BLUE NEWS DIGEST November 2025

Update Sunday, November 16 (in progress)

• Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment of E. coli and Vibrio cholerae in Drinking Water Sources of Flood-Affected Districts in Baluchistan, Pakistan

• Nigeria: ICCDI Africa unveils Abuja eco-toilet built with over 10,000 PET bottles

• Schweiz: Sofortiger Verkaufsstopp für Hecht und Egli aus dem Zugersee

• Néstle: Perrier könnte wegen Skandal vom Markt verschwinden

• Frankreich: Geheime Waffentests verseuchen den Boden

• France – Sécheresse : pourquoi les restrictions d’eau restent maintenues dans l’extrême Sud de la Corse ?

• Soudan du Sud: inauguration d’une station de purification de l’eau à Bor, dans l’Etat du Jonglei

• Swiss authorities impose ban on sale of PFAS-tainted fish

• Why Africa’s water crisis demands cooperation, not competition

• Water shortage pushes Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan into energy crisis

• Kenya: About 100,000 Residents in Mandera Face Starvation as Drought Kills Livestock, Dries Rivers

• « Futur de l’eau : le digital et le spatial en réponse aux enjeux majeurs  » – Opinion

• La crise de l’eau en Iran est créée par la corruption des pasdaran et non par le climat

• Ecuador: Vecinos del centro de Manta están sin agua potable desde hace tres semanas

• España: El pueblo de Soria que lleva más de dos años sin agua potable

• Lavado y enjuague de botellas: cómo realizarlo y con qué frecuencia para evitar la proliferación de bacterias

• Argentina: Alumnos de Gran China no asisten a clases por falta de agua potable y los padres exigen la obra del nuevo pozo

• Argentina: Padres y docentes de la escuela de Jáchal decidieron continuar con la toma ante la falta de respuestas concretas sobre el agua potable

• México: Clausuran tomas ilegales de agua potable en zona turística de Acapulco

• Türkei – Istanbul: Mutter und Kinder tot – Ermittler prüfen Trinkwasser im Hotel

• US: Heavy metals found in Mora County groundwater

Update Saturday, November 15

• US: How a small community fought for justice after finding forever chemicals in drinking water

• South Africa: Water and Sanitation welcomes court judgement on pollution of water resources in Emalahleni Local Municipality

• The Age of Water. A new documentary set in central Mexico follows two mothers as they fight to uncover what poisoned their daughters

• US: Area residents outline hopes, concerns for Duane Arnold nuclear restart at public meeting

• UK: Thames Water tried to make MP pay its legal fees of up to £1,400 an hour

• Comment le Maroc est en passe de faire du dessalement une fierté industrielle marocaine

• The hidden impacts of drinking-water treatment on urban streams

• UK: Single fault at Thames Water works could imperil London’s supply

• Italia: L’ultimo report dell’osservatorio sulle risorse idriche dell’Anbi

• Italia – Siccità, numeri da paura: cresce l’allarme

• Svizzera – Come proteggere il bene più importante che abbiamo: l’acqua

• Pitt researchers reveal hidden impacts of drinking-water treatment on urban streams

• Crise de l’eau en Guadeloupe : des mesures fortes pour sortir de l’impasse et rétablir la confiance

• South Africa: SADC Conference to Focus on Groundwater for Climate Resilience

• Gangneung’s Drought Is a Grim Warning for the Korean Peninsula: A ‘Water Network’ Must Be Built

• Tibetan climate crisis gains global attention at COP30 in Brazil

• Fiji: Rural communities faces ongoing water and sanitation challenges

• Guinée-Bissau : la bataille pour l’eau et l’énergie, un enjeu vital pour le développement

Update Friday, November 14

• UK: Yorkshire Water: it’s time to end the rip-off

• Delhi sinking fastest among Indian megacities due to ‘excessive groundwater withdrawal’: Study

• South Africa: At this Limpopo clinic, nurses have to fetch water in buckets

• South African water research hub takes shape

• Chatham House: How global trade can drive fair and sustainable water use

• Uzbekistan hands water infrastructure consulting project to Korean company

• BluPeak Credit Union launches BluPeakFoundation.org to expand access to clean water

• Nigeria: UNICEF seeks policy to end open defecation

• US: Plan to prevent a water shortage in Central Florida gets key approval

• How control of water shapes power and security in Africa

• L’accès à l’eau potable en Amérique latine

• Mali – “Nous faisons la queue jusqu’à minuit” : les femmes face à la pénurie d’eau potable

• Schweiz: Modernes Seewasserwerk soll Trinkwasserversorgung sichern

• Is Mexico’s agricultural sector experiencing a water crisis?

