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Maasai Pastoralists and Water Regimes

Consequences for Maasai pastoralists of changing water access regimes in the Greater Amboseli ecosystem, Kenya. Among the Maasai group ranches surrounding Amboseli National Park in southern Kenya, per...
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India’s Water Security Fears

Harnessing Hydropower, Sparking Tensions: PRC Mega-Dam and India’s Water Security Fears. Publication: China Brief Volume: 25 Issue: 2. By: Genevieve Donnellon-May. Executive Summary: The People’s Re...
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Water Security in West Africa

Climate change and water security in West Africa – Niger and Burkina Faso. As part of a water and climate campaign, WaterAid West Africa has conducted two research studies on the impacts of climate ch...
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Peru: Free Water for Lima and Callao

Sedapal tankers distribute free drinking water thanks to funding from Peru’s Ministry of Housing. The Ministry of Housing, through the Safe Water Programme for Lima and Callao (PASLC), has resu...
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US Water: The new Tower of Babel

The new Tower of Babel: Divergent water quantification in the southwestern United States. By Juan Camilo Perdomo Marin. ABSTRACT: This research contributes to the academic discussions on the politics...
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Mexico: Overexploited Aquifers

Sinaloa, the breadbasket of Mexico, is overexploiting its aquifers to sustain its agriculture. Agricultural leaders describe the extraction of water from the subsoil as a tremendous and necessary aid,...
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El Salvador: Polluted Lake, Broken Promise

El Salvador’s Lake Ilopango, where a water treatment plant is being built, promises drinking water for 165,000 people in eastern San Salvador, despite the fact that various investigations, inclu...
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30 Years under Boil Water Advisory

Canada’s Neskantaga First Nation in northern Ontario is to mark 30 years living under boil water advisory – the longest boil water advisory in Canada and a grim milestone. See the short n...
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Nitrate Lurking into Drinking Water

Nitrate Might Be Lurking in Your Drinking Water. The chemical industry downplays cancer risks as the EPA considers link to drinking water. Among all the contaminants in drinking water, nitrates are o...
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Water Desalination Equipment Market

Why solve a problem when you can turn it into a business opportunity? Making money is what private companies are interested in. They are not interested in human rights, they are interested in profits....
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Austria: World’s Largest Reservoir

Vienna to build world’s largest drinking water reservoir in view of climate change. Vienna, the capital of Austria, will build the world’s largest closed drinking water reservoir in the ne...
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Confronting Multiple Global Crises

Blue Community Ambassador Andreas Bieler announces his new publication: I am pleased to announce the publication of my latest research article ‘Confronting multiple global crises: a political ec...
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UK: Thirty MPs want Special Measures

Thirty MPs demand Ofwat puts Thames Water into special measures. Exclusive: Labour and Green MPs write to regulator’s chief executive voicing fears about an expensive public bailout. A group of 30 La...
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Is it safe to drink tap water?

Is it safe to drink tap water? There is a health risk, but it’s small. Is it still safe to drink tap water? Philippe Hartemann, Professor of Health Safety and the Environment at the University o...
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Elections in India: Water and Voter

Why don’t people demand safe drinking water from taps? Until they do, India’s drinking water quality will remain abysmal. Yamuna water has reached the political corridors of Delhi. AAP and BJP are in...
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Nigeria: WASH in Akwa Ibom State

Nigeria’s Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation, has expressed its willingness to collaborate with the Akwa Ibom State Government to achieve its mand...
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VSA Newsletter January 2025

The Swiss Blue Community VSA (Association of Swiss Wastewater and Water Protection Professionals) has published its January newsletter. The main topic is the net-zero target for wastewater treatment. ...
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Philippines: Reuse Study Tour

Plastic waste reduction advocates held the “Philippine Reuse Study Tour and Conference” in a bid to amplify the viability of reuse and refill solutions, as a way to address the scourge of plastic poll...
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British citizens are being gaslit

British citizens are being gaslit with huge water bill rises instead of vital reform. It’s as though the water industry thinks that we can’t see through the deception with which we have be...
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Liberia: Seven Dead from Creek Water

Liberia: Seven Dead from Waterborne Diseases in Sawolor Town, as Residents Turn to Creek Water After Only Hand Pump Breaks Down. In 2011, an international non-profit charity built the only hand pump ...
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Good COP. Bad COP. Just another COP?

Sanitation and Water for All -a UNICEF-hosted global partnership- invites: ‪ ⏰We’re counting down to #COP30Amazonia! On 11 Feb., Sanitation and Water for All SWA is hosting a webinar to ...
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Mexico: Tanks in Danger of Collapsing

Work is underway in Mexico’s state capital of Michoacán to repair water tanks so that they can provide sufficient water to their respective neighbourhoods. At least 19 water tanks have stopped ...
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US Senate confirms Zeldin to head EPA

The Senate has confirmed Lee Zeldin to head the US Environmental Protection Agency EPA. The former congressmember arrives with a mandate to pull back Biden-era regulations and boost energy production...
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Brazil: When The Belém River Speaks

The Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná PUCPR is an active Brazilian Blue Community / Blue University. Few days ago, Professor Marta Luciane Fischer sent us an update on her work (see Blue News h...
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