BLUE NEWS DIGEST October 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.

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Update Friday, October 31

Update Thursday, October 30

• Guardians of the water cycle: Indigenous leadership from Stockholm to Belém

• Saudi Arabia: Landia JetMix systems selected for water recycling megaproject

• US: Toxic wastewater from oil fields keeps pouring out of the ground. Oklahoma regulators failed to stop it.

• US: New legislation requires state to notify counties, tribes of water contamination

• US: ‘Forever chemicals’ found in Woodville wells spark alarm

• France – Guyane : Boire une eau contaminée “sans le savoir et sans alternative” : le député Jean-Victor Castor s’insurge sur les “poisons” qui contaminent l’eau

• Nachhaltigkeitsbericht Ibiza: Hohe Trinkwasser-Verluste

• Chile – Agua potable y saneamiento rural: urgen cambios sustantivos para agilizar la inversión en infraestructura

• Italia – Qualità acqua potabile: obblighi del gestore idrico

• South Africa: Johannesburg to Host Landmark Water & Sanitation Dialogue for Africa and the Global South

• PepsiCo Bottlers in East Africa Secure $45 Million for Expansion

• An assessment of a novel franchise model for addressing the challenge of sustainable water access in resource-poor settings

• ESCWA Pledges Support for Arab Water Management 2025

• Ghana – Akufo-Addo Warns: Water Scarcity A Clear And Present Danger To Africa’s Peace And Security

• Italia: La fabbrica dell’acqua che serve tutta la Puglia. «Patrimonio da tutelare»

• España: Carmen Roa denuncia la falta de fuentes de agua potable y exige revisar el inventario municipal

• Montagnes et glaciers – Châteaux d’eau

• Deutschland: Stadtwerke beenden „Trinkwasser-Irrsinn“ bei Festen – das sind die neuen Preise

• Australia: Anna Creek Station owners charged for alleged illegal dams

• New Zealand/Aotearoa: Fonterra milking us dry and selling us out

• Coca-Cola expands hydration portfolio with launch of Powerade power water

• France – Jean-Victor Castor : « L’eau est un droit, pas un privilège ! »

• Sécheresse  : cours d’eau et barrages au plus bas, la navigation fermée sur le canal du Midi

• Canada: Quand des lacs deviennent les lieux de luttes environnementales

• Guinée-Bissau : élaboration d’une politique nationale de l’eau et de l’hygiène avec l’UNICEF

• Burundi: Seureca and Nodalis initiative to boost water sector

• South Africa: Water tanker mafias are threatening infrastructure and service delivery

• Can Europe’s farmers save the water cycle?

• Uganda seeks innovative water financing solutions

• Mexico: ¡Caminan kilómetros para conseguir un garrafón! Los precios por las compras de pánico, se disparan

• Unesco: Seminario de Alto Nivel en la Semana Regional del Agua

• Peru: Ica enfrenta una crisis del agua: miles de familias beben de pozos con agua salada y contaminada

• South Africa: Water Mafias, How They Work And How To Stop Them

Update Wednesday, October 29

• Perspectivas del agua en el Valle de México. Propuestas hacia la seguridad hídrica

• How Kenya is turning water into a tool for peace

• Water Wars on the Horizon!

• Iraq: Water Resources Ministry Holds Regional Workshop with UNESCO on Water Crisis Management in the Region

• Brasil: Demanda futura por água em 2050: Desafios da Eficiência e das Mudanças Climáticas

• Ford fast-tracking water permits despite environmental concerns

• España: La desalinización salva (por ahora) a Baleares de la crisis hídrica extrema

• US: The State With The Dirtiest Tap Water In America Is Home To Iconic Cities, Mountains, And Landmarks

• US: Strong Starts Begin with Safe Water: Toledo Launches Free Lead Line Replacement Program for Childcare Facilities

• UK: Public asked for views on updated reservoir plans

• UK: Harrogate Spring Water expansion to be decided

• US: Court says no to pipe that would bring water from Utah — through Wyoming — to Colorado

• Ghana: From conflict to cooperation: Akufo-Addo says Africa’s water can be a bridge to peace

• France : À Mayotte, les habitants sont privés d’eau mais l’État vend ses bouteilles aux enchères

• France – Prison de Réau : Manque d’eau, on ne boit pas que des paroles

• Les eaux de l’archipel Guadeloupe sous haute surveillance

• Ecuador: Junta de Riobamba impulsa proyecto para agua potable segura

• Italia, il 20% delle spiagge potrebbe sparire entro il 2050: quali sono le zone a rischio

• South Africa – Closing The Gap: How Thembisile Hani Is Tackling Its Water Shortfall

• UK – Legislating for water resilience part 4: should there be a human right to water in Scotland? 

• South Africa – Water Tanker Mafias: How sabotage is threatening the water supply

• Namibia: 40 Percent of Households Still Without Toilets

• Bangladesh: Dalit Women Sanitation Workers and the Fight for Water and Dignity

• US: Marty Flynn and Joseph Stillwell Will Propose Total Take Over of the Trenton Water Works by NJDEP

• Ghana: From bottles to solar pumps: how Cocoa farmers are innovating to beat water stress

• South Africa’s water crisis: Major cities tackle leaks and illegal connections

• Ethiopia: Religious leaders, health authorities, and WHO meet to validate minimum WASH and health Standards for Religious institutions

• South Africa: Joburg Residents Celebrate As Water Finally Returns

• RD Congo – Pénurie d’eau à Kinshasa : la REGIDESO accuse les entreprises de construction de détruire ses tuyaux

• ‘Ticking environmental bomb’: Water crisis worsens in Russia-annexed Donbas

• US: Why Billions of Gallons of Raw Sewage Keep Ending up in Philadelphia Waterways

• India: Scientists discover hidden bacteria and superbug genes lurking in tap water

• What would it take to fix #NewMexico’s #drought? — The Santa Fe New Mexican

• South Africa: Rand Water’s Water Wise launches outreach initiative to tackle community water shortages

• Deutschland: Soll Tschechien Bayern mit Trinkwasser aushelfen? Neue Pläne des Umweltministeriums

• New Pacific Institute Report Finds Huge Potential to Save Water Across the U.S. Through Efficiency 

• Somalia’s Jowhar Water Project Faces Challenges

• Uganda and Kenya: Rainfall and Conflict in East Africa’s Karamoja Cluster

• South Africa: Development Finance And Bankability In Water

• India: PHED fails to ensure regular tap water supply in Manipur

Update Tuesday, October 28

• UN-Habitat Executive Director opening address to the 6th Global WOPs Congress

• Namibia: Northern Regions Face Looming Water Squeeze

• Canada: Ford government wants more power over Ontario’s drinking water

• UK: Water companies record worst performance since 2011 as government seeks to increase fines

• From the standpoint of water: how water and water justice could push social work further and deeper

• Zimbabwe: The lake that once gave life now poisons a city

• South Africa: Public-private partnerships that saved SA’s energy sector can rescue failing water infrastructure

• South Africa: Limpopo Village Battles Years Without Water and Electricity

• Österreichs Trinkwasserbericht 2024 – Trinkwasser bleibt von höchster Qualität

• Deutschland – PFAS-Umweltskandal bei Rastatt und Baden-Baden: Neues Gutachten liegt nach über drei Jahren vor

• Cuba – With jars and in the rain: Woman in rural area of Santiago de Cuba manages to fill her cistern

• US: Drought is quietly pushing American cities toward a fiscal cliff

• Viele Gemeinden im Osten der Slowakei ohne Trinkwasseranschluss

• Italia – Il futuro dell’acqua, Imprudente: «Proposta di legge sulla riforma del servizio idrico integrato»

• Italia – Acqua del rubinetto a rischio: le regioni italiane dove non è potabile

• Acqua, sappiamo solo disperderla

• UK: What’s in the water? Binghamton pharmacy students put local tap water to the test

• US: American Water and Essential Utilities to merge

• “Day zero” is coming: the next global crisis won’t come from oil or gas

• Liberia: WASH Commission Launches Probe Into Alleged Contamination of Diamond Mineral Water

• Argentina – El agua potable: derecho humano y bien social o mercancía

• Mexico: Protestan piperos por operativos de ‘huachicol’ de agua en Edomex

• El agua embotellada contiene el doble de microplásticos que otras alternativas purificadas

• France – Gaz cancérogène dans l’eau potable : un recours déposé par deux associations pour “forcer l’Etat à réagir”

• Namibia launches national strategy to secure access to sanitation facilities

• México: Pueblos indígenas exhiben el despojo del agua en 17 estados

• A Journey of Life: The Story of a Yemeni Woman’s Resilience in the Face of Water Scarcity

• The International Rescue Committee (IRC) and GiveWell partner to deliver safe water to 1.7 million people in Chad, Nigeria, and Somalia with cost-effective approach

• South Africa: Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero addresses the city’s water challenges and turnaround strategy

• Canada: Pas d’eau potable depuis sept ans dans cette école primaire de la Montérégie

• Mexico: Estado omite garantizar agua potable a colonia

• 1 in 4 people still lack safe drinking water – WHO, UNICEF

• ‘A necessity or marketing?’ Readers divided on the rise of water bottles

• Saudi Arabia Water Dispenser Market Forecast & Opportunities to 2030

• UK: Which places and businesses must provide free drinking water?

• New Zealand: The new threats in our drinking water

• US: Researchers call for stricter health standards for Iowa waterways

• Iraq: Rising water salinity hurting farmers, livestock as freshwater flows decline

• Forever in Our Water: The Hidden Threat of PFAS, Pharmaceuticals, and Microplastics

Update Monday, October 27

• The Immense Societal Burdens of PFAS “Forever Chemicals”

• UK: Thames Water paid £20mn to cover KKR’s due diligence for abortive bid

• What the datacenter boom means for America’s environment – and electricity bill

• South Africa: DA to monitor Dawid Kruiper’s sewerage commitments to South African Human Rights Commission

• Namibie : mise en œuvre d’un plan d’urgence pour répondre à la crise de l’eau

• L’eau monte, le sol s’affaisse : le delta du Mékong, grenier à riz du Vietnam, face à une double « menace existentielle »

• South Africa: Residents of village in Mpumalanga accuse ‘water mafia’ of infrastructure vandalism

• Kpeve Headworks: Private Developer’s Actions Threaten Community Water Supply

• South Africa: How Two Very Different South Africans Are Solving Their Water Problems

• From Nigeria: Should Water Be Privatised? -By Kator Ifyalem

• Kenya: Kilifi County faces a water crisis after supply was cut over a Sh3 billion debt

• Mexico: Distribución y comercialización ilegal de agua potable era acompañada de tarifas abusivas

• España: ¿Por qué se quedaron sin agua potable hasta 14 municipios de Toledo en el último mes?