• México: San Luis Potosí – Acumula SLP más de 400 procesos por extracción ilegal de agua, revela Conagua

• Cambodia lays out water management mantra at KIWW

• Iran’s Water Crisis Nears Point Of No Return

• Namibia: All Efforts Being Made to Address Water Challenges

• US: Parts of Arizona are being sucked dry, with areas of land sinking 6 inches per year, satellite data reveals

• US: Anderson Lake closed due to toxin

• Cartographie, gestion, protection : Un rapport parlementaire dresse cinq propositions pour les cours d’eau de Guyane

• France : Des députés s’attaquent à la restauration des cours d’eau

• Tchad – Batha : les habitants du village de Mangbo et ses environs en détresse face au manque d’eau potable

• Watered Down: A Weakened Global Water Strategy

• South Africa: City of Ekurhuleni hosts first Africa Water and Sanitation Dialogue

• South Africa: Nafasi Water helps mining’s dirty water flow towards a clean future

• Argentinien: Mapuche gegen Fracking

• UK: Water company enjoys 131% rise in profits after bills go up £112

• Deutschland: Kostenloses Trinkwasser an Schulen

• UK: Southern Water slammed after Camber Sands pollution incident

Update Thursday, November 13

• South Africa Reaffirms Commitment to Equitable Water and Sanitation Access

• 45% of people in Ghana, Niger and Nigeria live in areas of high water risk, study finds

• UNICEF: 8 out of Every 10 Citizens in Afghanistan Drink Unsafe Water

• Afghanistan: Kabul’s Water Turns Undrinkable, Forcing Residents to Rely on Bottled Supplies

• La rareté de l’eau: un défi croissant

• France : Qui sont les gros consommateurs d’eau sur ce territoire de Loire-Atlantique ?

Update Wednesday, November 12

• Kazakhstan, Israel sign memo to foster water cooperation

• South Africa: Manufacturing a healthy future for water

• Deutschland – PFAS-Alarm: Wasserversorger kontern BUND-Untersuchung

• Israelis attacked Palestinian water sources over 250 times in five years, data reveals

• UK: Water firm agrees £11m package to cut sewage spills

• Deutschland – Giftstoffe im Rhein: Millionen Menschen trinken belastetes Wasser

• Iran’s drought: A disaster in slow motion

• Fiji sets clear roadmap to strengthen rural water and sanitation

• Nigeria: Water Scarcity Looms in FCT Over Plant Chemicals Shortage

• US: States That Rely on the Colorado River Miss Deadline to Agree on Cuts

• US: America’s Deadliest Waterborne Disease Is Not Letting Up

• US: The clock is ticking on the shrinking Colorado River as Western states miss a key deadline

• 2 ways you can conserve the water used to make your food

• Mali – Tominian : coupure d’électricité et crise d’eau persistantes

• Cuba: Nadie recoge la basura en Santiago de Cuba y cientos de miles carecen de agua potable

• Lanzan en la COP30 un plan para cerrar la brecha hídrica en Latinoamérica y el Caribe

• Rep. Dominicana: ¡Navarrete se enciende! Comunitarios protestan por tandas de apagones y falta de agua potable

• « L’eau, notre bien commun » : La1ere.fr propose un podcast inédit sur comment l’or bleu façonne et irrigue les Outre-mer !

• US: America’s Water Infrastructure Needs $3.4 Trillion Investment, Report Warns

• UK: Water firm makes vow after pellets pollute beach

• 3 Countries With The Safest Tap Water And 5 Where Caution Is Advised, Study Finds

Update Tuesday, November 11

• Calentamiento sin precedentes en lagos amazónicos: un estudio alerta sobre los riesgos para la biodiversidad

• Los lagos del Amazonas hierven: la muerte lenta del pulmón azul del planeta

• OPINION. « L’eau ne doit pas devenir un luxe »

• South Africa: Call for urgent action to resolve SA water challenges

• Egypt’s cities tackle heat stress and water scarcity

• Vietnam: Solving the problem of clean water shortage for people in the highlands of Nghe An

