BLUE NEWS DIGEST November 2025

Update Sunday, November 30

• L’acqua potabile rischia la privatizzazione in Romagna? Tutte le risposte sulla rivoluzione silenziosa in corso

• Paraguay: El acceso al agua potable y la calidad de vida de la población

• Op-Ed | The Path to Stability and Shared Prosperity: How Food and Water Security Can Transform Regional Cooperation in Middle East and North Africa

• Somalia: Drought Drives Millions into Hunger and Threatens New Massive Displacements

• South Africa: Illegal connections leave hundreds of Cape Town households without water

• Morocco Wins UNESCO Water Program Vice-Presidency for Second Term

• Syrien – Raqqa: Sinkender Euphrat-Pegel bedroht Landwirtschaft und Wasserversorgung

• Canada: La Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation célèbre l’ouverture d’une nouvelle usine de traitement de l’eau, améliorant ainsi la santé et les infrastructures de la communauté

• Canada: Authoritarian Doug Ford is privatizing our water

• US: ‘Who Wants to Live Like This?’ Locals Fume as Meta AI Data Center Upends Entire Community

• France : Mise en œuvre du droit humain à l’eau potable

• Libro – “La información sobre el agua en México. Alcances y desafíos”

• Water shortages could derail UK’s net zero plans, study finds

• 750 Million at Risk: New Study Warns Extreme Water Scarcity Is Closer Than We Think

• France – Essonne : un village vit avec 2 000 fûts toxiques enfouis sous ses terres

• Vietnam : Les habitants des communes riveraines de la digue maritime n° 1 ont soif d’eau potable

• México: Habitantes de San Sebastián Xoco protestan en Mitikah por falta de agua y gentrificación

• Chile: El agua sigue fuera del debate

• Argentina: Alerta por arsénico en el agua en Buenos Aires: 66 municipios bonaerenses en alerta amarilla y roja

• España – Sequía en Mallorca: Una decena de municipios sigue suministrando agua no potable a sus vecinos

• México: Listo en San Lázaro, el dictamen de reforma a la ley de agua

• Argentina: Crisis hídrica en Santa Victoria Este | Comunidades del norte salteño llevan una semana sin agua potable

• Italia – Caiazzo. Alla frazione San Giovanni e Paolo l’acqua manca da 50 anni: altro che promesse da marinai

• Italia: All’Università del Piemonte Orientale, gli erogatori d’acqua gratuiti già fanno la differenza

• España – El calvario de Chimillas, el pueblo de Huesca que lleva 32 años sin agua potable pero la paga: “No podemos ni cocinar”

• Schweizer Missionsleiter berichtet von «massiver Zerstörung» im Sudan

Update Saturday, November 29

• Nestlé on trial over plastic dumps in France

• Nigeria: Kaduna Declares Last Saturday of Every Month Sanitation Day

• México – Chihuahua no se rinde: El agua se defiende

• South Africa faces rising risks from poor mine water control

• Journalists silenced over coverage of water crisis in western Iran, rights group says

• Deutschland – Sorge ums Trinkwasser: Ohne neue Reinigungsverfahren kommen weiter Medikamentenreste in die Umwelt

• Schweiz: Wie Küblis lernt, ohne fliessend Wasser zu leben

• Schweiz: Mineralöl im Trinkwasser: Küblis GR richtet Notfallversorgung ein

• India – Bengaluru: Are you going to drink that?

• España: Benidorm aprueba el Plan Director para fomentar la reutilización de aguas regeneradas en la ciudad

• Programa Institucional del Instituto Mexicano de Tecnología del Agua

• Australia: Environmental regulator raises doubts over Kimberley fracking

• México: Obras de Tren México-Querétaro causan fugas de agua en Cuautitlán

• México: Ampliarán análisis sobre Ley de Aguas en Cámara de Diputados

• Deutschland – Wasserkonflikt: Maßbach sagt nein zur Wasserentnahme durch Kissingen

• Wasserverschwendung: Nutzen wir Grau- und Brauchwasser genug?

• New Study Reveals the Hidden Source of Rainfall That Could Make or Break Global Crops

• South Africa – ACDP: Speech on the Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report of the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation

• Global ministers meet in Istanbul to reduce food waste, save water

• Sénégal – Conférence finale du projet CECC : des orientations fortes pour la gouvernance de l’eau

• France – Guadeloupe : 255 nouvelles plaintes déposées pour dénoncer la crise de la gestion de l’eau

• Canada : La concentration d’herbicides dans des lentilles canadiennes dépasse les normes

• Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown

• How did chlorine imported to Sudan for water purification end up being used as a poison gas?

Update Friday, November 28

• Togo : « L’eau potable, le gros problème »

• France – Loire‐Atlantique : la guerre de l’eau aura‐t‐elle lieu ? 