• UK hands water customers bigger payouts for service failures

• India: Jal Jeevan Mission transforms rural India with tap water for over 15.72 crore households

• Italia: “Perché non possiamo sapere che acqua beviamo? E le bollette…” chiede un comitato

• ACQUA UN NUOVO CONCETTO DI POTERE

• Data centers : quand la soif du numérique assèche les sols américains

Update Sunday, October 26

• Amazon strategised about keeping its datacentres’ full water use secret, leaked document shows

• Top 10 Countries in Africa with the Safest Drinking Water: 2025 Rankings

• Tanzanians entitled to Sh100,000 compensation if water supply is cut on weekends or public holidays, Ewura confirms

• Deutschland – Wasser in Spreetal: Ärger mit dem Trinkwasser geht in neue Runde

• México interviene 160 pozos ilegales y 250 pipas relacionadas con la venta ilegal de agua

• Info Guyane la 1ère : Présence de composés chimiques cancérigènes dans l’eau potable de Guyane

• US: Crews Have Replaced Less Than 4% of Lead Service Lines Shown to Contaminate Tap Water in Chicago Homes in 5 Years

• India: AAP challenges Delhi CM to drink Yamuna water, accuses BJP of misleading Purvanchalis

• UK: My week with the clean-water warriors

• EU under fire over Nile dam position

• Mexico: PRI impulsa una iniciativa para garantizar el acceso constante a agua potable en las escuelas

• How Finland’s tap water is cleaner than most bottled water and what we can learn from it

• Environnement : Le Gabon élu membre du conseil de l’eau pour un mandat de deux ans

• Puerto Rico: Morovis gana primera batalla contra la AAA por problemas de agua potable

• Inside the booming business of luxury water — and what people pay for it

• Türkiye Grapples With 50% Surge in Drinking Water Costs

• US – Ask a Scientist: How Do We Solve California’s Water Shortage Crisis?

• Cuba – The great water scam: Matanceros pay thousands of pesos while neighborhoods remain dry

• Eau et climat : Mouctar Diallo publie deux livres pour une Guinée plus verte

• France : « L’étendue et la diversité des contaminations transforment la distribution d’eau potable en un inextricable casse-tête réglementaire »

• Maroc – Stress hydrique : Les barrages face au mur de la rareté de l’eau

• Colombia – Los desafíos de los acueductos comunitarios: “Para cuidar el agua hay que cuidar la biodiversidad y los ecosistemas” | ENTREVISTA

• Ecuador – Rumipamba: el bosque que guarda el agua de Quito

• Mexico: Propone diputada Ana Isabel González garantizar agua potable y sanitarios funcionales como requisito para operar escuelas

• India – Human waste contamination in Yamuna declined by 90%: Parvesh

• South Africa: Cape water plan delays could trigger restrictions — City report

• La nube que nos quita el agua: lo que no nos cuentan de los centros de datos

Update Saturday, October 25

• Futaleufú and Puelo Become Chile’s First Protected Rivers

• South Africa: New action plan aims to strengthen water governance

• Kenya – Kilifi: Women endure long hours each day just to fetch water from a shallow well.

• African maize is facing a drought crisis, but new ideas are taking root

• Vietnam: Quenching the thirst for clean water for the people of U Minh Thuong

• Italia – Crisi idrica in Puglia: Foggia e provincia in emergenza

• Deutschland – Das gibt es im Restaurant oft gratis: Wenige fragen danach

• Deutschland: Linke begrüßt mehr Trinkwasserbrunnen in Sachsen-Anhalt

• Italia – Puglia, la giunta regionale certifica l’emergenza: l’acqua rischia di non arrivare nelle case

• Eau en bouteille ou eau du robinet ? Il n’y a pas à hésiter

• Has Uganda done enough to prevent pollution of Lake Albert by oil drilling? (commentary)

• Argentina – Vecinos de Paso Córdoba volvieron a reclamar: “Queremos agua pura y río limpio”

• South Africa: DA reports Ritchie water shortages to Department of Water and Sanitation

• With a ceasefire in Gaza, UNICEF begins assessing the damage to water and wastewater infrastructure

• Aseguran en Edomex nueve tomas clandestinas y pozo en operativo para combatir ‘huachicol’ de agua

• Chile: Aguas Andinas inaugura un espacio educativo sobre el ciclo del agua

• Wo Wasserbedarf schon heute Potenzial für gewaltsame Konflikte birgt

• México – ¿Es necesario modificar la Legislación Nacional en el tema de aguas?

• Canada: Grand chief says Liberals must ‘act boldly’ and reintroduce clean water law | Nation to Nation

• US: Iowa Counties Keep Water Quality Monitoring Afloat After State Funding Cuts

• RD Congo – Epidemia di colera: Diffusione sempre più allarmante

• Kenya: Eldoret religious leaders join protest over 300pc water tariff increase

• France : La ressource en eau, enjeu phare du territoire

• South Africa: PM Russell hails Lesotho’s global water leadership

• Mexico: Operación Neptuno contra el robo de agua potable en Ecatepec, Edomex

• Harnessing Data, Driving Innovation: Securing East Africa’s Water Future

• Int’l Human Rights Monitor Warns of Cholera Outbreak in Yemen

Update Friday, October 24

• South Africa: Janitors employed to clean toilets have to buy their own water to do it

• Kenya: Nairobi Water Embarks On Mass Disconnection of Illegal Connections and Defaulting Accounts

• Canada: Water security a matter of national security

• Tehran enters fifth consecutive year of drought

• UK: England’s water companies get worst ever score over pollution

• France : Notre alimentation en eau est-elle menacée ?

• Gift im System: Wie die Industrie für PFAS-Pestizide kämpft – und die Politik zögert

• Deutschland: Zahl öffentlich zugänglicher Trinkwasserbrunnen wächst

• La importancia de cómo y quién administra los servicios de agua en el sur de California

• New (water) mafia spreading across South Africa

• Wasserkrise in den Alpen

• Bottled water drinkers are swallowing far more microplastics than tap users, review finds

• The safety of your water could be related to how your water utility is run

• Italia – Crisi idrica in Puglia: la Regione dichiara lo stato di emergenza

• UK: Water companies told to refund £260m to customers for poor performance

• Angola Secures €200 Million Financing for Landmark Water Infrastructure Expansion

• US: The clock is ticking for rural Pa. water company to settle case that could force a sale

• ProÁgua project secures €200 million financing to expand Angola’s water infrastructure

• El Salvador: ONG y alcaldía ampliarán sistema de agua potable

• Mexico: Lleva JMAS Chihuahua “Los Aguardianes” a más de 400 estudiantes de la escuela primaria Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

• US: How the demand for power and data centers impact the American West Pt 2

• UK: South West Water given red score over pollution

• US: The Five Cities has a historic opportunity for water security

• Mexico lags years behind on delivering water as crucial deadline looms

• US – New Mexico: We can’t drink promises

• Angola: Vandalism Causes Losses of Over 50 Million Dollars to Energy and Water Sectors

• After India, Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan Moves To Curb River Water Flow To Pakistan

• 5th Regional Water Dialogues | Opening remarks by the Secretary of the Commission, Mr. Luis Fidel Yáñez, during the session on Cooperation and Investment for Water Security in Shared Basins

• UK: Water and sewerage companies in England: environmental performance report for 2024

• Rechtsgutachten zu Tagebau-Seen: RWE muss für Rheinwasser zahlen 

Update Thursday, October 23

• US – Of Corn and Cancer: Iowa’s Deadly Water Crisis

• Egypt hands over chairmanship of Islamic Water Ministers’ Conference to Saudi Arabia

• The “blue community” of the Indian Ocean: cooperation, challenges and prospects for marine environmental protection among South Asian countries

• Cholera surges in Yemen, millions at risk as conflict persists and funding declines

• Faith, science converge to bring clean water to Southeast Asia

• Networked water governance in Papua New Guinea’s WaSH era

• Legal Borehole Drilling Is A Key Enabler To Mitigating South Africa’s Water Crisis

• From Stockholm to Belém – Why water must be central at COP30

• South Africa: Nelson Mandela University wins national award for Best Water Management Sustainability #R2bP

• South Africa’s Crocodile River Is Basically Peeing Out Our Secrets, Says Scientist

• US: Environmental groups urge Iowa to strengthen water standards amid rising cancer rates

• Kosovo: The main pipe is damaged, leaving several villages in Mitrovica without water

• Italia – Emergenza idrica in Puglia, invasi a secco: «Coltivazioni a rischio e allarme per il foraggio». Gli agricoltori abbandonano i campi

• Acqua potabile contaminata in oltre 700 basi militari americane: il Dipartimento della Difesa rimanda la bonifica

• Ouverture du Salon international du secteur de l’eau – Vietwater 2025

• RD Congo: À Pangi, des cultivatrices peinent à écouler leurs produits

• Gaza, deux ans après le génocide : Une ville sans eau ni abri

• España: La vicepresidenta Sara Aagesen advierte de la amenaza global que supone la escasez de agua

• Deutschland – Weniger Trinkwasser durch Klimawandel: 2050 reichen Lohrs Quellen nicht mehr aus

• Stadtwerke Rastatt fordern Millionen wegen PFAS im Grundwasser – Prozess geht weiter

• Magistrat beschließt Prüfung des kommunalen Wasserkonzepts zur langfristigen Sicherung der Trinkwasserversorgung