• España – Varias zonas de Galicia sin agua potable: las cenizas de los incendios envenenan los ríos

• Chile: Comités de Agua Potable Rural de Los Ríos se fortalecen frente a los desafíos de la Ley 20.998

• Dans le nord-est de la Syrie, une lutte quotidienne pour accéder aux services essentiels

• France : Les fantômes des pesticides hantent nos environnements pour longtemps

• UK: Southern Water apologises for catastrophic spill of plastic biobeads in Sussex

• South Korea: Three out of four Seoul citizens are drinking tap water

• United States Bottled Water Market Trends & Outlook 2025–2033

• Community-led water governance for addressing water scarcity in a developing context: A review of post-Zero-day drought in Cape Town, South Africa

• Governments unite with UN to strengthen water, health systems amid climate-linked crises

• Japan: Tokyo offers opportunities for water management study tours

• From ancestral water systems to heritage-led adaptation: Four champions celebrated for their climate leadership at COP30 

• COP30 and the Climate Consequences of Ignoring Sanitation

• Safeguarding clean water access as climate threats rise

• COP30 must advance human rights-based climate action in accordance with International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion: UN experts

• Economics, peace and human rights. From theoretical frameworks to public choices

• EIB provides $100 million to Ecuador for water, sanitation and waste management

• Qué país de América Latina tiene la mayor reserva de agua del planeta

• Chile: Ley del vaso de agua avanza en el Senado: en qué consiste la iniciativa que se someterá a votación

• La comunidad que le devolvió la vida al agua en la Cordillera Blanca en Perú

• Deutschland – Der Harz im Wandel: Wie Klimawandel und Borkenkäfer die Trinkwasserversorgung bedrohen

• L’acqua minerale costa oltre il 10.000% in più rispetto a quella del rubinetto

• Italia: Rubinetti a secco in Puglia e Basilicata 

• South Korea: Trust in Seoul’s tap water reaches record high

• Zimbabwe: MPs Endorse Public-Private Partnerships As Key to Solving Zimbabwe’s Water Crisis

• Cuba: Two water trucks are detained in Bayamo for illegal water sales

• Afghanistan: Severe water shortage leaves Zabul residents facing dire conditions

• Iran: Tehran orders evacuation of 15 million as drought triggers water bankruptcy

• Australia: Farmers push to use Great Artesian Basin water for irrigation in western Qld

• UK: ‘What is the point in Ofwat?’: regulator says off-shore payment to Yorkshire Water boss does not flout bonus ban

• US: Colorado River wins personhood status from Arizona tribal council

Update Monday, November 10

• South Africa – Water dialogue aims at finding solutions to SA’s water crisis: Dr Nndweleni Mphephu

• Nigeria: Rivers Assembly probes alleged neglect of oil spills in community

• Niger : 165,5 millions USD pour renforcer l’accès à l’eau potable

• France – Ils voulaient remplir leur gourde d’eau gratuitement, la restauratrice refuse : avait-elle le droit ? Voici ce que dit la loi

• Venezolanos tendrán mejor acceso a agua potable con el apoyo de Unicef

• South Asia’s water wars

• Afghanistan – Dry Taps and Empty Wells: Is Kabul on the Brink of Land Subsidence?

• Dam reservoir levels drop below 3 pct in Iran’s Mashhad

• Uruguay: La llegada de agua potable a San Miguel y Nuevo Comienzo, un anhelo de todos los vecinos

• Colombia – Lagos para esquí náutico: el club de La Calera que consume más agua que Coca Cola

• South Africa: Municipal water partnerships deliver results in Northern Cape mining communities

• South Africa: Outage forces Foschville residents to fetch water from sewage drain

• UK: Project to protect drinking water from pollution

• TÜRKİYE: Istanbul faces water shortage as reservoir levels fall below 22%

• US: A Data Center Could Be Coming to an Upstate New York Town, and Residents Are Speaking Out

• Ecuador: Calidad del agua en Guayaquil: tres claves del conflicto entre el Gobierno y Municipio

• France – “Ces communes risquent de s’isoler” : comment le transfert des compétences pour l’eau et l’assainissement peut changer la donne en 2026

• Africa’s first water, sanitation conference kicks off in Johannesburg

• AI wants our water

• UNDP supports Somaliland communities in building dams to tackle worsening water scarcity

• Deutschland: Geplante Deponie in Bodum sorgt für Grundwasser- und Naturschutz-Debatte