• UK: Oxford council calls for public ownership of Thames Water

• ¿Quién debe pagar la depuración de nuestras aguas? Por Jesús Maza (presidente de la Asociación Española del Agua Urbana)

• España: FACUA Andalucía considerable intolerable la exclusión de Aeopas del Observatorio del Agua de Emasesa

• Water law ready as Türkiye faces drought threat

• Liberia: WASH Commission, Partners Observe World Toilet Day 2025, Call for Improved Sanitation Measures

• South Africa: NW Municipalities Under Fire for Violating Human Rights

• Peru – Glencore-Antapaccay, Espinar: international expert confirms validity of OEFA’s findings about mining contamination

• China-backed project delivers safe water to 18,000 residents of Zanzibar, Tanzania

• Indian megacities are sinking putting thousands of buildings at risk: Study

• Italia – Come nel Monopoly: ora chi ha in mano la “Società dell’acqua”?

• Canada: Le gouvernement met en œuvre des actions pour préserver l’eau lors des sécheresses

• France – Crise de l’eau à Mayotte : le combat des habitants devant la justice

• Accès à l’eau potable au Mali : La nécessité de redéfinir les responsabilités avec un objectif de redevabilité des différents acteurs

• France – “On est là pour dire que nos droits humains sont violés” : une sinistrée climatique mahoraise alerte des députés sur l’inaction de l’État

• France – Crise de l’eau en Guadeloupe : avec 700 plaintes, le collectif « L’eau c’est la vie » dénonce encore une mise en danger de la population

• Canada: First Nations considering ‘motion to compel’ to get feds to move on clean water legislation – lawyer

• México – El perjuicio de las reformas a la Ley de Aguas Nacionales

• US: What the Open Water Data Act Means for Clean Water in the Adirondacks

• UK: Urgent warning as data reveals 285 per cent surge in drinking water alerts with parasites detected

• African Water Facility Governing Council Adopts New Five-Year Strategy to Boost Africa’s Water Security Efforts

• Food insecurity is on the rise: A look at the world’s ‘hunger hotspots’

• Italia: La rivoluzione dell’acqua consapevole, fontanelli nelle scuole per dire addio alla plastica

• Guinée – Pénurie d’eau potable à Lélouma : des citoyens font recours aux puits et à la rivière

• Accès à l’eau potable : l’association World for Tchad organise un concert caritatif le 29 novembre

• Iran: en pleine sécheresse, «le manque d’eau se fait sentir partout»

• Nigeria: Nasarawa’s Orange Market Gets New Smart Toilet

• US: Politics, law and reality collide in pursuit of relief on Peninsula water woes

• Sheinbaum defends water reform amid farmer protests: Wednesday’s mañanera recapped

• France – Polluants éternels chez BASF : un rapport révèle l’ampleur de la contamination de la nappe phréatique près de Rouen

Update Thursday, November 27

• Violent conflict over water hit a record last year

• Uganda: Hoima Residents Demand Clean Water and Better Health Services

• Qualité, micropolluants, climat : ce que les Français attendent désormais pour leur eau du robinet

• Carrefour, Leclerc… Ces bouteilles d’eau vendues partout en France ne doivent pas être bues

• Belgique – Protection des captages d’eau : les députés wallons unanimes sur l’objectif mais pas sur le niveau d’ambition

• L’Autorité saoudienne de l’Eau renforce ses partenariats internationaux

• Suisse : Le Conseil fédéral entend améliorer la qualité des eaux et de l’eau potable

• Améliorer en Suisse la qualité des eaux et de l’eau potable

• South Africa: How abandoned mines are polluting water amid weak oversight

• Somalia: Communities on edge as drought conditions bite

• «La vacunación junto con el agua potable son las estrategias de salud pública que han salvado más vidas en la historia de la humanidad»

• Colombia: Cundinamarca ganó premio internacional por llevar agua potable a zonas rurales

• South Africa: Residents in Koppies deserve action after another water crisis

• South Africa: Court to decide if human rights commission’s directives hold legal power

• Italia – Crisi idrica, Legambiente: “Servono responsabilità e trasparenza nella gestione”

• Séptimo Foro Nacional de Agua y Saneamiento impulsó soluciones innovadoras en Paraguay

• Miles de cubanos siguen sin electricidad ni agua casi un mes después del paso del huracán Melissa

• Schweiz: Bundesrat schnürt Paket zur Verbesserung der Trinkwasser- und Gewässerqualität

• México-“Una sola agua, una sola ley”: entregan resultados de parlamentos abiertos por el agua

• New publication “The human right to water and its relevance in transboundary contexts”

• Accelerating Access to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in the Eastern and Southern Africa Region