• Steigende Meere: Salzwasser bedroht Grundwasser von Milliarden Menschen

• Seit Monaten Warnstufe Gelb: Kreis Cochem-Zell hat zu wenig Grundwasser

• Vecinos de Cuautitlán México realizan bloqueo para denunciar falta de agua potable

• Uruguay: Ministro Ortuño participa en diálogos del agua “seguridad hídrica para el desarrollo territorial sostenible”

• China and India – Large Dams: A Tale of Two Countries

• Nigeria: How a bilharzia treatment drive in Ondo state controlled the parasite and calmed the community

• Mexico: Gerardo Quirino cumple compromiso y garantiza agua para más de 130 mil personas de la Zona Valle

• Alarma en Grecia: una sequía récord reduce un 55% el embalse Mornos y pone en jaque al principal suministro de agua potable de Atenas

• Mexico: Coordinan acciones por el cuidado del medio ambiente y la conservación del agua

• US – Poll: 63% of Floridians are willing to pay higher water bills to clean up ‘forever chemicals’

• As Europe proposes a ban on all PFAS, some researchers say Australia should do the same

• National Survey Reveals Gaps in Americans’ Confidence About Tap Water Safety

• US: Lincoln Public Schools students leave their mark on 98th Street water pipeline

• UK: Thames Water defers bill challenge to pursue last-ditch rescue

• UK: Thames Water ranked worst supplier in England as firms’ ratings hit record low

Update Wednesday, October 22

• New space evidence suggests our water could be older than the sun

• Mexico CDMX – Amenazan a defensora del Río Sonora. María Auxiliadora contra el Plan Hidráulico del gobierno

• UNC Water and Health Conference Collection

• 1,000 Swiss glaciers already gone, and the melting is speeding up

• South Africa – From Coal To Clean Water: Arnot’s New Legacy

• BRAZIL: Salesian volunteer projects help provide clean water for Indigenous villages

• Ghana Water Company Raises Alarm Over Galamsey’s Impact on Water Treatment Plants

• CCH to acquire Coca-Cola Beverages Africa

• Coca-Cola HBC expands in Africa with bottling M&A

• UK/Northern Ireland: NI Water should ‘not be protected’ from pollution prosecution

• South Africa: User and consumer should pressure water bodies

• Peru: Damnificados del incendio en Pamplona Alta denuncian falta de acceso a agua potable por ocho días y Sedapal responde

• Italia: Crisi idrica in Sicilia, situazione drammatica. Pd rilancia report della Corte dei Conti

• Italia: La Puglia a secco, è emergenza senza precedenti: scorte d’acqua fino a gennaio, in arrivo nuove riduzioni di pressione

• Water crisis deepens in Greece, reserves at alarming levels

• India – Yamuna Politics Reverses: AAP Dares BJP CM To Drink River Water

• Tap water, dear readers: you still have it good

• US: How one Michigan town is putting partisanship aside in pursuit of clean water

• UK: Thames Water delays challenging watchdog’s ruling on bills amid rescue plan

• UK: River group calls for legal action over foam

• An open-source tool to measure microplastic sinking rates in water

• UK: Stand-alone Welsh water regulator to replace Ofwat

• US: Waterkeeper Alliance Files FOIA Request to Uncover EPA’s Backroom Dealings on Toxic “Forever Chemicals” in Drinking Water

• Burundi – Bujumbura/Hygiène et assainissement : Des toilettes publiques s’imposent

• PLF 2026 : le Maroc muscle sa stratégie de l’eau face à la pénurie

• Canada: Le niveau des cours d’eau historiquement bas en Estrie

• Canada: L’accès à l’eau potable au cœur de la course à la mairie de Macamic

• Data centers : une bombe écologique en marche

• Veolia remporte un contrat au Chili

• PFAS-Pestizide wurden in 59 dänischen Gemeinden in Trinkwasserschutzgebieten versprüht

• Giftige Ewigkeitschemikalie im Grund- und Trinkwasser: Deutsche Umwelthilfe reicht Klagen gegen Zulassungen von TFA-bildenden Pestiziden ein

• Poor Water Quality in Crisis Zones Undermines Malnutrition Treatments, Researchers Warn

Update Tuesday, October 21

• ‘An increasing attack on water resources from multiple fronts’: Scientists warn ‘day zero droughts’ could hit before 2030

• Moçambic – Aigua, salut i dignitat: les comunitats de Funhalouro prenen el lideratge

• UK: ‘After years of sewage and debt, Thames Water doesn’t deserve another free pass’

• Deutschland: In Mittelhessen stammen circa 60 Prozent des Trinkwassers aus kommunalen Brunnen und Quellen

• South Africa: Water politics impact on communities

• African ministers to spur regional action to tackle water insecurity, climate change

• Turkey seeks urgent solutions to severe drought in the country

• From Mexico to Ireland, Fury Mounts Over a Global A.I. Frenzy

• US: Faces of Drought: A Crisis in the Yakima

• Algérie – Eau, urgence nationale : Tebboune face au défi du dessalement

• UN Special Rapporteur urges democratization of global access to water

• Canada: Extreme drought conditions leave N.L. homesteader adapting to a lower water supply

• Canada: Feds ‘covered up’ toxic forever chemicals in the water of this Ontario city for 5 years

• US: Enviros Call For Strengthened IA Drinking Water Quality Standards

• Canada: Students in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, part of study that found lead in drinking water

• France – « Toutes les eaux sont polluées. Nous, on essaie de limiter un peu » : ces habitants d’Indre-et-Loire qui se détournent de l’eau du robinet

• France – Qualité de l’eau du bassin-versant de la Vilaine : le grand public appelé à dire ce qu’il en pense

• Paraguay: Denuncia por falta de agua potable y riesgo de motín en el penal de Minga Guazú

• Argentina: En la Patagonia no faltan imbéciles ni piedras. Vandalismo en el suministro de agua potable de Sierra Grande.

• Paraguay e Israel impulsan cooperación técnica para una gestión eficiente del agua

• Acceso al agua potable en zonas rurales andinas: soluciones comunitarias frente a la escasez

• Panamá: Descentralización impulsa proyectos de agua potable y cierra brechas

• Deutschland – Besinnungstag in Oberhessen: Von Brunnen und Wassern

• Deutschland: Zu hoher Nitratwert. So belastet ist das Grundwasser wirklich

• France – Polluants persistants : un deuxième village vosgien privé d’eau potable

• Mexico – Structural Reform in Water Matters: General Water Law Initiative and Reform of the National Water Law

Update Monday, October 20

• In Parched Iraq, the Kurdistan Region Emerges as a Model of Water Security

• US: In South Texas, a town struggles for water

• Data centers are booming. But there are big energy and environmental risks

• Palestine: Usines détruites, puits contaminés… A Gaza, la pénurie d’eau aggrave la crise humanitaire

• Algérie: Le Conseil des ministres approuve la réalisation de trois stations à Chlef, Mostaganem et Tlemcen

• Ciudad de México – ¿A dónde irá el agua cuando llegue el Mundial de futbol?

• Propiedades del agua

• Indonesia: Collective action urgently needed for water security

• UK: Dead fish found on River Thet where large stretch of white foam appeared

• Argentina: Polémica por la venta de agua filtrada en bares de Rosario

• Colombia: ¡Buena esa! San José de Playón celebra la llegada del agua potable: Gobernación entregó el acueducto

• España: Los ayuntamientos del Mar Menor afectados por la dana barajan que el agua potable no llegue hasta el jueves

• Mexico – Agua para todos, responsabilidad de todos: La reforma que amenaza la sostenibilidad del servicio en Nayarit

• Deutschland – Trinkwasser in Gefahr: Wie Naturschutz und Bürokratie unsere Versorgung gefährden

• Palestine – La municipalité de Gaza met en garde : Une fuite d’eaux usées menace l’eau potable et la mer

• Mauritanie: réhabilitation des systèmes d’eau à Kiffa

• Burkina – Office national de l’eau et de l’assainissement: Tiébélé dispose désormais d’un centre

• Ghana: FDA suspends nine sachet water producers in Western North Region

• US: Utah cities could be pushed to enact tougher water conservation ordinances

• Nigeria: CAPPA Warn Against Water Privatisation, Says Policy Will Deepen Poverty

• These experts explain why shouldn’t waste your money on bottled water… depending on where you live

Update Sunday, October 19

• UK: ‘Concerning’ reservoir levels prompt plea to save water

• Portugal: Parliament unanimous in mourning the death of jurist Catarina de Albuquerque

• Eau potable au Bénin: une entreprise chinoise retenue pour 4 SAEPmV

• Canada: 47 stations-service déclarées non conformes au Nouveau-Brunswick

• Das gibt es im Restaurant oft gratis: Wenige fragen danach

• Cuba: Régimen intenta minimizar protesta en Baire y la presenta como un “intercambio con las autoridades”

• UAE: “Of Land and Water” exhibition opens in Kalba

• Iraq cracks down on illegal water use amid worsening drought

• France – Pénurie d’eau à La Réunion :La sécheresse n’explique pas tout, le système importé principal responsable

• US: The little-known groundwater Los Angeles pumps in the Owens Valley, and the tribes who want it back

• Uganda renews call for hygiene in schools

• UNICEF Zambia raises concern over hand hygiene challenges, infrastructure gaps

• Kosovo: Drinking water supply interrupted in the north of the country

• Ecuador – Lavadoras usaban conexiones ilegales de agua potable en el sur de Quito: 834 puntos irregulares han sido detectados este año

• Argentina: Se declara la emergencia hídrica en el casco histórico de Cortaderas

• Palestine – La Municipalidad de Gaza advierte: Fuga de aguas residuales amenaza el agua potable y el mar

• España: Todo lo que hay que saber sobre la historia del agua potable en Barcelona

• Paraguay: Intervienen conexión clandestina de agua potable en Mariano Roque Alonso

• Yemen: Una iniciativa comunitaria para rehabilitar un tanque de agua en Al-Muftah, Hajjah

• España: El acceso al agua potable, tema ganador del Certamen de Fotografía de Caja Rural Jaén

• España – Gran Canaria – La acequia olvidada: cómo los hermanos León y Castillo llevaron agua potable al lazareto de Gando

• España – Cordoba – Petro se molestó por la no ejecución de proyecto de agua potable en Córdoba: “Conmigo hay un problema cuando se hacen compromisos”

• Tfa: Gefahr im Trinkwasser

• Featured: African leaders unite to tackle water, sanitation, and climate crisis

• Kenya: KWS races against time to shield wildlife from looming drought

• Au Bénin, l’accès à l’eau dans les écoles reste un défi majeur

• Burkina : Le centre ONEA de Zabré accroît sa capacité de desserte en eau potable

• Metito Utilities achieves full water compliance in Serbia’s water sector

• France: Polluants éternels, la révolte des maires

• Indonesia – Water Is Getting Scarcer, Tanks Are Increasing: Water Privatization and State Neglect in Kupang

• Water must never be used as a weapon of war

• Mexico – Mazatlán en riesgo de quedarse sin agua potable para 2026: esto explican especialistas

• UK: Regulators overlooking toxic Pfas found around Lancashire chemicals plant

• Somali Regional State Launches Water Supply Project in Danood

• EU Must Hold Israel Accountable For Destruction Of European-funded Projects In Gaza

• South Africa: R130 million spent in Limpopo, but water dololo!