• UN: Safeguarding clean water access as climate threats rise

• The Community That Brought Water Back to Life in Peru’s White Mountain Range

• Iran faces unprecedented drought as water crisis hits Tehran

• España: El agua que nos une

• Exigen mayor transparencia en la administración del agua en la Ciudad de México

• México: Diócesis de Celaya respalda pago justo por su consumo de agua potable

• Colombia: Conflictos por agua en Cali y Valle. Un conato que las lluvias mantienen controlado

• Ensuring access to drinking water as climate threats increase

• South Africa – AWSISA: A Collective Voice For A Sustainable Water Future

• Deutschland: Weniger Trinkwasser in Bayern – neue Fernleitungen sollen helfen

• Rep. Dominicana – El país de los tinacos: la solución dominicana ante la falta de agua constante

• México: Rincón de Tamayo elige nuevo comité de agua potable tras 34 meses de conflicto

• Families in parts of Isiolo, Marsabit and Samburu walk for kilometres in search of water 

Update Sunday, November 9

• India’s digital thirst: A booming data centre corridor in Uttar Pradesh’s GB Nagar is running on empty wells

• Iran plans water cuts for Tehran amid worst drought in decades

• Somlia’s Puntland State Announces Emergency Meeting to Address Severe Drought

• Deforestation Places 122 Million West Africans at Water Risk

• RDC: à Lubumbashi, la rupture d’un bassin de rétention d’eau contaminée suscite de vives inquiétudes

• Escasez de agua y sequías, dos temas que buscarán soluciones en la próxima COP30 de Brasil

• Peru: Falta de agua potable pone en riesgo funcionamiento del Hospital del Altiplano en Alto Puno

• Italia – Crisi idrica in Capitanata: riserve giù del 42%, ma l’acqua potabile resta garantita

• Economia dell’acqua: il nuovo oro blu

• Italia – Acqua minerale e del rubinetto: ecco quanto si spende in Italia e dove costa di più

• Seguridad hídrica en la Amazonía: reflexiones desde la salud pública

• France : L’agglo labellisée pour sa gestion de l’eau

• El presidente Noboa cuestiona la calidad del agua en la ciudad más poblada de Ecuador

• South Africa: Abahlali forced to share water with dogs!

Update Saturday, November 8

• Rising Ecological Threats in Northwestern Africa: Tunisia’s Worsening Water Crisis

• Uzbekistan Joins Protocol on Water and Health

• Deutschland – PFAS: Wissenschaftler kritisieren Untätigkeit bei Pestiziden

• Eau du robinet : peut-on encore la boire sans courir de danger ?

• Récupérer l’eau de pluie, un geste écologique et économique mais qui a des règles

• France – PFAS : Les interdictions de boire de l’eau potable se multiplient

• Les Émirats arabes unis renforcent leur rôle dans l’action mondiale pour l’eau

• Zambie : lancement de projets d’approvisionnement en eau

• Italia: Siccità, al Sud è crisi idrica anche per il comparto potabile

• Dove si trova l’acqua del rubinetto più pulita d’Italia: qui si dice addio alle bottiglie

• The 11th Meeting of China-Russia Joint Commission on Proper Use and Protection of Transboundary Waters was successfully convened

• Study finds deforestation fuels West Africa’s water crisis

• South Africa – More Precious Than Gold: Rand Water’s Legacy Of Service And Innovation

• Schweiz – Trinkwasser aus Wäldern: Wer bezahlt?

• Chile: El agua como derecho y desafío: CICAT y CRHIAM promueven conciencia ambiental desde la educación

• Peru – Agua no facturada: un desafío de gestión para las empresas prestadoras de servicios de agua potable

• Italia: L’acqua di Roma tra storia e modernità

• España – Emiliano García-Page: “La gestión del agua no debe comportar nunca que esta se haga a costa de los territorios vecinos”

• Peru – Sunass: valor del agua no facturada alcanzó más de S/1 800 millones en la última década

• Open Parliament postpones debate on water laws in Mexico

• France – Gestion de l’eau potable et assainissement : Chartres Métropole valide la naissance d’une nouvelle société d’économie mixte, C’Chartres Eau

• Nigeria: Children Suffer as Oyo Government Stalls on Sanitation Reforms

• Wie Ölrettich-Senf unser Trinkwasser schützen kann

• Abhijit Banerjee: ‘The poorer you are, the more expensive water is’