• Pakistan’s Climate Crisis: From COP pledges to fiscal reality

• Can fluoride in water affect kids’ cognition or IQ? Large studies conclude there’s no evidence

• Australia: Traditional owners travel to Darwin as fight over aquifer reaches NT Supreme Court

• Iran Can’t Run Away From Tehran’s Disasters

• Australia: First Nations people say the Darling Baaka River is sick. A report confirms it

• Schweiz: Rösti kämpft für Pestizide

• Péru – Huánuco: acordamos convocar a mesa de diálogo ante protestas por incremento de tarifas por servicio de agua potable

• Péru: Sunass reconoce el compromiso de estudiantes en el cuidado del agua potable en Piura, Castilla y Veintiséis de Octubre

• One-third of the world’s water supply never makes it to the tap. Here’s what The Coca‑Cola Foundation and partners are doing to help.

Update Wednesday, November 26

• UK: Sewage spills into Belfast Lough ‘pernicious and damaging’, warns watchdog

• UK: One in seven English bathing spots rated as polluted in latest testing

• México: Morena fortalece la ruta para una Ley General de Aguas que garantice el derecho humano al agua

• Toxic runoff from politically linked gold mine poisons Cambodian rivers, communities

• Peru – Es oficial: Sedapal y otras EPS a nivel nacional deberán compensar a usuarios por cortes injustificados de agua, ¿Desde cuándo?

• No Ghanaian Should Drink From a Pit: Bridging the Rural Water Gap

• France – Pesticides : quel niveau de protection pour les prises d’eau potable ?

• DR Congo : Jean-Pierre Bongamizi alerte sur la pénurie d’eau potable affectant plus de 13 000 habitants à Irumu-centre

• France – Pas-de-Calais : six communes privées d’eau potable

• US: ‘The Precedent Is Flint’: How Oregon’s Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis

• Cuba – Pipas, pozos privados y sobornos: así se consigue agua

• India: El mercado de tratamiento de agua crecerá hasta los 4.197 millones de euros

• India: Agrigento non paga l’acqua e il fornitore chiude i rubinetti

• Canada – Adoption hâtive du projet de loi 60 : la déréglementation et la privatisation qui planent mettent en péril l’accès à l’eau

• South Africa: Mashatile Outlines Plans to Tackle South Africa’s Water Crisis

• Public-Private Water Partnerships: Proactive Strategies For Industrial Water Challenges

• Plastic nurdles found at 84% of UK sites of special scientific interest

• Unicef: Une leçon pratique sur la manière d’éviter les maladies d’origine hydrique

• France – Pas-de-Calais : plus de 80% des cours d’eau sont pollués

• Water For People llama a avanzar en saneamiento y acceso al agua potable en Guatemala

• Colombia: Gobernación del Atlántico refuerza operativos contra el robo de agua en el acueducto regional Manatí–Candelaria

• Morocco: New European loan for water on the horizon

• South Africa: Khayelitsha families living above collapsing sewer pipe to be moved

• UK – TV tonight: the harrowing story of Britain’s biggest mass poisoning

• Vietnam: Clean water for a sustainable future

• South Africa: Eastern Cape families go to court over water

Update Tuesday, November 25

• Pollution de l’eau potable : les grandes villes françaises en alerte

• France – « Un chantier exceptionnel » : comment Eau de Paris renouvelle les 2 000 km de réseau souterrain

• Rivers of salt: life on Bangladesh’s climate frontline

• Jemen: In Ibb wurde eine illegale Bohranlage beschlagnahmt und vier handgegrabene Brunnen wurden zugeschüttet

• Canada: Ontario’s Government Claims the Province Isn’t Privatizing Water. Experts Are Not Convinced.

• México: Puebla – “Sobrextracción de agua subterránea originó socavón” en Puebla en 2021.

• France : Le Plan Eau du Grand Chalon, une feuille de route pour préserver une ressource vitale

• Rethinking Water Management for a Changing Climate in SIDS

• UNRWA : L’accès à l’eau potable demeure une priorité absolue à Gaza

• Deutschland – Stadtbergen wird Vorreiter: Auszeichnung für kostenlose Trinkbrunnen und Leitungswasser

• Iranians fear taps running dry as country faces worst drought in 60 years

• South Africa: Durban residents demand tap water and an end to water tankers

• UNICEF – Afghanistan: Prolonged Drought Depriving Families and Children of Safe Drinking Water

• France – Pollution de l’eau : « La question n’est pas de savoir si on aura un cancer, mais quand »

• Eau en bouteille : les contestations locales contre les projets de forages commerciaux se multiplient en France

• US: EPA WOTUS Proposal Raises Concerns Over Clean Water Regulations

• 2026 Water Utility Outlook: Regulation, AI, And Resilience In The Face Of Scarcity

• Detectan las regiones de Argentina con más arsénico en el agua: los riesgos para la salud

• Cuba: Liberadas bajo medida cautelar dos mujeres tras protestar por agua y electricidad en Santiago de Cuba

• Iran’s Water Crisis Is a Warning to Other Countries

• Canada: Tiered water billing, permanent outdoor watering schedules could be coming to Calgary

• US: How did PFAS get into this drinking water source?