Update Saturday, October 18

• South Africa: Joburg residents unite to demand action over city’s water emergency

• UNICEF partners Niger communities o to eradicate open defecation

• Nature-based solutions offer hope for Iraq’s water future

• UK: ‘Concerning’ reservoir levels prompt plea to save water

• México ante el mayor cambio de su historia: Recuperaremos el control sobre el recurso más valioso

• Severe drought in Turkey: Bursa’s last water reservoir dries up completely

• Kazakhstan Leads Regional Efforts to Save the Caspian Sea

• US: Data centers are booming. But there are big energy and environmental risks

• US: Wyoming’s Draft Pilot Conservation Program ‘a Good Starting Point’ but There’s Room for Improvement

• US: Keeping pollution out of your water: How the Clean Water Act protects your water

• Italia – Acqua gratis in aeroporto: tutti gli scali in cui potrai riempire la tua borraccia dopo i controlli (riducendo la plastica)

• Heineken Brasile porta Mamba Water da Cop30

• Egypt Draws a Red Line on Nile Rights in GERD Dispute

• UK: Thames Water administration call from Lib Dem leader

• Nigeria: Lagos will lead Africa in building sustainable, connected water transportation —Sanwo-Olu

• Ghana to pursue WASH goals at Global 2025 sector ministers’ meeting in Madrid

• UN expert demands global action to democratise water governance and protect human rights

• France: “L’accès à l’eau potable n’est pas un luxe”

• Trinkwasserquellen bei Pfalzen wohl noch jahrelang unbrauchbar

• Schweiz: 1,2,4-Triazol im Trinkwasser – Expertenbericht: Keine Gefahr für die Gesundheit

• Frankreich: Verunreinigtes Wasser in den Ardennen – Wenn das Trinkwasser zur Gefahr wird

• US: Parched Texas Is Giving Water Away to Oil, Gas and AI 

• US – Minnesota: State launches first-ever drinking water action plan

• Our water is polluted and dangerous – why is it so hard to hold anyone responsible?

• Vietnam – Clean water in rural areas: Only about 58% of people have access to standard water

• Burkina Faso: Office national de l’eau et de l’assainissement: des efforts pour un accès permanent à des services de qualité à Kombissiri

Update Friday, October 17

• UK: Scottish data centres using 13.5 million litres of water a year as AI booms

• Bangladesh: Climate crisis magnifies discrimination against “invisible” sanitation workers

• UNICEF, Niger Foods partner to promote hygiene, tackle open defecation

• Türkei: So wenig Regen wie seit 52 Jahren nicht

• Italia – Acqua gratis negli aeroporti italiani (dove costa anche 9 euro in bottiglia): i 26 scali dove si potranno riempire le borracce

• Nigeria: Civil society rallies against water privatization

• Caspian Sea’s catastrophic decline: Environmental and economic crisis of historic proportions

• Pregúntale a un científico: ¿Cómo resolvemos la crisis de escasez de agua de California?

• African Leaders to Champion Water, Sanitation, and Climate Resilience at Global Summit in Madrid.

• Water supply system transforming life beyond the Ebola response in Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Vietnam: Supporting women’s access to clean water and sanitation contributes to implementing the ‘3 clean’ criteria

• Les agences d’urbanisme de France planchent sur le partage de l’eau

• El nuevo panorama legal del agua en México

• US: Two-Decade Hydropower Plunge at Big Colorado River Dams

• Vietnam: Nationwide, 68% of rural households have access to water that meets standards.

• Paraguay: Indígenas Enxet claman por agua potable en Presidente Hayes

• Un informe de la ONU pide una moratoria en la construcción de centros de datos: “Nos hemos embarcado en un suicidio anunciado”

• Give water an economic value to enhance policymaking, says Arthur D. Little

• South Africa: Companies join forces, offer water solution

• Egypt’s Colonial Nile Water Hegemony Outdated

• First global water deficit in the Anthropocene

• Mauritania: Water Scarcity Sparks Protests in Chami

• Can the world afford water security for all?

• The colour of unaffordable household water: racial/ethnic inequalities in bills and shutoffs across local water districts in nine urban areas of the United States

• India: National Conference on ‘Advancing Human Rights through Local Self Governments’

• Canada: Pourquoi le niveau de l’eau est-il aussi bas au Québec?

• Afghanistan sull’orlo di una catastrofe sanitaria

• From genes to basins, water is everyone’s business

• Imagine a day without water

• Study finds humans outweigh climate in depleting Arizona’s water supply

• Neue Studien: Hohe Pestizidbelastung in zahlreichen Schweizer Flüssen und Bächen

Update Thursday, October 16

• Zu hohe Nitratbelastung im Wasser: Verein hat Proben aus dem Raum Ulm/Neu-Ulm untersucht

• South Africa: Role of water in C&I sector

• The Association of Water and Sanitation Institutions of South Africa, AWSISA, Africa & Global South Water and Sanitation Dialogue 2025

• African CSOs reject water privatisation, seek investment to tackle climate crisis

• Indigenous knowledge systems can be useful tools in the G20’s climate change kit

• France: La peur de manquer d’eau

• España – Segado: “100.000 personas sin agua potable en la Región, y el Gobierno de Sánchez no hace absolutamente nada”

• Argentina – Cómo vivimos: en la ciudad de Santa Fe, el 38% de las viviendas aún no tienen desagües cloacales

• Bangladesh: BRAC Bank, Water.org host National Water Supply & Sanitation Workshop to drive WASH financing

• UNICEF: Nearly half of the world’s schools lack handwashing facilities

• Italia – Bologna potenzia l’acqua pubblica: oltre 66mila borracce riempite e nuovi distributori in arrivo

• Italia – Puglia, l’emergenza acqua si aggrava: da lunedì nuove riduzioni di pressione

• Deutschland – Nitrat-Alarm: Brunnen in Helmstedt weit über Grenzwert

• UK: Ripley Declares State Of Emergency On Water

• US: A bill introduced by local Congressman Emanuel Cleaver urges public water systems to keep fluoride in their water

• Burkina Faso: Eau et assainissement: le ministre Roger Baro salue les avancées de la « bataille de l’eau »

• Togo Launches Second Phase of Mono Basin Water Management Project

• US: As data centers boom in Ohio, local communities are watching their water

• Italia: Monterosi, da tre mesi niente acqua potabile e ieri anche l’autobotte a secco

• US: Quannah ChasingHorse Says The Colorado River’s Survival Is About More Than Water

• WHO: Compendium of drinking-water systems and technologies from source to consumer

• L’eau, une ressource à préserver

• Italia: Crisi climatica, nuove misure per evitare l’emergenza idrica

• Global Handwashing Day: How a small habit can change a child’s life

• Deutschland – Ostsee-Ort in Aufruhr! Plötzlich ist das Trinkwasser weg

• Unicef: More than 212,000 children at risk of acute watery diarrhoea and other deadly waterborne diseases in earthquake-hit eastern Afghanistan

• US: Residents of Iowa towns worry over longterm effects of water problems

• Water wars: has GERD reset Africa’s hydropolitics?

• One in Four Still Lacks Access to Safe Drinking Water

• Puerto Rico: Sin luz y ahora sin agua

• España: El Taibilla vincula la contaminación del agua potable con la alteración de suelos

• Bangladesh – Left Behind in the Storm: Dalit Women Sanitation Workers and the Fight for Water and Dignity

• Maroc – Pénurie d’eau : Nizar Baraka dresse un bilan alarmant de la situation des barrages

• Deutschland – Bundesverwaltungsgericht bestätigt: Regierung muss mehr zum Schutz vor Nitrat im Trinkwasser tun

• India: When progress displaces, lithium mining in water scarce village of Jammu & Kashmir

• UK: Scottish data centres powering AI already using enough water to fill 27 million bottles a year

• Gaza Municipality: Water shortage exceeds 80% due to Israeli destruction of 56 central wells

• Deutschland: Gesamtschüler freuen sich über Trinkwasserspender

• Mexico: Con Obra Comunitaria se garantiza el derecho humano al agua

• Mexico: Propone MC iniciativa que busca garantizar acceso equitativo al agua

• Vietnam: 20,000 fake Lavie bottles filled with tap water sold across Hanoi

• DR Congo – Kananga : à Nganza, l’eau potable reste un luxe inaccessible

• France – Eau du robinet : découvrez le niveau de pollution dans votre commune, avec l’association Générations futures

Update Wednesday, October 15

• New policy guidance will help strengthen “source-to-sea” water governance across sectors and countries

• Climate: Central Africa Faces a Water Crisis

• France – Pétition: Pour un accès de toutes et tous à une eau potable de qualité

• Mexico: Vecinos bloquean Camino a Santa Fe por falta de agua

• España acogerá la Reunión Mundial de Ministros del Sector del Agua para impulsar un Pacto Global por la Seguridad Hídrica y la Resiliencia

• Should restaurants charge you for tap water? Water sommelier explains

• Africa: Water Wars – Has GERD Reset Africa’s Hydropolitics?