• Italia: Crisi idrica, a Sorso la soluzione in un bonus per le famiglie

• Iran’s president warns Tehran may have to be evacuated amid worsening water crisis

• US: Franklin Officials Slam Approval of NESE Pipeline Water Permit, Vow to Keep Fighting

• India: Supply low, TDS high: 7x residents write to CM

• UK: England facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year

• UK: Ofwat is a toothless tiger as it says Yorkshire Water didn’t break bonus ban

• Ghana: World Vision commissions wash facilities in Karachi West and Karachi – Nchumuru 

• India: Jammu Kashmir Achieves 81 Per Cent Tap Water Coverage

Update Friday, November 7

• South Asia’s water wars

• Africa Faces Persistent Cholera Outbreaks Due to Weak Water Sanitation and Hygiene Infrastructure

• Indonésie : Engloutie par les eaux, Jakarta lutte pour sa survie

• France – La Réunion – Pénurie d’eau : plus de toilettes ni de douches au gîte du piton des Neiges

• España – La crisis anunciada en las zonas que ardieron en Galicia: la ceniza que arrastra la lluvia deja a los vecinos sin agua potable

• México: Al menos 30 escuelas con falta de agua potable por obsolescencia

• Italia – Anbi, estate infinita con rubinetti a secco: in Puglia e Basilicata difficoltà anche per il servizio potabile

• US: New Era of Confrontation Between Energy and Water Opens in Great Lakes

• México – Especialistas advierten que la crisis del agua en México responde a su mala gestión, no a la escasez

• Decent work is essential to ensure the human right to clean water and sanitation

• South Africa – Access to water has a long racial history in Durban: I followed the story in the city’s archives

• AI Wants Our Water

• Italia: In Puglia e Basilicata criticità, anche per acqua potabile

• Haiti: Cholera Resurgence Threatens Vulnerable Communities, HRW Says

• Tunisia, Italy Launch TANIT Project to Reuse Wastewater for Farming

• Morocco: Marrakech to host global Water Congress on innovation

• Ghana: Clean water and sanitation are pillars of national transformation, human rights

• South Africa: DA to report La Rochelle Primary toilet crisis to the South African Human Rights Commission

• France – Marché de l’eau à Pamiers : le recours du SMDEA rejeté par le tribunal administratif

• Germany and EU Launch Water Management Initiative in Libya

• Chile: Avanza en el Congreso iniciativa que exigirá agua potable gratuita en locales de comida

• US: Arizona’s search for ocean water will be pricey

• Italia: Emergenza idrica, c’è l’ordinanza del sindaco

• Nigeria: 90% of Nigerians Lack Access to Basic Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Services – Report

• India: Human rights commission orders inspection of waterlogging affecting a family

• Researcher Speaks On Water Security In West Africa

• Morocco to Host the 19th World Water Congress

• Canada: Province urges people to conserve water this winter as drought conditions remain ‘extreme’

• Oil for Water: Iraq bets on new Turkiye deal to ease drought crisis

• Coca-Cola reports using nearly 8 billion pounds of plastic in 2024, 1.4 billion pounds more than 2019

• US: Battle Over Who Controls Chester Water Authority Continues

• India: Allegations of corruption and negligence rock Longtharai Valley Water Treatment Plant

• After two decades of achievements, Parties to Protocol on Water and Health step up commitment for resilient water, sanitation and hygiene in Pan-European region

• México: Protestan en Toluca por falta de agua

• Argentina – Agua pura y conciencia ecológica en la Patagonia: una estación de recarga impulsa el turismo responsable en Los Glaciares

• Cisgiordania, coloni israeliani armati svuotano cisterna d’acqua di una famiglia palestinese ad Al-Mughayyir: “Non berrete più”

• France : Conférence de presse – Présentation du rapport de la mission d’information sur l’état des cours d’eau

• Liechtenstein – Wasser-Dilemma: Wem gehört die Quelle?