• Drink from our taps, the Swiss tell travellers. Which countries can brag about that?

• South Africa: New Raw Water Pricing Strategy: Balancing Cost Recovery With Human Rights

• Prof. Longe Unveils Hidden Complexities of Nigeria’s Groundwater Resources at 449th Inaugural Lecture, Calls for Policy Reforms.

• Deutschland: Anfrage zu industrieller Wasserentnahme

• South Africa: Durban residents demand tap water and an end to water tankers

• Schweiz – Beziehungsstatus Fischer und Bäuerinnen: Es ist kompliziert

Update Monday, November 24

• South Africa: Limpopo village residents fix faulty pipelines themselves after 3 months without water

• UK: Sink warning as Brits told ‘don’t’ pour milk drink down the drain

• ‘One water, one law’: Citizen movement challenges Mexico’s new water bill

• Vietnam: Join hands to protect the water source of Re River

• Avec le grand barrage de la Renaissance, l’Éthiopie peut déclencher une guerre de l’eau

• Tunisie : Réhabiliter 10 citernes à Djerba pour une gestion durable des eaux pluviales

• Pollution de l’eau en France: de nouvelles particules détectées dans les réseaux d’eau potable de grandes villes

• Italia – Calabria senz’acqua, Greco: «Reti colabrodo e ritardi storici, servono interventi urgenti e digitalizzazione»

• Tunisie: Vers une séparation entre l’autorisation d’accès à l’eau potable et le permis de construire

• México: Detienen a líderes de sindicatos en operativo contra robo de agua

• La UNRWA: El acceso al agua potable sigue siendo una de las necesidades más urgentes en Gaza

• Controversia en EEUU por autorización de pesticidas con ‘químicos eternos’

• Per Capita Water Availability in India by State 2025

• Mexicali – Reforma a Ley de Aguas no garantiza justicia hídrica: productores del Valle de Guadalupe

• Podcast: Episodio 1. Seguridad hídrica: prioridad nacional (Gota Mexicana)

• Libya: UNDP–Italy Joint Mission Highlights Progress on Water Security in Yefren and Al Qalah

• France – Crise de l’eau : des députés appellent à l’instauration d’un état d’urgence hydrique local

• Water Refugees in Northern Iran Signal a Regime Entering a Structural Crisis

• Bangladesh: A daily battle for every drop

• US: Cape Coral drought worsens, water restrictions impact daily routines

• Why this town in India is sinking

• México: Construcción de nueva línea de agua potable para Xalapa enfrenta rechazos en El Castillo y aumenta tensión

• Water at the centre of climate resilience: at COP30 and beyond

• España: El 97% del agua que llega a las plantas depuradoras en Ibiza tiene exceso de salinidad

• La crisis del agua en Colombia: el país avanza, pero no lo suficiente

• México: Arranca instalación de bebederos de agua potable gratuita en Zinacantepec

• Agua contaminada, un problema estatal que altera el futuro de niños y niñas en Ecuador

• India – Bengaluru lakes: A trickle of renewal, a long way ahead

• Dr. Ali Qutb: Israeli Cloud Seeding Reduces Orontes River Flows

• Italia – Fabrica di Roma: dieci anni senza acqua potabile. E nessuno si assume la responsabilità

• Canada : Les Inuit du Nunavik font preuve de résilience face aux problèmes d’accès à l’eau

• Belgique – Qualité de l’eau : seule une politique transpartisane ambitieuse protégera la santé des Wallon.nes

Update Sunday, November 23

• Makassar women press for water as taps and wells run dry in sweltering Indonesian city

• US: EPA just approved new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides for use on food

• ‘The numbers are quite shocking’: UAE says water security needs to be prioritised

• Argentina: Privatización de AySA, corte del servicio de agua potable y vulneración de derechos

• Canada: Solutions are slow to come for water crisis plaguing Quebec’s Nunavik region

• Iran’s Capital Is Moving. The Reason Is an Ecological Catastrophe

• Deutschland – Weitere ungenehmigte Leitungen: Buch vom Ex-OB liefert neue Munition gegen die Altrechte

• Water Safety in Central America. El Salvador’s Water & Sanitization Crisis

• Bill aims to preserve funding for key solution to Colorado River drought

• Tchad – Salamat : les travaux de réalisation d’infrastructures hydrauliques pour renforcer l’accès à l’eau potable progressent

• Un estudio global reclasifica el herbicida atrazina como cancerígeno

• Reducción del arsénico en aguas subterráneas baja mortalidad por enfermedades crónicas

• South Asia – From Floodplains to Fault Lines: The Illusion of Growth in a Drowning Nation

• México: Baja California – Productores de Ensenada se manifiestan en contra de Plan Nacional Hídrico

• Nicaragua: Gold mining exposes Indigenous women to high mercury levels

• UK: The value of water. A lake dug into low-grade farmland transforms the local ecology

• México: Vecinos de Coatzintla reclaman a que llevan meses sin agua potable; advierten con bloqueos

• ¿De dónde vendrá el agua potable de los Andes, una vez que se derritan los glaciares?