• US: California cracks down on water theft but spares data centers from disclosing how much they use

• South Africa: Call to use water resources for development

• CAPPA: Access to clean water is a human right — privatisation fosters climate inequality

• Deutschland – Getränkehersteller vs. Bürger: Debatte ums Treuchtlinger Wasser

• Canada – Chambly : débat sur l’eau potable

• Eau potable : le Maroc franchit un cap historique

• Kemira Water Index 2025 exposes critical weaknesses in water resilience and alarming consumer unpreparedness

• La UE propone multiplicar por 4.000 el glifosato permitido en aguas

• España: Más de 100.000 personas se quedan sin agua potable en el entorno del Mar Menor y el Campo de Cartagena por la DANA Alice

• Accès à l’eau potable : Le Maroc cité en exemple par l’OMS et l’UNICEF

• Canada: Un « cocktail » de pesticides mesuré dans l’eau de 10 villes du Québec

• Italia – Acqua, crisi idrica: rubinetti a rischio chiusura

• Water: The overlooked infrastructure challenge for data centers

• Water Privatization: CSOs Oppose Desalination, Demand Public Control of Africa’s Water

• Drought conditions force Hawaii Island residents to conserve water

• Mexico: Jalisco – Buscan administración sostenible del agua en los Altos de Jalisco

• España – Cataluña: La revisión de precios en los contratos de concesión del ciclo del agua

• Mexico: En Veracruz se han suministrado 110 mil litros de agua potable, destinados a hospitales, servicios de emergencia y limpieza de viviendas y calles

• Cuba: Nuevo proyecto beneficiará a más de 9 mil niñas y niños en Pinar del Río

• Indonesia: Sin electricidad ni agua potable, los niños arriesgan su vida yendo a la escuela

• UN: Day Two of the Forum on Human Rights, Democracy, and the Rule of Law

• Global Handwashing Day 2025: Clean hands save lives

• Canada – Québec: Effets sur la santé et pistes de gestion pour des problématiques d’approvisionnement en eau potable : une étude de la portée

• De la source à la bouteille: défaillances de l’eau minérale au Liban

• Canada: Dawson Creek, B.C., declares state of local emergency amid record drought

• India – Uttarakhand mysterious fever: Contaminated water behind illness that killed nine in Almora villages

• Cruz Roja: Envío de ayuda humanitaria a Cabo Verde

• UK: Thames Water Trade Is Looking Slippery for Hedge Funds

Update Tuesday, October 14

• Publication: Drought Vulnerability in South America

• Eritrea: Potable Water Project in Beleza Administrative Area

• Deutschland – Neues Wassergesetz für Niedersachsen: Stellungnahme der BI Unser Wasser

• Wo kommt unser Trinkwasser her – Wohin geht unser Abwasser?

• Canada: Sécheresse au Québec: les demandes pour augmenter les réserves d’eau explosent

• France – Réseaux d’eau : Comment trouver les milliards nécessaires pour un patrimoine invisible ?

• France – Mayotte: Pénurie d’eau potable

• Amid “dire” Situation in Nigeria’s Pankshin Diocese, Local Ordinary Commissions Water Facility to Address Basic Needs

• Nigeria: FAST MFB, NAMB launch FastWash for clean water

• Étude sur les investissements publics dans l’eau en France : tendances, enjeux et perspectives

• Residentes de Santo Domingo Este denuncian tienen más de 3 semanas sin agua potable

• Japheth Koros: Communities driving change for clean water and better sanitation

• España – Murcia: 100.000 personas siguen sin tener agua potable

• Hallan y desmantelan red para robar agua potable en Ecatepec

• Japheth Koros: Communities driving change for clean water and better sanitation

• South Africa: Two New Water Research Commission Projects at the IWR

• México- ENSAYO ¬ Las reformas al agua buscan dar vuelta a un página amarga del salinismo

• ‘An increasing attack on water resources from multiple fronts’: Scientists warn ‘day zero droughts’ could hit before 2030

• Nigeria: CSOs reject water privatisation, call for investment to tackle climate crisis

• Canada: La sécheresse affecte le commerce maritime et agricole

• Université Populaire : Aurons-nous toujours de l’eau potable au robinet en 2030 ?

• More knocks for IMF, World Bank over water privatisation in Africa

• Ghana: Govt drafting legislation to completely ban mining in water bodies, forest reserves

Update Monday, October 13

• Kenya revives Galana Kulalu irrigation scheme as first Maize harvest begins under PPP model

• Egypt: Sisi calls water crisis global threat, urges sustainable solutions

• Ghana: GMet Issues High Impact Weather Alert

• Pénurie d’eau : le Maroc amorce une refonte stratégique pour renforcer sa résilience

• India: Every household in Vindhya and Bundelkhand to get tap water by December 15: CM Yogi

• México – Nueva Ley de Aguas busca centralizar control, pero preocupa impacto en agricultores 

• Syria: Atelier du ministère des Situations d’urgence pour atténuer les effets de la sécheress

• RD Congo: La réponse multiforme de l’UNICEF à l’épidémie de choléra au Tanganyika

• Four billion people living below the water poverty line: WWC

• Ghana: Voltic Strengthens Community Water Supply with New Borehole and Groundwater Harvesting System

• Cuba: Sin agua desde hace un mes, el malestar aumenta en Jobabo, Las Tunas

• India: Ludhiana turns off dirty water tap, contamination incidents reduced to half: Punjab minister

• Iraq: Basra erupts for third day over worsening water salinity

• Nigeria: Cross River First Lady Commissions Borehole In Calabar South

• Deutschland – Mainfranken: Neue Regelungen gegen Nitrat im Trinkwasser

• South Africa: Lephalale’s Mahlakung community denied dignity as hundreds share three water taps – DA demands action

Update Sunday, October 12

• India: Odisha cabinet approves three water security mission schemes worth ₹21,147 crore

• Turkiye and Iraq reach draft agreement on sharing water as drought worsens

• Water Security at the U.S.-Mexico Border: Causes of Water Decline and What’s at Risk 

• WPS Policy Brief | Addressing Water-related Security Challenges in Fragile Settings: Opportunities and Limitations for Defence and Security Actors

• How coal mining is contaminating groundwater in Central India

• Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds

• México – El agua de todos: una sentencia que marca camino

• Mexico: Falta de agua potable afecta a 30% de restaurantes del Acapulco Tradicional

• Irán considera construir una nueva capital: “Estamos obligados, es insostenible”

• Colombia: Procuraduría alerta a 469 municipios por presunto mal uso de recursos del agua y saneamiento

• Rep. Dominicana: Residentes de Katanga denuncian llevan tres de semanas sin recibir agua potable

• Un error burocrático ha colocado a Europa en un escenario complicado: quedarse sin agua caliente en 2027, literalmente

• La nueva Guerra Fría por el agua en el planeta

• Chile – Cambio climático y migración rural: los nuevos desafíos de los comités de agua potable en Los Ríos

• Bolivia: Tres municipios de Potosí afectados por la falta de agua

• Cuba – Crisis de abastecimiento de agua: Régimen cubano propone “trabajar con cultura del detalle”

• France – La Rochelle. Pour une eau moins polluée, les agriculteurs sans pesticide seront dédommagés

• France – Eau potable : Sydeo mène des recherches sur la rive gauche du Rhône

• Ghana: le développement ne justifie pas tous les sacrifices, même celui de l’eau

• France: Les mesures de restriction d’usages de l’eau renforcées dans l’extrême sud de la Corse

• Macedonia del Nord: Quest’estate Skopje ha chiesto una goccia d’acqua. Si sta cercando una soluzione per il futuro?

Update Saturday, October 11

• Study reveals wastewater plants in US emit double the greenhouse gases previously estimate

• Colombia: Detectadas conexiones ilegales de agua potable en tres establecimientos comerciales en Cartagena

• Europa insta a España y otros países a que transpongan correctamente la Directiva sobre el agua potable

• SOCOTEC UK & Ireland secures multi-million pound water quality monitoring contract with Yorkshire Water

• New Zealand: MP backs ‘pragmatic’ fix for private water supplies

• India: NITI Aayog Unveils Plan for Tap Water in Himalayan Highlands

• Ghana – Ravaging Effects of galamsey: TUC warns of severe water shortage

• South Africa: Greenpeace Africa demanding urgent action to end SA’s water crisis

• What Would It Take to Solve Flooding in Nigeria’s Lagos?

• Mozambique to boost clean water access by investing in water systems

• México – ¿Qué es la nueva Ley General de Aguas que propone Claudia Sheinbaum? 

• US – Red Lake: Officials launch state’s first Drinking Water Action Plan

• España: Segovia tiene reserva de agua potable para un mes y el Ayuntamiento prohíbe regar parques y jardines

• Seguridad hídrica: ¿olvidamos a los sin agua?

• Peru: Estudiantes ileños comprometidos con el cuidado del agua potable

• Rwanda, BEDEA Sign $45 Million Agreement to Widen Water Access and Support Small Businesses

• Im Klimawandel: Das Trinkwasser muss sicher bleiben

• Deutschland: „Wasser aus Bayerns Süden in den Norden transportieren“

• Crisi idrica in Italia, Legambiente: serve una strategia nazionale

• Eau potable & contamination par PFAS : le collectif eau88 tire la sonnette d’alarme

• Italia – Isole di Sicilia, per la crisi idrica arriva la nave dissalatore: acqua di qualità dal mare

• Turkey and Iraq reach draft agreement on sharing water as drought worsens

• Assessing the enabling environment for investment in water security in the EU’s Eastern Partner Countries

• Mexico: Golpe a mercados de agua

• Uruguay: CAF aprueba financiamiento por USD 130 millones para la construcción de la Presa sobre el arroyo Casupá

• Italia: Catania, le scuole diventano più verdi con il progetto “L’Acqua che Insegna alla Sete”

• We Should Stop Drinking from Single-Use Water Bottles — and Here’s Why It’s Seriously Gross

• Canada: As drought conditions persist, some wells running dry in rural Ottawa

• Water-Related Disasters Take Center Stage as UAE Chairs First UNDRR Support Group Meeting in Geneva

• France – Transition écologique : quelles obligations pour les cafés et restaurateurs ?

