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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
The Nigerian Blue Community Network of Water Rights Initiative NEWARI @WashNetwork is delighted to be part of the ongoing “Inception Meeting & Stakeholders Engagement for Enugu State Climate... Read More
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled the final Lead and Copper Rule Improvements rule (LCRI), a long-overdue measure that makes significant changes to the Safe Drinking Water Act rule... Read More
Blue Community Ambassador Andreas Bieler, Professor of Political Economy at the University of Nottingham/UK, wrote a review of the book by Blue Community Ambassador Andrea Muehlebach, Professor of Ant... Read More
Postdoctoral researcher Norma Elizabeth Olvera Fuentes explained to El Economista, that to avoid the watere collapse in the metropolitan area of Mexico City (Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México ZMV... Read More
The Blue Community Neustrelitz invites you to the first activists meeting on Monday 22 July at 6.30 pm in the premises of the Kiez Büro coworking space at Strelitzer Straße 37. The meeting is schedule... Read More
The Swiss Blue Community Eawag, the Aquatic Research Institute, and its Department of Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development (Sandec) congratulate to Ednah Kemboi on passing PhD Research Pl... Read More
The Blue Community / Blue City Paris makes headlines around the globe ahead of the Olympics. It has been the dream and promise of Paris mayors for decades and a nightmare for Olympic organisers: could... Read More
Ministers are still understood to be hopeful that a “private market solution” can be found under which Thames (and Southern) can restructure its finances without government intervention, the newspaper... Read More
The UK’s water sector has been under intense public scrutiny for years for its dismal record in dealing with leaks and sewage spills. The mess in England and Wales essentially began with the pri... Read More
The federal government has no legal duty to ensure First Nations have clean drinking water, even if Liberal ministers publicly suggest otherwise, Justice Canada lawyers say. According to the Canadian ... Read More
Records of water-related conflicts go back 4,000 years to Sumeria, where the neighboring city-states of Umma and Lagash fought over water and irrigated lands. In that instance, the attacks went back a... Read More
Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) and nine other rights organisations – among them the Nigerian Blue Community NEWARI, the Network of Water Rights Initiatives R... Read More
There are 12 Blue Cities in Germany, including major cities such as the capital Berlin, but also Hamburg, Munich and others. The network also includes the first Blue School (Buedingen) and a Blue Univ... Read More
The new Mexican government under Claudia Sheinbaum receives a lot of media attention and makes a lot of promises, including on water and environment. «Access to water will be a priority for our govern... Read More
The people in England and Wales are paying a heavy price for the mess made by the privatised water companies. Since privatisation, these water companies have paid over £85 billion in dividends to thei... Read More
The Netherlands faces a water crisis: too much water, a shortage of water, agricultural fertilisers, and industrial pollution such as PFAS and medicine residues threaten our drinking water supply. Som... Read More
Ontario has the worst recycling rates in Canada for cans, plastic bottles and cartons of non-alcoholic beverages, with billions of these containers going to landfills and incinerators annually. In an ... Read More
This year, the New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission held a hearing in Santa Fe to seek public input on regulating wastewater discharge from the oil and gas industry. It ended up dealing a blow ... Read More
Water companies in England and Wales have been given approval by regulator Ofwat to increase bills by an average £19 a year over the next five years as they ramp up investment to solve the sewage cris... Read More
Since October 1st, Brazil’s state water service Compañía de Saneamiento Básico del Estado de Sao Paulo S.A. (Sabesp), the largest water and sanitation company in Latin America, is privatized. It... Read More
In May and June, filmmakers Jules and Gédéon Naudet followed a team of sample-takers from the city’s public water service Eau de Paris laboratory on their nightly rounds. These never-before-seen... Read More
