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Map for free tap water in Paris

💧 Where can you drink free water in the Blue Community / Blue City of Paris? Discover the new interactive map of the public water service Eau de Paris #EaudeParis and hydrate yourself for free and wit...
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Bottled water: environmental havoc

Pop quiz… what is a product that people around the world buy millions of, every minute of every day? If your answer was bottled water, pat yourself on the back — and then worry. This seemingly innocuo...
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Eawag offers free online courses

The Swiss Blue Community Eawag, Aquatic Research Institute, and its Department Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development, has developed a 4-part learning series on water, sanitation and solid ...
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Palestinians struggle to access water

For Palestinians living in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, access to water has been a struggle for years. Interim agreements from the 1990s have allowed for a water disparity between Israelis and Pale...
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Paris fights for zero plastic

Since 2021, the Blue Community / Blue City of @Paris has been leading and developing «Le Pari(s) du Zéro Plastique», a network of stakeholders committed to phasing out single-use plastics. The public ...
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France: Nestlé in troubled water

In recent months, the mineral water industry has been rocked by a series of scandals and revelations. Polluted springs, illegal water extraction, suspicions of deception and fraud on a massive scale. ...
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WCC about the situation in Gaza

The Blue Community World Council of Churches WCC states in a news release: «Medical doctors in Gaza describe growing needs in overcrowded shelters. Medical doctors working with mobile health units in ...
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Level 1 drought in all Kentucky counties

The Office of the State Climatologist and the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet, in coordination with the Kentucky Drought Mitigation Team, are issuing a Level 1 Drought Declaration for the Comm...
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Draft WASH Policy by Enugu Stakeholders

NEWARI, the Nigerian Water Rights Network @WashNetwork, together with its strategic partners @WaterAidNigeria  & @UNICEF_Nigeria , presented to the Enugu State Government the Communique from a Ref...
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Bolivia: Women clean up Lake Uru Uru

Once clean enough to drink, the Andean lake Uru Uru was poisoned by mining pollution and urban waste. Plastic waste stretches as far as the eye can see, the water is tinged black or brown, and the ste...
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Congrats to Marisa Boller from Eawag

Marisa Boller from the Blue Community Eawag, the Swiss Aquatic Research Institute, was elected to the Youth Management Committee of SwissWaterPartners, bringing Swiss stakeholders together to promote ...
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England: Shipping water from Norway?

One of the private water companies in England permanently in the headlines for the sewage scandal is Southern Water, which serves 4.7mn customers. Now, the company is in discussions with a private sup...
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Letters to Canadian PM Trudeau

On National Indigenous Peoples Day (21 June), the Council of Canadians was marking the occasion by calling on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to finally resolve the remaining long term drinking...
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‘Profound public health crisis’ by plastics

Leading doctors have warned of the “profound public health crisis” caused by plastic pollution as they called for action ahead of UN negotiations to tackle the global issue. The Plastic Health Council...
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Redes del Agua conference in Mexico

Today, Redes del Agua holds a meeting with legislators and in presence of Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Water and Sanitation @SRWatSan to discuss the importance o...
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Argentina: Patagonian lakes disappearing

Drought and mismanagement have turned Lake Colhué Huapí, once the size of New York City, in Argentina’s southern Patagonia region into a virtual dustbowl. Now the race is on to save its sister l...
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Jaime Morell appointed to APE

Jaime Morell is the Secretary General of the Blue Community AEOPAS, the Spanish Association of Public Water Supply and Sanitation Operators and the hub of the Blue Community in Spain. Today, at the Ge...
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Kuwait in support of right to water

Pedro Arrojo Agudo, UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, reports from yesterday’s UN side event titled ‘Towards enhancing access to clean water ...
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Africa: Access to Clean Water for All

28/06/2024

Ensuring Access to Clean Water for All: Challenges and Solution. Online conference with Mohammed B. Abubakar (keynote speaker Nigeria), Dinesh Suna (guest speaker, WCC Switzerland), Rev. Kolade Fadahu...
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Paris bans plastic bottles for runs

The deputy mayor of the Blue Community / Blue City of Paris in charge of sport, Pierre Rabadan, announced on Monday that the use of single-use plastic bottles would be banned at all running events in ...
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Spanish BC publishs drought monitor

aeopas, the Spanish Association of Public Water Supply and Sanitation Operators and hub for the Blue Community in Spain (see here), published its quarterly report on the drought situation in Spain. Th...
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Australia: Freshwater on the Borderline (until 6 Dec.)

02/12/2024

Blue Community Ambassador Erin O’Donnell will be a speaker to the Australian Freshwater Sciences Society’s annual conference from Monday 2nd December to Friday 6th December 2024. The meeti...
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RadioChico: appreciate our water!

Appreciate our water, the source of all life. A short video message from the Réseau Ecole RadioChico in Mali. https://blue-community.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/WhatsApp-Video-2024-06-19-at-20.09.0...
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Near Hamburg: Poison in groundwater

They are toxic and carcinogenic – and have been found in high concentrations in the groundwater beneath the town of Pinneberg on the outskirts of the German city of Hamburg, as the daily TagesZe...
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