Update Friday, October 10

• The hidden reason scientists say bottled water may not be the cleaner choice

• US: Scientists find evidence that a Pennsylvania town’s water was contaminated by fracking

• Suisse: Lausanne aide Nouakchott à fournir de l’eau à 300’000 personnes

• Catarina de Albuquerque, global champion of the human rights to water and sanitation, passes away

• Africa: The Hidden Dimensions of Poverty in Africa: Water (In)security and the Lived Poverty Index

• South Africa: Deputy Minister Mahlobo Commends Public Private Partnerships To Tackle Water And Sanitation Challenges In Mpumalanga Province

• PFAS nell’acqua minerale: tracce di TFA in Levissima, Panna, Rocchetta, San Pellegrino, Sant’Anna e Uliveto

• France: La station de Serre-Chevalier veut toujours plus de neige artificielle

• US – Minnesota: Officials launch state’s first Drinking Water Action Plan

• Talking safe drinking water with University of Minnesota

• This simple habit means you’re consuming 90,000 more microplastic particles a year

• Occupied Waters: Israel-Syria Water Conflict

• Nigeria: Odo  commissions water scheme,  17 water galleries

• Canada: À la recherche d’eau au Mont-Comi 

• France: Potentiel et limites au développement du dessalement de l’eau de mer

• Water Europe calls for €300 billion in the next EU budget to support Water Resilience Strategy

• India: Unsafe sanitation practices behind high infant and maternal deaths, admit officials

• Spanien: Valldemossa auf Mallorca geht das Wasser aus

• Rep. Dominicana: Abinader entrega títulos en Palmarejo y comunitarios exigen acceso a agua potable

• Chile: Tras audiencia, Primer Tribunal Ambiental ordena nuevas diligencias en demanda por daño ambiental en contra de sanitaria en Quilamarí

• UK: Higher water bills are a shameless reward for failure

• UK: South East Water applies for Drought Order in Sussex to protect drinking water supplies

• España – Catalonia: L’Albufera, reserva de la Biosfera? Una qüestió de prioritats

• UK: A Water Company Debt Crisis in the United Kingdom 

Update Thursday, October 9

• Colombia: Procuraduría exige mayor rigor a la CAR en concesión de agua a Coca-Cola en La Calera

• Africa’s largest freshwater lake could be site of Kenya’s nuclear power plant

• South Africa: Johannesburg Water Launches Underground Water Pilot Project to Improve Supply to Informal Settlements

• Nachholbedarf bei Trinkwasser: Zwei weitere Verfahren – EU nimmt Österreich ins Visier

• South Africa: Deputy Minister David Mahlobo commends public-private partnerships addressing water and sanitation challenges in Mpumalanga

• Día Interamericano del Agua: una oportunidad para reflexionar sobre el valor de las Estaciones de Tratamiento de Agua Potable

• Argentina: Privatización de los servicios de agua potable y saneamiento – Semanario Universidad

• France: Eau à prix d’or dans la collectivité la plus pauvre d’Alsace : le paradoxe social de Mulhouse agglomération

• France – Martinique – Grève à la Saur : la direction menace de quitter la Martinique, Cap Nord lui renvoie la faute

• France – Mayotte: Crise de l’eau « Les Mahorais vivent une double peine » !

• Publication: Linking variation in water democracy to system performance on the human right to water

• Publication: Water democracy and the unequal right to water

• Crisis Compounded: Afghanistan’s Returnees Face an Escalating Water Emergency – October 2025

• ‘Gazans in dire need for every single basic need: shelter, food, health, water, sanitation, hygiene’

• Deutschland – Sauberes Wasser für alle: Die Regierung muss handeln!

• Colombia: Militar y exFarc son socios de proyecto cervecero que busca llevar agua potable al Magdalena Medio

• Do you drink bottled water? Scientists warn you may be swallowing 90,000 extra plastic particles a year – and raise cancer risks

• MN2: The hidden dimensions of poverty in Africa: Water (in)security and the Lived Poverty Index

• 60th session of the Human Rights Council: Team Europe Delivers on Key Human Rights Priorities

• US: CA Groups Call on Gov Newsom to Join Microplastics Petition

• México – Derrames de petróleo: veneno que llega a nuestros cuerpos de agua y desata crisis en la salud de diversas especies

• EU Member States obstruct ban on harmful Endocrine-Disrupting Pesticides, Commission fails to enforce the law

• US: Colorado River Indian Tribes may grant personhood rights to ‘living’ river

• Canada – Sécheresse au Québec: plusieurs municipalités doivent importer de l’eau

• Canada: La sécheresse se poursuit, des municipalités craignent des pénuries d’eau

• Face à la sécheresse, Israël va faire venir de l’eau dessalée dans la mer de Galilée

• France – Martinique: La SAUR continuera son activité, mais la grève de l’eau continue

• Panama: Moradores de Sinaí denuncian que están sin agua potable desde más de un año

• Cuba: Varias localidades de Holguín llevan más de cinco meses sin agua potable

• Europe: Bruselas insta a Estonia y Austria a transponer correctamente la Directiva sobre el agua potable

• US: Addressing water insecurity and building trust in rural Arizona

• US – Texas: City Council clashes over $2.7 million proposal for future desalination water

• European Commission opens cases against Estonia & Austria over Drinking Water Directive

• Italia – Aqua Vitae: Villa Necchi e l’acqua tra storia e innovazione

• “L’inquinante eterno più diffuso al mondo trovato nelle bottiglie di acqua minerale di sei marchi su otto”

• US: Wisconsin court ruling protects small farms and clean water

• An E.U. Plan to Slash Micropollutants in Wastewater Is Under Attack

• UK: Millions of households face jump in water bills after regulator backs more price rises

• Stilles Wasser im Test: Schadstoffe trüben teilweise den Genuss

Update Wednesday, October 8

• Warning Issued Over ‘Day Zero Drought’ in US

• Vietnam: Arrested a group producing fake drinking water of famous brands in Ho Chi Minh City

• Le Burkina Faso accueille un Centre régional de l’eau pour l’Afrique

• Deutschland: Linkenchef van Aken fordert kostenloses Wasser im Restaurant

• US: ‘Our communities are being treated as sacrifice zones for the data center boom’ | Opinion

• Stockholm Paper blames China’s expansion, resource extraction for Tibet’s extreme ecological stress

• France – Eau potable : la protection des captages reste un sujet très « sensible »

• Dessalement de l’eau de mer : une réponse au manque d’eau potable ?

• L’accès à l’eau potable est une inquiétude grandissante

• France: 109 organisations dont Générations Futures ont signé le Manifeste pour l’interdiction urgente des PFAS, “polluants éternels”

• Microplastics found in bottled water and fish linked to depression

• Italia senz’acqua, Italia sott’acqua: l’emergenza idrica tra siccità, inquinamento e alluvioni

• Unicef: 2025/2026 WATER, SANITATION & HYGIENE (WASH) SECTOR BUDGET BRIEF

• Bottled water contains dangerous levels of microplastics that lodge in vital organs and raise cancer risk’, scientists warn

• Nestlé Sued Over ‘Breakfast Essentials’ Drink’s Health Claims

• Africa’s freshwater fish face extinction in Lake Victoria due to pollution, overfishing and invasive

• Las escuelas de Washington presentaron altos niveles de plomo en el agua potable

• México – Reformas a la Ley de Aguas Nacionales pretenden asegurar privilegios de concesionarios: CNAA

• US: Scientists Find Evidence that a Pennsylvania Town’s Water Was Contaminated by Fracking

• Surging Nile waters inundate Egypt and Sudan, revive dispute over Ethiopian mega-dam

• Die Vielfalt des Wassers. »Wasser in Friedberg früher und heute«

• Mexico: ¡Agua potable más accesible! Gobierno de la CDMX lanza el programa Agua Bienestar Atlitic

• Colombia: Ministerio de Vivienda socializó nuevo decreto que beneficia a gestores comunitarios del agua

• España: El TSJ de Galicia refuerza la protección de los derechos fundamentales frente a la degradación ambiental

• Peru: Pueblos indígenas y la Iglesia católica denuncian contaminación y escasez de agua para consumo humano

• Gold demand puts Peru’s Amazon at greater risk from mercury poisoning, bishop warns

• US: Questionable Lead Reporting For Drinking Water Virtually Vanished After Flint Water Crisis

• Africa Regional Summit: Defending Waters and Communities Against the Fossil Fuel Rush

• Africa: Most improved countries in Water & Sanitation since 2011

• South Africa: Media Statement: Governance Investigation Into Umgeni-Uthukela Water Welcomed and Must Be Expedited

• UK: Thousands join biggest-ever environmental lawsuit over river pollution

• Angola: Researchers Identify One of the Largest Water Towers in Southern Africa

• Zimbabwe: Harare Rolls Out Prepaid Water Meters As New Pumps Boost City Supply

• Nigeria: C’River Govt moves to end water scarcity, finalizes PPP deal with Agua Globa Services

• Dessalement de l’eau de mer : la France se prépare

• Polynésie française: Une grande conférence régionale sur l’eau au fenua en 2026

Update Tuesday, October 7

• This Patagonian village has glacier-fed rivers and majestic scenery. The only problem? Sewage

• South Africa: Mahlobo Condemns Vandalism of Water Infrastructure

• South Africa: DA demands urgent action from ANC-run uMgungundlovu District over water crisis in Mpophomeni

• The Energy-Water-Food Nexus in East Africa: Balancing Sustainability and Development

• South Africa: Deputy Minister David Mahlobo addresses stakeholders at Mpumalanga Water and Sanitation Indaba, 7 to 8 Oct

• Mexico: MIAA detecta cientos de tomas clandestinas de agua en la capital; sanciones alcanzan los 14 mil pesos

• Colombia: Un millón de personas no tendrán agua en el Valle del Aburrá: horarios y barrios

• India: Delhi reports a sharp spike in cholera cases linked to contaminated water

• Vast reserves, but little to drink: Tajikistan’s water struggles

• India: Bengaluru’s tap aerators cut water use by thousands of litres daily, says BWSSB – Report

• Rising Waters, Rising Tensions: Nile Floods Reopen Old Wounds Over Ethiopian Dam

• La Cumbre Amazónica del Agua exige respeto por el derecho al agua como don sagrado y humano

• La Iglesia Católica reitera su compromiso con la defensa del agua y de los pueblos amazónicos

• Los acuíferos de México en crisis: la sobreexplotación y la escasez atentan contra estos reservorios ocultos de agua

• US: Residents living near Meta AI data center say they’re ‘scared’ to drink their own water

• New research reveals what’s really hiding in bottled water

• La urgencia de construir resiliencia climática en servicios rurales de agua y saneamiento

• Wie nachhaltig sind PET-Flaschen, Aludosen oder Glas?

