 megaproyectos hídricos para garantizar agua

• L’Europe et l’AFD renforcent l’accès à l’eau potable au Cambodge

• Water, sanitation and infection control practices in rural health facilities of Jodhpur District, India

• South Africa faces growing water and sanitation problems

• Mexico: Sheinbaum Advances Water “Deprivatization” With 17 Projects

• South Africa: Caught between government departments, Limpopo families live with raw sewage

• Nigeria: NAFDAC seals illegal chemical, water firm in Abuja

• UK – Scottland: Customers Urged Again to Save Water – Despite the Rain

Update Thursday, September 4

• Ghana: Customers hit by water shortage in Central Region less than 140,000 – MD, GWL

• South Africa: Water and Sanitation urges public to prioritise water conservation as Lowveld dam levels decline

• US: Water funding is changing

• US: Evers urges rejection of Trump budget cuts to preparedness, clean water, infrastructure

• US: Regional, state leaders gather to discuss solutions to ongoing water issues

• Canada: Twin 5 Bills, clean water and the long fight for justice

• Cornyn: I’ve been exploring all options to ensure border communities have water

• Nuova riforma idrica in Albania, Edi Rama mette in guardia dal carcere per i ladri

• Les réserves d’eau d’une célèbre station balnéaire de Majorque quasi à sec

• Gabon – Libreville: cette eau qui n’étanche pas la soif

• France – « Lyon empoisonne 250 000 habitants » : ces polluants éternels PFAS d’Arkema et Daikin contaminent l’eau potable et affolent toute la région

• France: À Pau, une conférence-débat alerte sur la bataille de l’eau

• Quand les glaciers des Alpes auront disparu, la France manquera-t-elle d’eau ? OnVousRépond Climat

• Crise de l’eau en Guadeloupe : Jocelyn Sapotille appelle Guy Losbar à mettre en place une régie unique

• Bewohner stoßen mit Wasser an: Letztes Brunnendorf im Vogtland am Trinkwassernetz

• Argentina: El Municipio acordó llevar agua potable a los barrios que faltan y potenciar el sistema

• UK: Rescue plan at Thames Water is still too murky

• US: Newsom’s Delta tunnel gets an unexpected backer

• South Africa: The unseen crisis in our taps that demands urgent, scalable action

• Italia: Il 14 settembre torna a Gualdo Tadino il “Festival dell’Acqua”

• La desalinización no siempre perjudica el medio ambiente

• Colombia: Gobierno garantiza agua potable a comunidades indígenas en Vichada

• Vietnam: Join hands to bring clean water to the countryside

Update Wednesday, September 3

• India: People in the Mountains Need Disaster Justice, Not Sermons on Environmentalism

• UK: Water after the Cunliffe Commission

• UK: Thousands of potentially illegal sewage spills in first half of 2025

• Plastics treaty must address production

• South Africa: Sewage in the rivers as Polokwane water treatment project stalls

• Los glaciares de los Andes y el riesgo de desastre: una visión regional para un desafío global

• Kosovo: Aumento del manganese nel lago Badoc: queste sono le aree di Pristina e Gracanica dove è vietato bere l’acqua

• Trinkwasser aus dem Meer: Die Profiteure des Meerwasserentsalzungs­booms

• Canada: Court Strikes out NSW Water Resource Plan and makes historic orders protecting cultural knowledge

• Mayotte: la construction d’une usine de dessalement d’eau de mer inquiète les acteurs environnementaux

• Five children in Gaza among those killed by Israeli strike while fetching water

• The libertarian developer looming over West Maui’s water conflict

• South Africa: Limpopo villagers block roads demanding water

• Canada: Wildfire retardants help stop fires — but also impact ecosystems

• Cyprus steps up desalination as worsening droughts parch the island

• In African villages, water collection remains a lifelong burden

• Even in final years, African women endure long walks for water

• Ethiopia: The Nile Mega-Dam soon to be inaugurated, a billion dollars per year project

• Agua potable vs. agua purificada: ¿qué diferencia existen entre la que se vende en bidones de la que sale desde las cañerías?

• North Korea: Gangneung enforces strict water limits

• EMV exposes a cover-up in Zambia’s worst environmental disaster

• Settler attacks, descriminatory policies cut off West Bank water

• Crise de l’eau à Mayotte : la fin des coupures paraît encore très éloignée

• L’eau va disparaître : un célèbre lieu de vacances tire la sonnette d’alarme

• Gestion de l’eau : « Il faut changer de modèle économique »

• Polluants chimiques : un danger éternel ?

• Outbreak Of Cholera Looms In Gbiniyiri

• English water firms spend £16.6m on legal fees over environmental breaches

• Mexico: En Jalisco más del 80% del gasto en agua se va en pipas

• Mexico: Conservación de bosque Los Colomos es clave para abasto de agua y mitigación de inundaciones; advierten especialistas

• UK: Creditor group sets out £20.5bn plan to rescue Thames Water

• China’s journey from tackling water pollution to restoring ecosystems

• Pénurie d’eau : les experts alertent, les Émirats intensifient leurs efforts

• Contrat d’exploitation de l’eau potable en milieu urbain et péri-urbain : aucun candidat n’est privilégié par l’Etat

• Services publics au Liban : l’eau et l’électricité au bord du gouffre

• Suisse: Les nappes phréatiques sont de plus en plus sous pression

• The Thirst of Artificial Intelligence: How AI Mega Projects Deepen the Global Water Crisis

• Chile – El agua potable: Un derecho que debe ser un tema país

• UK: Thames Water bidders ready to clear out top managers

• Safeguarding Canada’s freshwater heritage

• Pozos de agua: vida y dignidad para la comunidad xavante en Brasil

• Schweizer Grundwasser gerät zunehmend unter Druck

Update Tuesday, September 2

• US: Vital water source nears breaking point as relentless drought leaves millions at risk of shortages