• South Africa: Patients Must Bring Their Own Water to Masilo Clinic

• Iran’s president warns Tehran may face evacuation over water crisis

Update Thursday, November 6

• West Africa’s water is draining away as forests the size of cities vanish each year – New WaterAid research

• South Africa: Jubilee Hospital Faces Ongoing Water Shortage

• UK: Lough Neagh bathing spot failed to meet minimum water standards

• South Africa: As shortages worsen, Johannesburg is scheduled to host a significant African Water Security Dialogue

• UK: Water bosses’ bonuses blocked over pollution issues

• Nigeria – Open defecation: UNICEF advocates construction of toilets in public places

• 90% of Nigerians lack access to basic water, sanitation and hygiene services

• South Africa – We’ll always need the toilet: What sanitation says about society

• Payer l’eau potable “au juste prix” : pour maintenir les réseaux en état, la hausse des prix semble inévitable

• De l’eau à notre porte : les femmes, moteurs du changement dans les zones rurales de Gambie

• Suisse: Lausanne veut faire payer le responsable de la pollution du Léman au triazole

• RD Congo: Plus de 80 000 habitants privés d’eau potable à Mangurujipa

• France – Pesticides en Bretagne : plus d’un million de personnes appelées à se prononcer sur leur utilisation

• En Irak, dans les marais de Mésopotamie : «Si l’eau continue de baisser, c’est fini»

• Canada – Sécheresse en Nouvelle-Écosse : plusieurs municipalités rurales sous pression

• La bande de Gaza confrontée à une grave pénurie d’eau malgré le cessez-le-feu

• Deutschland fällt im PFAS-Test durch: Sollte man jetzt kein Leitungswasser mehr trinken?

• India’s Ganga River drying at unprecedented levels

• US: Safeguard public water supplies, restore rivers, and strengthen local economies

• River grabbing from the source: groundwater extraction and the self-perpetuating colonial practices of dispossession in Australia’s Northern Territory

• South Africa: DA takes up Wrenchville’s water and sewerage problems with Human Rights Commission

• India: How Bihar’s groundwater filters fail the people who need them most

• Ukraine – Southern Bug under threat: what affects the state of the river from which Mykolaiv will drink water

• US – Warning to Lake Tahoe Tech Elites: There Is ‘High Potential’ That You Are Drinking Poop Water

• France – Gestion de l’eau potable en Martinique : Cap Nord demande plus de qualité de service à la Saur

• Algérie – DERBAL LA AFFIRMÉ À JIJEL : « L’eau potable est au cœur des préoccupations »

• L’Irak : un pays post-conflit en manque d’eau

• Tchad: la disparition des lits de rivières menace l’agriculture et l’eau potable

• France : La gestion de l’eau à l’ordre du jour du conseil

• Oltre un milione di bambini a Gaza senza acqua e cibo a sufficienza

• UK regulator warns 9 water companies over finances

• UK: Southern Water under fire for falsely reporting 100-hour sewage release at Tankerton, near Whitstable

Update Wednesday, November 5

• Expert’s warning: Don’t drink water from plastic bottles – it’s like eating a credit card every week

• Ghana: Gov’t renews pledge for safe, affordable, sustainable water and sanitation for all Ghanaians

• India – Flooded promises: Bihar’s manifestos stay silent on the state’s deepest crisis

• Deutschland – BUND-PFAS-Wassertest: PFAS im Wasserkreislauf angekommen

• Chile: Ley del vaso de agua avanza a Sala con modificaciones

• Africa. What Happens When Communities Turn to Nature to Fight the Effects of Drought?

• Ghana: ‘Neglect of water and sanitation threatens public health’ — Nana Abor Atta II

• Colombia: Contraloría alerta que más de 5 millones de colombianos siguen sin acceso a agua potable

• Algérie: La fourniture d’eau potable aux citoyens au centre des directives des autorités publiques

• Water at Our Doorstep: Women Leading Change in Rural Gambia

• México CDMX – Vecinos de Álvaro Obregón, CDMX, Llevan Semanas sin Agua; Piden Atención de Autoridades

• Afrique de l’Ouest: la déforestation menace l’accès à l’eau, indique un rapport

• Haïti-Santé / Ouragan Mélissa : Le Mspp alerte sur une recrudescence du choléra

• México: Capital queretana sin capacidad financiera para dotar el servicio de agua potable

• Vietnam – Clean water for rural areas: Striving to achieve the target of 100% by 2045

• India: Over seven months on, Bengaluru yet to tap potential of treated wastewater

• US: Lake Tahoe billionaire community dealing with potential sewage contamination

• Weaponizing the Flow: South Asia’s Proxy Hydrology

• Mapping the Water Behind Trade: New Insights from Brazil’s Soy and Beef Exports to the EU and China