• Hay agua para cuatro San Mateos; el problema fue la gestión de su comité autónomo: Daniel Serrano

• Gobierno de México trabaja en la regularización de concesiones de agua

• Zimbabwe: Harare Launches Major Drive to Replace Ageing Water Pipes

• India: No dues, no deeds: Delhi to turn tap off on defaulters; govt may link water bill clearance to property registration

Update Monday, October 6

• US: Millions are at risk after cancer-causing ‘forever chemicals’ are detected in America’s largest water supply

• Senegal : Dakar hosts adoption of African water vision 2063

• Ethiopia: Aqua for All and Bunna Bank partner to revolutionize financing in the water, sanitation, and hygiene sector

• Bei Wasserknappheit: Rotes Licht für Pools und Autowäsche

• Angelica Bianco, química: “Los pesticidas se encuentran en ríos, lagos, aguas subterráneas, lluvia y… ahora también en las nubes

• Afghanistan’s Qosh Tepa Canal Raises Water Security Fears

• India: Smart water ATMs to come up in more locations in Chennai

• Venezuela: Crisis hídrica en Mérida: comunidades vulnerables ante la escasez de agua potable

• Tunisie: Le ministère de l’Agriculture adopte un ensemble de mesures pour assurer l’accès à l’eau potable dans les établissements scolaires

• Canada: Un sentier pour mieux comprendre l’eau au parc du Bois-Brûlé

• Chile: Vecinos de La Chacra denuncian discriminación por acceso al agua potable en contra de Municipio castreño

• Canada: Muskowekwan First Nation Celebrates Opening of New Water Treatment Plant

• South Africa: DWS Reaffirms Commitment to Sustainable Water and Sanitation Services for All South Africans

• Built on rivers, a nation is watching them drying to death. What is Bangladesh doing to bring them back?

• Philippine water company Maynilad files preliminary prospectus for planned IPO

• South Africa: Pipeline to disaster — how Joburg’s water supply crisis began 25 years ago

• Water Diplomacy and Governance in the MENA Region

• Mexico: Sin agua potable 50 colonias de Huejutla por conflicto en Rancho Viejo

• Mexico: Emprenderá Sheinbaum proyecto integral de saneamiento y agua potable para la ZMVM

• Cumbre del Agua culmina en Perú con un fuerte llamado a la conversión ecológica

• Indonesia: Clean Water Shortage in Jakarta’s Old Village

• Pakistan: Twin cities tap into toxic water

• The Spanish bar that got a rave 5-star review for its tap water

• UK: Water bills: millions of households in England could face even bigger rises

• Nigeria: 4,778 die of cholera in 5 years

• Zimbabwe: Harare curbs water revenue loss through prepaid meters

• Liberia: “Water Security Is Climate Security”: EPA’S Teddy Taylor Calls for Global Support to Restore Rivers and Wetlands

• South Africa: Joburg Water probes illegal payments for tankers supply

• UK: Why is Thames Water in so much trouble?

• South Africa: People fight for water as infrastructure crumbles

• RD Congo: Pénurie d’eau dans plusieurs communes de l’Ouest de Kinshasa

• Canada: L’herbicide glyphosate dans l’eau potable de 10 villes québécoises

• Au Tadjikistan, une eau abondante mais impropre

Update Sunday, October 5

• Mexico – Trouble brewing: Maya people in Yucatán fear new Heineken plant’s thirst for water

• Egypt accuses Ethiopia of “reckless” Nile management as flooding fears rise

• ‘Switzerland to Finland’: 5 countries with the cleanest underground water reserves

• Oman bans bottled water imports from Iran after two die from contaminated batch

• Latin America and the Caribbean meet at ECLAC to strengthen regional water governance

• Strategies to promote uptake and sustainability of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) interventions in basic education institutions in conflict settings: a scoping review of the Horn of Africa

• Ogni sorso di acqua in bottiglia è una bomba invisibile: ecco quante microplastiche finiscono nel tuo corpo in un anno

• Riduzione del consumo della plastica: installati i primi erogatori d’acqua

• Peru: Gobierno inaugura planta de tratamiento de agua potable en Tacna

• Russia: thousands of deaths due to contaminated water – what is happening

• Tunisie: Etablissements scolaires: un ensemble de mesures pour assurer l’accès à l’eau potable

• Irak: des agriculteurs manifestent contre l’interdiction de cultiver en pleine sécheresse

• Ethiopia hits back at ‘false’ Egyptian claims over mega-dam

• The Netherlands Isn’t Short Of Water But This Dutch Airline Wants Passengers To Drink Desalinated Seawater

• Australia se anticipa a los retos climáticos cuando sus principales embalses están llenos

• La municipalité de Gaza appelle la communauté internationale à fournir de la nourriture et de l’eau aux habitants de la ville

• Cuba al collasso tra blackout e razionamento. Voci sulla morte di Raul Castro

• Deutschland: Städtetag fordert sparsame Trinkwassernutzung

• Morocco’s water vision: Desalination at the heart of climate resilience and growth

• Ghana: Boil water before drinking to prevent typhoid – Ghanaians told

• Cuba: Vecinos del Vedado denuncian más de 60 días sin agua potable y un mercado negro con precios desorbitados

• Côte d’Ivoire-AIP/ Le gouvernement lance la construction de forages pour améliorer l’accès à l’eau potable dans le département d’Alépé

• US: New water resources needed for North Texas. Here’s a look at how Tarrant plans to tap them

• South Africa: Villagers block roads over water crisis

• Venezuela: Proyecto “Nuestras Costas, Nuestro Futuro” busca garantizar agua potable en La Guaira

• Peru: Vecinos de Llavini denuncian más de dos semanas sin agua potable y exigen acción inmediata a EMSA Puno

• Journée de l’eau inter-américaine 2025

• Tunisie – Accès à l’eau potable : le ministère de l’Agriculture renforce les mesures dans les établissements scolaires

• Vietnam: Efforts to overcome storm consequences and provide timely water to people

• Cuba: Seguridad del Estado cita a madres que protestaron por falta de agua en Centro Habana

• Día Interamericano del Agua: la urgencia de proteger los glaciares ante el avance del cambio climático

• Das gibt es im Restaurant oft gratis: Nur wenige fragen danach

• Iran’s Water Crisis Is Its Greatest Threat

• UK: ‘Shocking’ levels of sewage prompts council vote

• From Crisis to Opportunity: Why Ghana Must Lead on Just Water Partnership

• Budget shortfall water sector a threat to universal access goals, warns Zambia NGO Wash Forum

• «Die Schweiz muss ihre Agrarkonzerne unter die Lupe nehmen»

Update Saturday, October 4

• UK: Thames Water’s rescue plan risks setting a dangerous precedent

• US: Millions rely on dwindling Colorado River — but are kept ‘in the dark’ about fixes, critics say

• US: Faces of Drought: A Crisis in the Yakima

• Canada – Sécheresse prolongée : la collaboration de la population demandée pour préserver nos ressources en eau

• France: Eau de Paris met 250 000 € à disposition des Parisiens pour un projet innovant ! À vos idées !

• France: L’extrême Sud de la Corse poursuit ses efforts pour préserver la ressource en eau

• Acceso al agua potable, un ‘luxury’ para algunos, un sueño para todos

• España: Exigen agua potable para los pueblos que aún no la tienen asegurada

• Colombia: Comunidades vs. mercado: retos para fortalecer la gestión comunitaria del agua

• South Africa: Water and Sanitation recommits to ensuring sustainable water and sanitation services for all South Africans

• David gegen Goliath am Amazonas in Peru: Wie Indigene den Staat besiegten

• Cuba: Massive protest in Centro Habana following widespread blackouts and water shortages

• Mexico: Proponen hasta 20 años de cárcel por robo y despojo de agua en CDMX

• Mexico: Jóvenes por la defensa del agua, el territorio y la vida en Oaxaca

• US: Florida’s 1,100 natural springs are under threat – a geographer explains how to restore them

• Deutschland – Gemeinde schaltet auf Notversorgung: Trinkwasser sparen!

• Deutschland: Grüne werfen Landesregierung Untätigkeit bei Nitrat vor

• Canada: Attention à la consommation d’eau à Québec!