• Mexico: Guanajuato bebe veneno desde hace décadas

• In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestinian taps run dry

• A Chinese mining company is accused of covering up the extent of a major toxic spill in Zambia

• New Industry Insights Volume Puts Water Security at the Centre of Africa’s Development Agenda

• Uganda: Long-awaited Shs200b water project kicks off in Masaka

• Transboundary conflict from surface water scarcity under climate change

• WASH in Kenya- 27 August 2025

• AI has a hidden water cost − here’s how to calculate yours

• US: Scientists ‘Stunned’ by Discoveries in Great Salt Lake

• Italia – Schifani: “Emergenza idrica, oggi siamo attrezzati. In Sicilia recuperati 3.000 litri al secondo

• Alerta por posible contaminación en agua potable: cientos de comunidades podrían estar en peligro en varias zonas de Estados Unidos

• Chile: Agua para el futuro: propuesta a los candidatos presidenciales

• Verunreinigtes Trinkwasser: Braucht es mehr Warnungen per App?

• Ecuador: ¡Bicampeona en sostenibilidad! Agua de Quito vuelve al top 50 como única empresa pública del país

• Sécheresse : 45 départements français en situation de crise

• Palestinians face severe water shortages in the West Bank

• US – Indiana: Political Left, Right, and Everyone Between, United Over Water

• 144 suspended Ghana Water staff petition President Mahama over unfair treatment

• Deutschland – Berlin: Wie sauber ist das Wasser?

• Deutschland: NRW will öffentliche Trinkwasserbrunnen künftig über Wasserentgelte finanzieren

• Acqua potabile, ecco la regione peggiore d’Italia | L’ultimo Test non lascia più dubbi: risultati terrificanti

• Water usage by AI data centers raises supply concerns

• Captar agua de lluvia y recargar acuíferos: la apuesta urgente para frenar los estragos de las inundaciones

• Kazakhstan seeks global support as Caspian Sea faces “environmental catastrophe”

• Why Mexico will not meet its water treaty commitments to the US by October 24

• AI has a hidden water cost − here’s how to calculate yours

• UK: Thames Water creditors offer 1 billion pound ‘sweetener’ in rescue deal, Sky News reports

• Paraguay: Iniciativa sobre “acceso gratuito al agua potable en eventos masivos”, fue dictaminada favorablemente

• Bottled vs tap water which is safer 

• South Africa: Residents protest over poor water infrastructure

Update Monday, September 1

• Angola: Tribes in south seal deal after deadly conflict over water, pastures

• Williams Bay in Water Crisis, Nitrite Contamination Spurs Emergency Action and “Do Not Drink” Order

• Bringing fresh, living water to people in Andes Mountains

• Less than 100 liters of water per day reaches Egypt’s citizens: Water professor

• Pakistan’s Punjab province battered by its biggest flood with 2 million people at risk

• Peru: Más del 70% de hogares pobres padecen por la falta de acceso seguro al agua potable

• Argentina: Presunta falsificación de firmas y distribución de agua no potable en escuelas: allanamientos en Mar del Sud

• Millions in Pacific still lack safe water

• Zimbabwe: A battle to quench thirst as water levels continue to drop

• Ghana: Volta Region hosts dialogue to tackle water, sanitation crisis

• Uzbekistan praises Egypt’s water management expertise, seeks deeper cooperation

• Mexico: Hidalgo – Persiste el Robo de Agua Potable en el Estado de Hidalgo

• Canada: Cost to clean up orphan wells in Alberta reaches all-time high

• Plastics treaty failure reveals a broken system

• UK: Chemical companies lobbying MPs not to ban Pfas

• France : Les mégabassines du Poitou sont au point mort, révèle un document interne

• Baños Cambian Vidas: una década transformando comunidades en la región

• Con las regalías se debe priorizar el saneamiento básico y el agua potable

• Argentina: Herramientas para avanzar: comités de agua potable rural se capacitan en postulación de proyectos

• Peru: Lima Norte tendrá su primera planta desaladora para producir agua potable

• 37 Million Ethiopians Lack Access to Basic Water Services, New Report Reveals

• Ethiopia defends mega dam as Africa’s largest Hydropower project nears inauguration

• Ghana: Volta Regional Coordinating Council commits to urgent action on water and sanitation crisis

• World SDGs organisation ranks Nigeria, Africa below average

• Several beaches along the U.S. East Coast face water quality issues

• Dubaï ouvre un pipeline pour acheminer l’eau dessalée d’Égypte vers le sud de Gaza

• France: Pourquoi la Bretagne, région réputée humide, est-elle vulnérable à la sécheresse ?

• Accès à l’eau potable au Népal

• France: Une journée nature sous le signe de l’eau et de l’avenir

• France: «Ça demande plus qu’une simple amende»: des citoyens dénoncent un déboisement massif dans une municipalité de Lanaudière

• 5 avancées pour protéger les sources d’eau et la disponibilité de l’eau

• Iraq ‘Deceived’ by Türkiye Over Water Release, Warns Iraqi Observatory

• Water Pollution Alert: Human Activities Contaminate Tano River, Threaten Communities

• Ethiopia: Unprecedented Blue Nile Depletion As Ethiopia Opens GERD

• UK: Water companies and councils blamed for deepening housing crisis

• UK: Rachel Reeves backs market-led deal to save Thames Water

• Mount Nimba Reserve, the Water Tower of Côte d’Ivoire and Guinea

• La gestión del agua es crucial en la lucha contra el cambio climático

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