• South Africa: The Real Cost of Johannesburg’s Water

• Haiti: Cholera Resurgence Threatens Vulnerable Communities

Update Tuesday, November 4

• Canada: Ontario schools take action to eliminate lead in drinking water

• South Africa In photos: Joburg protesters call for end to water crisis

• UK: Drinking Water Inspectorate ordered action over ‘forever chemicals’ risk

• Spain – ‘I can’t go on anymore’: Mazón resigns as Valencia leader and acknowledges mistakes during deadly 2024 floods – as it happened

• Masai tribe from Tanzania joins Istanbul Marathon to highlight Africa’s water crisis

• Kenya: Development talk everywhere but not enough water to drink

Update Monday, November 3

• Spain’s tap water: Prices and quality revealed

• South Africa: ‘No water, no votes,’ warns Limpopo communities

• L’accès à l’eau sera de plus en plus difficile d’après ces prévisions

• Gaza enfrenta colapso sanitario tras ataques israelíes a redes de agua y saneamiento

• España: El sector hostelero del Mar Menor reclamará pérdidas millonarias por la crisis del agua potable

• Vietnam: 90% of schools have clean water and sanitation facilities that meet standards

• Weltweit zunehmender Druck auf den Zugang zu Wasser

• Mexico: Sheinbaum frenó a Conagua y mineras verter desechos en ríos

• La polémica por el origen del agua embotellada puede causar daños a la industria y a los consumidores, aquí la explicación

• Only two weeks of water left in Tehran’s main reservoir, Iranian state media reports

• Iraq, Turkey sign deal on Iraqi water infrastructure projects

• South Africa – Water crisis: Activists urge politicians to support, not exploit, frustrated residents

• South Africa: Tshwane investigating spike in typhoid cases amid water safety concerns

• India: Women to be part of water, sanitation panels in Goa’s villages

• Hälfte der Menschheit von Wasserknappheit bedroht

• US: You may have to ask for water at Aurora restaurants

• France – “L’eau, bien commun vital” : le conseiller municipal d’Auch Thierry Ferron veut garantir la gratuité des 15 premiers m³ et créer une régie publique

• Una cantante encuentra su refugio para desconectar en un pueblo de pescadores sin agua potable: “Sigue siendo un lugar mágico”

• Mexico: Ley de Aguas castiga al huachicoleo hídrico con sanciones más severas: CAED

• UNICEF : Plus d’un million d’enfants à Gaza ont besoin d’eau et de nourriture

• Italia – Chiusure dell’acqua in provincia di Sassari: disagi, autobotti e nuovi orari

• In memoriam Catarina de Albuquerque. Mother of the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation

• The Institutional Crowd Around SDG 6: Time for Coherence in the Global Water Agenda

• Women for water warrior: “It is high time to honour existing agreements and move from dialogue to implementation”

• South Africa: No to EWSC prepaid water metres

• 87 Prozent der Brunnen beschädigt: FAO zieht Bilanz der Zerstörung im Gazastreifen

• UK: Firms ordered to reduce forever chemicals in drinking water for 6m people

• Mexico – Tandeos Xalapa: Las colonias no tendrán agua durante 18 días en noviembre

• Mexico: Suspenden clases en primaria de comunidad wixárika en Jalisco por falta de agua potable

• COP 30 Brasil: ¿Adaptación o prevención?

• Togo : le projet d’hydraulique villageoise financé par la Chine en voie d’achèvement dans les délais

Update Sunday, November 2

• Europe’s “Distorted” Bet on Cairo Raises Furore, Questions in Addis Ababa

• South Africa: Calls for urgent action as Typhoid cases rise in capital city

• Namibia launches nationwide plan to address worsening water shortages

• Proteger las infraestrructuras críticas, como las conducciones de agua potable, de los ciberataques

• Madagascar : “C’est de l’or, une denrée rare!”, le quotidien sans eau des habitants de la capitale

• Italia – Cifarelli, PD: “Siamo in piena emergenza idrica potabile, irrigua e industriale

• India: Bengaluru struggles to reuse water that can’t be discharged

• Deutschland: Millionen fließen nach Thüringen – damit unser Trinkwasser sauber bleibt

• Perú entre los 30 países con mayor estrés hídrico del planeta, advierte Aquafondo: ¿cuál es la respuesta del sector privado?