• Gaza : la fourniture d’eau par Israël serait rétablie dans le centre de l’enclave palestinienne

• US: EPA asks judge to pause Flint water crisis lawsuit

• América Latina, la tierra del agua desafiada por la sed | El Tiempo

• Australia – World of water leg four: No option is off the table

Update Friday, October 3

• Nigeria: Coalition seeks framework to expand WASH nationwide

• France – « Économiser la ressource » : l’eau potable au cœur des préoccupations dans le pays de Pontivy

• France – Corsica: Pour économiser l’eau, chaque geste compte

• UK: Thames Water creditors ask for up to 15 years’ leniency from river pollution rules

• Mexico: Detectan 52 mil concesiones que huachicolean agua

• EU Must Ensure Chemical Transparency to Deliver a Clean Circular Economy

• Czerny: El agua no se vende ni se negocia; se comparte, se defiende y se celebra

• Battling the Rising Waters. A Farmer’s Story of Determination in South Sudan

• Kenya: How water sellers are earning steady profits in cities

• UK: New CEO appointed for South West Water

• South Africa – Millions flushed away: Emfuleni loses water valued at R880 million while spending R57 million to fix water leaks

• France : 115 hectares de nature rachetés pour préserver les captages d’eau potable d’Eymoutiers

• Österreich: Wien errichtet ein neues Wasserwerk auf der Donauinsel

• Iran must move its capital from Tehran, says president as water crisis worsens

• UK: There are no good options at Thames Water. But temporary renationalisation is cleaner

• UK’s Thames Water battles to avoid nationalisation

• Deutschland: Schüler feiern ihren Trinkwasser-Brunnen

• Intervista. «Democrazia in pericolo. L’Europa deve scegliere tra beni comuni e armi»

• When Anthropology Meets Engineering: A Fresh Solution To Wastewater

• Unesco: Strengthening resilience to water-related disasters in Ghana

• Ecuador: Asamblea rechaza el ataque a la red de distribución de agua potable en Imbabura, en el contexto del paro nacional

• Peru: Restaurantes y tiendas de conveniencia estarían obligados a dar un litro de agua gratuitamente

• Chile: Alianza público-privada entre Aguas Andinas y AMUR busca transformar el abastecimiento rural

• Protestas por agua en Cuba: desafío ciudadano ante una crisis en aumento

• Ecuador: El crimen organizado roba y distribuye ilegalmente el agua potable en Guayaquil, revela Interagua

• Mexico: ¿Qué es la nueva Ley General de Aguas que propone Claudia Sheinbaum?

• Peru – Lima y Puno recibirán 200 millones de dólares para garantizar agua potable segura: Así será el proyecto del Banco Mundial

• Benin River Basin, community partner on clean river

• Nigeria: BORBDA collaborates with communities to develop rivers in catchment area

• Burkina Faso – Lutte contre la sécheresse : Le Centre régional pour l’eau en Afrique pour faire face au phénomène

• France – “Des étés de plus en plus secs” : L’Agence de l’eau Loire-Bretagne fait le point sur les enjeux environnementaux autour de la Loire

• L’eau potable sous pression / #Investigation a 5 ans !

• “If safe drinking water reaches us, I will throw a party and prostrate to God in thanks”

• Water Law reform eliminates secondary market and raises alarm bells in Mexico

• España: Los nuevos permisos mineros amenazan zonas protegidas y el suministro de agua potable en el Condado

• Zimbabwe: Water crisis chokes Bulawayo… Disease looms as residents drink from unsafe sources

Update Thursday, October 2

• US: EPA sends mixed signals on PFAS: What it means for New York’s water and health​​​​‌‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌​‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍​‍​‍​‍​​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍‌‌‍​‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍‍​​‍​​​​​‍​‌​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍​‍‍‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‌​‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌​​‌‍‌‌‌​‍​‍‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‌​​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​​‍‌‍‌‌‍‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‍‍​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌​​‌‌‍​​​‍‌‍‌‍​​​​​‌‌‍​​‌​‌​‍‌‌‍​‍​‌​​​‌‌‍​‌​‍‌​‌​​‌​‌‍​‌​‌​​‍‌‌‍​‌​​​‌‍​‌‌‍‌‌​‍‌​‌‍​‌​‌‌‌‍​​‌​​‍​​‍‌​​‍​‌​​​​​​‌​​‍‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‍‌‌​‌‌‍​‌‌​‍‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‍​‌‍​‌‍‌‌​‍‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍​​‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍​‌‍‌‌​‌‍​‍‌‍​‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‍‌‍​​‌‌‍‍​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍‌‌​​‌​​‌​‍‌‌​​‍‌​‌‍​‍‌‌​​‍‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍‌‌‍​‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍‍​​‍​​​​​‍​‌​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍​‍‍‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‌​‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌​​‌‍‌‌‌​‍​‍‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌​​‌‌‍​​​‍‌‍‌‍​​​​​‌‌‍​​‌​‌​‍‌‌‍​‍​‌​​​‌‌‍​‌​‍‌​‌​​‌​‌‍​‌​‌​​‍‌‌‍​‌​​​‌‍​‌‌‍‌‌​‍‌​‌‍​‌​‌‌‌‍​​‌​​‍​​‍‌​​‍​‌​​​​​​‌​​‍‌‍‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‍‌‌​‌‌‍​‌‌​‍‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‍​‌‍​‌‍‌‌​‍‌‍‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍​​‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍​‌‍‌‌​‍‌‍‌​​‌‍‌‌‌​‍‌​‌​​‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‍​‍‌‍​‌‍‍‌‌​‌‍‍​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​​‍​‍‌‌

• Ethiopia Defends Mega Dam as Sudan Battles Rising Nile Floodwaters

• South Africa: Water and Sanitation on decline of Mpumalanga water levels and holding steady above 90%

• Turchia, Iraq e Siria, le Acque contese del Tigri ed Eufrate: la salute al centro del conflitto

• España – Andalucia / Opinión: El agua potable, un privilegio de rentas altas

• Rekordschmelze: Schweizer Gletscher schrumpfen weiter

• Der Klimawandel wird grenzüberschreitende Konflikte um Wasser verschärfen

• Italia – Laghi silani vuoti, l’acqua va razionata: da oggi l’uso potabile diventa prioritario

• Peru – Sector hoteles y restaurantes: consumo del agua potable anticipa crecimiento del 2.9 % en el tercer trimestre de 2025

• Corsica – Crisi idrica nell’estremo Sud: Porto Vecchio e Bonifacio in prima linea

• MENA nonprofits hold key dialogue on regional water governance

• Mexico: Ciudadanos vs. inmobiliaria, se disputan el agua

• Diyala drought renews calls against Turkiye water cuts

• Solar-powered farming is digging Pakistan into a water catastrophe

• Swiss glaciers shrank 3% this year, the fourth-biggest retreat on record

• 10 years of “excellent” water in Portugal

• US: CT mayors and first selectmen (opinion): Aquarion water deal puts our communities at risk

• Bridgeport City Hall to reopen Thursday after water supply issue, officials say

• Meta Builds AI Center the Size of 70 Football Fields. Residents Near Similar Facility Say They’re ‘Scared to Drink Our Own Water

• Togo, Benin Endorse Joint Instruments for Shared River Basin Management

• Management methods and sustainability of dams in Burkina Faso: a multi-criteria analysis

• Cuban recounts the ordeal of accessing drinking water in El Vedado

• France – « Économiser la ressource » : l’eau potable au cœur des préoccupations dans le pays de Pontivy

• Mexico – Con iniciativa para expedir Ley General de Aguas y reforma a la Ley de Aguas Nacionales se devuelve el agua a la nación: Presidenta

• Ecuador: Las bandas ya controlan hasta el agua potable en Guayaquil

• Uruguay: Acceso al agua potable y cobros excesivos

• Ecuador: Ministerio presentó denuncia por suspensión de agua potable en Ibarra

• Flush of glory! Uganda rolls out first WASH awards

• Dams for development? Unpacking tensions in the World Bank’s hydropower policies

• Alerte au « manque d’eau extrême » au cours des prochaines décennies

• Ghana’s water crisis – A national disgrace demanding urgent action

• UK: Thames Water lenders submit rescue plan to stave off collapse

• Scientists Warn: Bottled Water May Pose Serious Long-Term Health Risks

Update Wednesday, October 1

• National Geographic & De Beers Q&A: Enhancing Water Security

• Sécheresse : Face à une situation « préoccupante », des restrictions d’eau ordonnées dans le sud de la Corse

• Namibia: Govt guarantees potable water for all Namibians

• Ungarische Technologie sichert Trinkwasser für eine Viertelmillion Menschen in Tansania

• As Floods Worsen, Pakistan Is the Epicenter of Climate Change

• South Africa: Human Rights Commissioner dodges overflowing sewage in Cape Town

• Cubanas bloquean una calle en La Habana tras dos semanas sin servicio de agua potable

• Día Interamericano del Agua. Seminiario virtual: Protección de los glaciares para prevenir la falta de agua potable y el incremento del nivel del mar

• Mexico: Exigen revocación de concesión a Grupo MAS en Veracruz por mala calidad del agua

• Vidéo : La lutte pour l’eau

• Trinkwasser-Knappheit: Hotelprojekt in Oberbayern wackelt

• Wien, die Stadt der Brunnen: Aber wie ist das mit der Reinigung?

• Zambian Farmers Take Chinese Mining Firm to Court Over Toxic Waste Spill

• US – Editorial: Federal money, not delays needed to protect the water we drink

• Nigeria: Govt urges stronger commitment to water, sanitation goals

• Building global expert capacity for water sustainability

• Pays basque : un mois sans bouteille d’eau en plastique

• Ecuador: Mayor control y sanciones a las conexiones clandestinas de agua potable

• India: Civic activists oppose government’s plan to shrink Bengaluru’s vital drain buffers

• I tappi delle bottiglie di plastica inquinano l’acqua che beviamo: la nuova allerta

• Kosovo – LVV candidate: Only 32% of Viti citizens have drinking water

• Afghanistan: Kabul’s Groundwater Depletion Crisis by 2030

• US: North Texas growth is putting a strain on water resources

• Africa Water Center Launched to Combat Drought

• Burkina Faso : Le Forum régional «Defying Drought» s’achève ce mardi à Ouagadougou

• Chinese-built raw water pre-treatment project inaugurated in Mauritania

• Nigeria participates in AMCOW 14th governing council, adopts Africa water vision 2063 in Dakar

• France – Martiniqjue: “Il nous manque 10 000 m³ d’eau”…Le conflit à la SAUR impacte l’approvisionnement du Sud

• Accès à l’eau potable et aux infrastructures sanitaires dans les écoles primaires du centre d’animation pédagogique de N’Kourala au Mali, 2022

• Algérie – Eau potable: trouver des solutions durables à Bejaïa

• US: EPA’s job is to protect America’s air, water and land. Here’s how a shutdown affects that effort

For the previous Blue Digest (September 2025) see here 

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