• Rep. Dominicana: Presidente Abinader anuncia soluciones a problemas de alcantarillado, agua potable y electricidad en Higüey

• Indonésie : à Jakarta face à la montée des eaux, «il n’y a pas de solutions pour nous, les habitants»

• UK: Ministers prepared to block Chinese takeover of Thames Water

• UK: Calls for action over Scotland’s ‘toothless’ sewage plan

Update Saturday, November 22

• Investment from German government helps restore clean water in Ethiopia

• A drying-up Rio Grande basin threatens water security on both sides of the border

• France – « 500 fontaines pour Mayotte » : une opération de solidarité lancée au Salon des maires

• Le prix de l’eau va augmenter drastiquement : faisons payer les multinationales, pas les travailleurs !

• México: Puebla – Pueblo de Xoxtla va por títulos de concesión de agua – argumentan derecho público indígena

• Lead water pipes are a primary contributor to lead exposure in children, study says

• Africa faces mounting pressure to scale up mine water solutions

• Pourquoi l’eau est devenue un enjeu de pouvoir et de sécurité en Afrique

• Lesotho communities allege greenwashing by project transferring water to South Africa

• Algeria: 40% of drinking water is desalinated

• Spain’s water desalination dilemma

• US – ‘We’re living this nightmare’: Highland family’s fight for clean water

• US: Georgia deputies acquitted in death of Black man who asked for water

• US: Aquarion and Connecticut Water sold customers water contaminated with PFAS, lawsuits claim

• Trinkwasser: Milliardenprojekt muss abgespeckt werden

• Sinkende Grundwasserspiegel: Trocknet die Westpfalz aus?

• Patrick Lecante, président du comité de l’eau de Guyane : « L’Amazonie française est un territoire décisif pour la souveraineté de demain »

• Crise de l’eau en Guadeloupe : face à un déficit colossal, la CRC propose au SMGEAG un plan de redressement jusqu’en 2030

• GRAND REPORTAGE – “Ici, il n’y a pas d’eau potable” : ce Français vit au cœur des bidonvilles de Calcutta

• RD Congo : Environ 13 000 habitants d’Irumu en difficulté d’accès à l’eau potable

• Italia: Carta delle Risorse Idriche, approvato il quarto aggiornamento

• Italia: Una nuova alleanza per la trasformazione agroecologica nelle aree urbane di Milano

• Cuba: “Llevamos 23 días sin electricidad y sin agua”: Vecinos de Seboruco protestan contra abandono del gobierno en Holguín

• Mexico: Chihuahua – Reúne foro sobre la Ley General del Agua a productores; advierten afectaciones al campo

• US: A Colorado city is so desperate to save water that it asks restaurants only to serve on customers’ request

• US: DC Water plans to turn wastewater into drinking water

• India: Meet explores ways to strengthen water supply system

• España: Los Comités de Empresa de CAF lanzan una campaña de agua potable para Gaza en colaboración con Salam

• Paraguay: Un tercio del país sigue sin acceso a agua potable

• Peru: Avances y demoras en el acceso al agua y saneamiento

• EEUU – México: El río Grande no puede seguir al ritmo de nuestra demanda

• Argentina: En Esquel ya advierten que habrá falta de agua potable en las viviendas 

• La sobreexplotación del río Bravo amenaza la seguridad hídrica en EEUU y México

• Colombia: IBAL, un espacio de aprendizaje para comprender la operación del agua potable

• Colombia: Recorridos académicos revelan cómo se garantiza agua potable de calidad

• Accès à l’eau potable : Un nouveau cap pour Madagascar

• France : Une société locale pour l’eau potable et l’assainissement collectif

• France : Dans l’Yonne, l’UFC-Que Choisir refuse que les consommateurs paient pour la dépollution de l’eau

• France – “Jusqu’à 75% d’augmentation dans certaines régions” : pourquoi le prix de l’eau du robinet va flamber dans les prochaines années ?