• Pendant qu’ils fabriquent des bombes, l’eau disparaît…

• France – “Il est temps que ça s’arrête” : cette usine près de Lyon fait vivre l’enfer à ses voisins

• Accès à l’eau pour un camp de réfugiés : le départ d’une délégation de Morlaix Co en Cisjordanie annulé

• Ethiopia and Egypt: Growing water scarcity, droughts could reignite GERD tension – Report

• Egypt and Eritrea seal Red Sea security alliance

• South Africa: ‘We are tired of a dysfunctional government,’ activists tell Morero at Joburg water protest

• South Africa: Sea of Joburg protesters gather over empty water promises

• Bringing water is the first challenge residents face when settling in devastated areas

• Nigeria: WaterAid, PepsiCo Foundation wrap up transformative WASH project in Lagos

• Hungry farmers: How the Bagre Dam spillage deepens rural poverty

• Cuba: Protest in Guantánamo over the lack of water and electricity following Hurricane Melissa

• An expert’s warning about drinking bottled water: “We drink in a week the amount of microplastics equivalent to a credit card”

• Niger’s Sanitation Crisis: Why World Toilet Day 2025 Must Be More Than a Hashtag

• Iraqi Parliament Warns of Escalating Water Crisis Threatening Food Security

• Dangerous waters. The latest Ecological Threat Report

• Razionamenti idrici, cattiva gestione dell’acqua e sprechi di soldi pubblici.

• Stand Up for Clean Water!

• Australia: Southern NSW summer crops shrink amid water shortages

• Paraguay: Entregan nuevo sistema de agua potable en Misiones

• Peru: Defensoría del Pueblo realiza supervisión conjunta a punto de descarga de Sedapal en el río Rímac como parte de seguimiento a caso de contaminación

• Extracción ilegal de agua potable provoca desabasto en Estado de México

• Dreaded Cholera Resurfaces Globally: Africa Worst Hit

• Global water crisis could cost trillions

• US beach-goers at risk from polluted water

• Deutschland Oldenburg – Alarmierende Nitratbelastung: Was das fürs Trinkwasser bedeutet

• Togo : le projet d’hydraulique villageoise financé par la Chine en voie d’achèvement dans les délais

Update Saturday, November 1

• España: Marcha en Paterna contra la subida del recibo del agua

• Brazil: In the largest metropolis of the Amazon, clean water restores dignity to communities

• Stakeholders Seek Reversal of Privatisation in the Electricity Sector (and all existing privatisations in the water and waste sectors)

• South Africa: Western Cape Provincial Government on launch of ten year water resilience strategy

• Canada : Doit-on s’inquiéter de la présence de pesticides dans l’eau potable ?

• France : Pour préserver la ressource en eau, les collectivités peuvent mettre en place de bonnes pratiques

• Opening Speech by H.E. Habtamu Itefa Geleta at the 2nd Ethiopian Water and Energy Week

• TFA, una amenaza global. La sustancia eterna que contamina el agua: ¿estamos ante la mayor polución de la historia?

• Mexico: Protestan en Bachajón porque construcción de carretera SCLC-Palenque destruirá su sistema de agua potable

• US – Puerto Rico: No Water and No Transparency

• South Africa – Polokwane water crisis: Repeated human rights violations are unacceptable, says AfriForum

• Deutschland – Grüne: Wassernovelle gefährdet Trinkwasser in Bayern und die kommunale Daseinsvorsorge

• Mexico: Habitantes beben agua de lluvia y refrescos por necesidad; la realidad de la escasez en la Mixteca, Oaxaca

• Cholera outbreak claims over 6,800 lives across 23 African nations

• Where does a western chemical plant that contaminated drinking water go next? To India

• Montenegro investiert in Wasserinfrastruktur – EU-Annäherung eröffnet Chancen für internationale Partner

• Colombia: Corte Constitucional ordena medidas estructurales para proteger los derechos de la niñez indígena en el Vichada

• Ethiopia: Report Warns Water Scarcity, Population Growth Could Intensify GERD Tensions – Urges Pragmatic Nile Basin Cooperation

• FAAN Enhances Community Wellbeing with New Borehole Initiative in Benin’s Ogbe Communities

• African leaders push water, climate resilience agenda

• UK: £2.2m upgrade to ‘future proof’ water supply

For the previous Blue Digest (October 2025) see here

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