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NEWARI: Research on Water Supply

Water is life! Access to clean drinking water and sanitation is a fundamental human right, which the Nigerian government accepted and signed the UN Resolution 64/292. Enugu State government has furthe...
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First Blue Communities in Italy

A round table “Towards a Blue Community” will be held in Formigine (Modena region, northern Italy) on Saturday 12 October 2024 at 10:00 a.m. in the Council Chamber of the Castle of Formigi...
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Nestlé once more in troubled water

Nestlé Waters is subject of a preliminary investigation by the Epinal prosecutor’s office for fraud, according to information from Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Tuesday 23 July. And Nestlé Water...
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EPA’s PFAS rule under threat

Several unexpected plaintiffs are behind a legal challenge aiming to kill the US Environmental Protection Agency’s groundbreaking new drinking water limits for highly toxic PFAS: the US’s water utilit...
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Social Analysis and Transdisciplinarity

The Spanish Blue Community aeopas, the Asociación Española de Operadores Públicos de Abastecimiento y Saneamiento (Spanish Association of Public Water Supply and Sanitation Operators) @aeopas organize...
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Blue University St. Gallen: Report 2024

  Since 2016, the Swiss University of St. Gallen HSG has been a Blue University affiliated to the Blue Community. As part of this commitment, the sustainability team produces an annual report on the ...
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Water Watchers call for action

The Great Lakes are under threat and need you to take urgent action. The new Canadian Blue Community Water Watchers is reaching out to share a few ways you can take action to help protect the Great La...
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Themed week on water between extremes

The extremes are growing stronger in between which the important geo-resource water is moving. This is causing major challenges in our everyday lives, as the availability of drinking water and crop yi...
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NEWARI: Water at the Heart

As the journey to transition from “Coal City” to a greener economy begins in Enugu State, the Nigerian Blue Community NEWARI is proud to be part of the inaugural “Inception Meeting & Stakeholders ...
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Just one cup of water a day

Villagers in uMsinga in KwaZulu-Natal, north of Pietermaritzburg, battle daily for water. Many get up in the small hours of the morning to queue at one of the very few borehole pumps. Some have stoppe...
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Swiss BC VSA joins GWOPA

The Swiss Blue Community VSA Verein Schweizer Abwasser- und Gewässerschutzfachleute (Swiss Water Association) joins the UN-Habitat network Global Water Operators’ Partnerships Alliance GWOPA, c...
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Plastics industry heats world

Pollution from the plastics industry is a major force behind the heating of the planet, according to a new report from the federal government. The industry releases about four times as many planet-war...
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Mexico City: No Water Privatization

A new Environmental Law for Mexico City covers the topics air quality, conservation land, pollution, water, waste, circular economy and biodiversity. The decree of the New Environmental Law was approv...
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UK regulator Ofwat ‘complacent’

The privatised English water system has been singled out for criticism by the UN special rapporteur on the human right to clean water. Prof Pedro Arrojo-Agudo said water systems should be managed as a...
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Swiss BC RadioChico: Weekly Podcasts

The Swiss Blue Community Youth Radio RadioChico is producing a weekly emission on water and sanitation (usually in German language on air on Sundays at 8pm). This weeks broadcast is all about the conc...
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Evian, Vittel, Volvic… natural waters?

The Nestlé Waters scandal has shed light on the natural mineral water industry. This industry relies on precise knowledge of the water sources used… But paradoxically, this is often lacking, as The Co...
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California: Plastic in court

The Californian Earth Island Institute, represented by Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, received a momentous court order this week allowing its landmark lawsuit to proceed against Procter & Gamble,...
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Paris: second participatory budget

From 18 October, the public water service Eau de Paris in the Blue Community / Blue City of Paris is once again inviting Parisians to imagine and vote for drinking water projects. Inventive, committed...
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Paris blue, France… a white spot?

When in Paris, drink tap water like the Parisians. In every Parisian restaurant, you can ask for tap water. It’s free ! And Paris is one of the European cities with the most drinking water fount...
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NEWARI: Enugu WASH Radio Series #6

The Nigerian Blue Community NEWARI, Network of Water Rights Initiatives, had its 6th episode of their WASH Radio series for the Enugu State. They call for private sector engagement: Did you know achi...
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Nestlé: over €3 billion in 15 years!

Today, Thursday 18 July 2024, Médiapart was able to obtain the new investigation report into Nestlé’s fraudulent treatment of mineral water. And it is chilling: The scale of the fraud is unprece...
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Research: Sense Water Quality

Seeing—and tasting—is believing: A qualitative study of communities living along the Philippines’ bustling Marikina River underscores the importance of taking into account local peoples’ e...
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Petition: No water bill increases!

Blue Community Ambassador Andreas Bieler calls to sign a petition. He writes: Water regulator Ofwat thinks OUR bills should go up to pay for the cleanup of sewage dumped by water companies (in England...
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Water, from its sources to the ocean

29/11/2024

The “ International Science Festival: Agriculture – Food – Environment ” is back this year 2024 on the theme “Water, from its sources to the ocean“ Friday 29 November 2024(13:00 R...
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