• Italia – “Da dieci anni senza acqua potabile: le istituzioni se ne lavano le mani mentre i cittadini non possono lavarsi nemmeno i denti”

Update Friday, November 21

• World Toilet Day: Protecting health through safe sanitation

• 45 million Nigerians practise open defecation — Minister

• Nigerian Government Reaffirms Commitment to Ending Open Defecation

• South Africa – World Toilet Day: Gwarube hails SA’s shift to off-grid, water-efficient school sanitation

• France – Le prix de l’eau pourrait augmenter de 50 % d’ici 2030 : on vous explique pourquoi

• France – “Ras-le-bol de payer la pollution des autres” : l’UFC-Que choisir lance une pétition pour un juste prix de l’eau

• Le paradoxe russe: le budget militaire explose, mais un habitant sur neuf vit sans eau potable

• México – La Ley de Aguas Nacionales no ha cumplido con el cometido de Justicia Hídrica: diputada María Antonieta

• Colombia – Gobernador de Antioquia se volvió a enfrentar a Gustavo Petro, esta vez por el agua potable en Urabá: “Sólo para indisponer y sembrar cizaña”

• PepsiCo’s Brazil Farm Backs Regenerative Supply Chains

• US: Merrimack asks DOT to reduce road salt after tests show high salt levels in water supply

• South Africa – Minister Thembi Simelane: Official opening of seventh SADC Groundwater Conference

• South Africa: R4bn diverted from Joburg Water — Auditor‑General says cash exists ‘on paper’

• Wo ist mehr drin – in Leitungswasser oder in Mineralwasser?

• Österreich: Warum Graz sich Sorgen um sein Trinkwasser macht

• Schweiz: Aarauer verlangen mehr Transparenz beim Trinkwasser

• Deutschland: ÖDP-Petition „Trinkwasserschutz“ startet am Samstag

• HAAs In The EU: Monitoring For Haloacetic Acids Under The Drinking Water Directive

• Open Defecation in Ghana – A Worrying Trend That Must End

• Safe Water Network Ghana Advocates Access to Safe Sanitation

• How young Nigerians are reimagining open defecation free communities

• Cholera cases in Africa surge to 3 times higher than reported in 2022

• Trinkwasser wird knapp: Neue Studie warnt – diese Regionen sind besonders gefährdet

• How Addis Ababa Can Restore Its Water Supply

• Chile: Valdivia cuenta con jóvenes embajadores del consumo responsable del agua potable

• France: Une usine de pesticides est accusée de contaminer la Seine aux PFAS depuis 25 ans

• La pénurie d’eau à La Réunion révèle la crise du néocolonialisme français dans notre pays

• France – Bordeaux : Distribution gratuite de kits pour économiser l’eau

• México: Zacatecas – Realizan Diálogo Nacional del Agua

• Iran’s president calls relocating capital ‘unavoidable’ amid overcrowding and water shortages

• UK: River Chess and Misbourne over 24 hours Thames Water sewage

• Report reveals 25% surge in global water use over two decades

• México – Vida Universitaria: Instalan en Preparatoria 9 sistema de captación de agua de lluvia

• La sobreexplotación del río Bravo amenaza la seguridad hídrica en EEUU y México

• Colombia: EPC gana el Premio Interamericano a la Innovación en Gestión Pública 2025 con “Agua a la Vereda”

• AI, data centers, and water

• South Africa: Communities face a water crisis

• Canada – The Fording River mine: polluted water and broken promises

• Nigeria: Lagos reaffirms push to end open defecation by 2030

• ASEAN Adopts Declaration on the Right to Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment

• US – Chicago: On World Toilet Day, MWRD Reaffirms Its Commitment to Safe, Resilient Sanitation

• Liberia: WASH Commission, Partners Observe World Toilet Day 2025, Call for Improved Sanitation Measures

• South African Human Rights Commissions call for resolution for Gauteng water crisis

• France – Mayotte – Mettre les connaissances scientifiques et locales au service d’une gestion de l’eau durable : le défi du Parlement de la rivière

• El 30% de la población paraguaya no accede a agua potable

• España: Más fuentes de agua potable contra el calor en Alicante

Update Thursday, November 20

• Ghana: 5.4m Ghanaians Practise Open Defecation …Costs Nation $79m Annually – – Wash Expert

• Message from the World Health Organization on World Toilet Day

• World Toilet Day 2025: Theme, significance, history, facts about the day

• Leading The Charge For Water Innovation: Securing West Africa’s Water & Sanitation Future

• South Africa: HRC Report confirms that NW municipalities have collapsed and fail to deliver services

• Ghana – Sanitation in a changing world: Our collective responsibility

• Giving a shit about genocide on World Toilet Day

• World Toilet Day 2025: WHO emphasizes importance of proper sanitation

• India – Sanitation: Collective Responsibility for Dignity and Planet

• L’Iran è rimasto senz’acqua e potrebbe richiedere aiuto agli israeliani anziché bombardarli

• Italia – Tavola rotonda a Termoli: il futuro dell’acqua molisana tra rischi, scelte e responsabilità

• L’allarme Onu: “3,4 miliardi di persone sono ancora senza servizi igienici sicuri”

• Why water security is national security in Africa

• World Toilet Day: Africa’s sanitation blueprint for health and dignity

• South Africa – A Green Cape Cast Study: Building Water Resilience In The Health Sector

• Iran: Tehran is thirsty for more than war

• What is cholera, and why is it a big deal?

• South Africa: DA slams Mafube for illegal water shutdowns

• France – Nestlé: Perrier wins legal fight to retain natural mineral water branding

• Italia: Crisi idrica, il Comune di Macerata interviene con un’ordinanza

• US: How a billionaire’s plan to export East Texas groundwater sparked a rural uprising

• Sanitation for All: A Women’s Perspective

• World Toilet Day 2025 Spurs Global Action For Sanitation

• World Toilet Day: 5 Things to Know About Toilets and Sanitation Development in Africa

• Guatemala: Study questions water safety beliefs

• Ireland: Water restrictions for customers in Moynalty and surrounding areas

• España: Novelda conmemora el Día Mundial del Saneamiento con una campaña de concienciación sobre el buen uso del inodoro

• Sanitation in a changing world: a turning point

• Suisse: Syngenta, pollueur bientôt payeur?

• Where Faith Guards the Flow: Culture, Inequality, and Water in the Himalayas

• Iran Suffers Flash Flooding After Cloud-Seeding to Combat Drought

• México: San Luis Potosí- Inundaciones pasaron, pero el agua no volvió y comunidades de Valles exigen solución

• Safe Sanitation For Students: 2025 World Toilet Day

• France : L’agriculture biologique préserve l’eau potable parisienne

• Paraguay: Presentarán avances e innovaciones sobre el agua potable

• Panama – Agua en tu Aula: La Embajada de Estados Unidos y Panamá colaboran para llevar agua potable a escuelas

• Péru: Comisión de Defensa del Consumidor aprueba dictamen que garantiza ingreso de agua en conciertos para proteger la salud de asistentes

• Colombia – Día Mundial del Inodoro: más de 7 millones de colombianos siguen sin acceso adecuado a agua potable

• Colombia: Se posesionó Ruth Quevedo como viceministra de Agua y Saneamiento Básico

• OCI revela sobrevaloración millonaria en proyecto de agua potable de Juliaca y exige correcciones inmediatas

• Peru: Aprueban allanamiento que obliga a empresas compensar a usuario por interrupción de servicio de agua

• South Africa – Media Statement: Safe, Hygienic and Adequate sanitation is pivotal in the attainment of human dignity

• South Africa: Patients Forced to Pay to Use Staff Toilets At Bongani Hospital

• Italia: Ha inizio la guerra dell’acqua tra Trapani e Valle del Belice

• Peru: Taller de participación y socialización de la política nacional multisectorial de agua potable y saneamiento en Maynas

• Schweiz: Konzept Schwammstadt

• Wasserversorger im Gazastreifen nimmt Arbeit wieder auf

Update Wednesday, November 19

• At least 15 English sewage plants use plastic beads spilled at Camber Sands

• España – Catalunya: Martorell multará con 750 euros a quien llene garrafas de fuentes públicas como “medida anti-okupas”

• South Africa: Deputy Minister David Mahlobo leads delegation to World Toilet Summit 2025 in India

• Food security in Africa: Tackling the water infrastructure crisis through legal and financial strategies

• Botswana installs 33k smart meters to combat water loss

• World Toilet Day: Africa’s sanitation blueprint for health and dignity

• España: La Generalitat elevará del 45 al 75% la reutilización del agua en el área metropolitana de València

• Liberia: Senator Geevon Smith Calls for Rural Water Investment

• Ghana – Poisoned water, broken promises: Nanton Zuo’s long fight for one safe drink

• France – Eau contaminée : les usagers paient, les pollueurs passent entre les gouttes

• «Eau minérale naturelle» Perrier : décision attendue sur la suspension des ventes demandée par UFC-Que choisir

• Nigeria Targets $14.23Bn Sanitation, Menstrual Hygiene Economy Growth By 2030

• South Africa continues to experience water scarcity

• Young African Scientist Pioneers Eco-Efficient Farming Solutions for Water-Stressed Regions

• Wasserversorger in Gaza stellt aus Protest gegen Hamas den Dienst ein

Update Tuesday, November 18

• Iran in severe drought because of ‘water bankruptcy, says former official

• Namibia: Kavango Residents Risk Lives Daily for Water

• Impacts of Environmental Change and Human Activities on Aquatic Ecosystems

• Así es la nueva normalidad hídrica del sur de España: calor extremo, acuíferos exhaustos y una sequía estructural

• So steht es um Thüringens Versorgung mit Trinkwasser

• Water Contamination Raises Concerns in Hong Kong

• South Africa: Nyanga’s Water Action Committee fights for clean and free water rights

• US: Report on pesticides in Wyoming groundwater raises questions

• México: La nueva ley de aguas aviva el conflicto entre los campesinos y el Gobierno de Sheinbaum

• Energy Recovery secures $32.8 million in desalination contracts in Saudi Arabia

• UK: Film inspired by woman suing water firm premieres

• U.S. Data Centers Could Consume as Much Water as 10 Million Americans by Decade’s End

• Building resilience: Securing South Africa’s future water resources

• US: Consensus on the Colorado River?? Not quite yet…

• Canada: Coalition launched to strengthen water security across Alberta

• UK: NI Water warning to set shower timer and keep water jugs in fridge amid drought fears branded ‘bizarre’

• AI reshapes international water diplomacy

Update Monday, November 17

• Iran begins cloud-seeding operations as severe drought bites

• South Africa: Ekurhuleni hosts inaugural Africa Water and Sanitation Dialogue in Kempton Park

• Suisse : Derrière le triazole dans le Léman, le spectre de l’effet cocktail

• Türkei: Gefährliche Hohlräume im Boden – Sinklöcher werden zur Bedrohung für Grundwasser

• Wasserkrise in Iran: Ein Land trocknet aus

• À La Réunion, seuls 8 % des cours d’eau sont en bon état écologique

• Malawi scales up water security as 5.6 million m³ Bwanje Dam becomes a climate resilience lifeline

• Mitigating climate change in South Africa with managed aquifer recharge: five case studies

• Guinea: A severe shortage of drinking water plunges the population of Boffa into distress

• México: Marchan en todo el país exigiendo seguridad, salud y hasta agua potable

• Acqua, si prepara il Forum Euromediterraneo, il principio è: le risorse idriche sono un bene comune

• Le Maroc mise sur une industrie nationale du dessalement

• France : Préserver la ressource en eau en territoire rural

• Harvesting Rain to Stay Rooted in Guatemala

• Argentina – “Afectaría los derechos de los habitantes de la Provincia”: Defensoría del Pueblo bonaerense rechazó corte de agua por falta de pago

• México: Marchan 8 mil personas en Sonora para exigir a CFE mejorar el servicio

• Juntando agua para poder quedarse en Guatemala

• Cuba: Régimen instala tanques colectivos en Granma como “solución” al agua tras el huracán Melissa

• Italia: A Napoli cresce la consapevolezza: l’acqua è un bene prezioso da tutelare

• US: Sand needs a plan on water quality

• Caritas Schweiz: Wie in Mali neue Hoffnung geschöpft wird

• France – « Il n’y aura pas de guerre de l’eau en Loire-Atlantique » : les pistes pour sécuriser l’approvisionnement

• México: Temen vecinos de Xoco que Mitikah privatice pozo de agua y siga escasez

• España: Catalunya ya no bebe agua residual tratada y restringe su uso a la agricultura y el caudal ecológico

• Perrier nella tempesta: contaminazioni e filtri illegali davanti al giudice

Update Sunday, November 16

• 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

• Iran’s capital faces unprecedented water shortages and even possible evacuation. What changes could help?

• Réunion publique sur la gestion de l’eau : s’informer, comprendre, débattre, agir

• Guinée – Grave pénurie d’eau à Boffa : entre robinets à sec et tarifs abusifs, les habitants craquent

• Sénégal : ACCÈS À L’EAU ET ASSAINISSEMENT : UN PROGRAMME MAJEUR POUR TRANSFORMER LES ZONES RURALES

• France : Municipales 2026. Qualité de l’eau, pénurie, le maire de votre commune est-il responsable ? On vous explique

• Sénégal : Cheikh Tidiane Dièye lance un nouveau projet pour renforcer l’accès à l’eau et à l’assainissement

• Argentina: Alertan por la privatización de AySA: “El agua dejará de ser un derecho y pasará a ser un negocio”

• Argentina: Vecinos de El Mirador reclaman declarar la emergencia por la falta de agua potable

• México: Sheinbaum arranca proyecto “Agua para Campeche”

• México: Municipio presume 99% de cobertura de agua potable

• España: Los placentinos se apresuran a comprar agua embotellada

• US: Is Elon Musk’s Boring Co. ‘poisoning’ Las Vegas’ drinking water? Here’s what we found out

• Canada: New Brunswickers asked to conserve water amid drought

• France – Interview ” La micropollution est absolument partout ” : un écologue explique comment notre eau est polluée

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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