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US: Data Center as Water Threat

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Are data centres a threat to the Great Lakes? Ontario could learn a lot from Michigan about the coming data centre boom, and how it could impact our freshwater resources. But much is still unknown. B...
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Honour and Award for Eawag

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From the Swiss Blue Community Eawag, the Federal Aquatic Research Institute: The Blue Community / Blue University of Zurich celebrated its 192nd birthday. Two Eawag researchers were honoured during th...
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Cameroon: Testing of All Table Water

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Consumer Groups Demand Comprehensive Testing of All Table Water Brands After Aura’s Suspension. Minister of Water and Energy, Gaston Eloundou Essomba, has provisionally halted the production and sale...
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Peru: Inclusion for Water Management

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“Inclusion is a pillar of sustainable water management”. High-level panel at the event organised by Peru’s National Water Authority on the translation of the Water Resources Law into...
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New Blue Community in Tanzania

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Population and Development Initiative PDI joins the network. Water is one of the important resources in socioeconomic development which touches all aspects of human life. Availability of adequate cle...
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Congratulations to AHD Pakistan

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Congratulations to the Blue Community AHD – Association for Humanitarian Development Pakistan, for its 22th birthday and for all the achievements. A Journey from 2003 to 2025 filled with success...
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Focus Bhutan: Water for Money and Power

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Bhutan’s glaciers and water sources are under threat from climate change, endangering 240 million people in the Himalayas and 1.6 billion downstream, Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay warned at the...
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India: “Waterscapes of Bengaluru”

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“Waterscapes of Bengaluru” exhibition—an engaging and immersive journey into the past, present, and future of the city’s rivers and lakes.  Curated by Paani Earth, the exhibition weaves together strik...
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Europe: Letter by Water Organisations

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Water organisations urge EC to safeguard Extended Producer Responsibility. Senior representatives from 12 water-related organisations have jointly called on European Commission President Ursula von de...
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Water Protection by Humanitarian Law

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Evolutive Interpretation of Proportionality and Precautions to Strengthen Protections under International Humanitarian Law. By Tadesse Kebebew, Researcher and Project Manager at the Geneva Water Hub. ...
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South Africa: Protests For Water & Sanitation

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Cape Town highway blocked over access to water and toilets. People living along the N2 near Mfuleni want the City to include them in its budget. Peak-hour traffic was brought to a standstill on Monday...
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France: Collusion with Nestle Waters

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Contaminated mineral water: how a health report unfavorable to Nestlé was modified by the French State. Radio France’s investigative unit and the newspaper Le Monde have obtained access to the ...
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Germany’s Biggest Water Guzzlers

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Germany’s biggest water guzzlers. by Annika Joeres , Gesa Steeger , Katarina Huth for Correctiv. German large-scale industry consumes trillions of liters of water annually—many times more than ...
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UK: Millions For Lawyers

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Thames Water paid lawyers £1,400 an hour despite threat of collapse. Final bill for utilities giant’s restructuring could exceed £200m. Thames Water has paid its lawyers up to £1,400 an hour despite t...
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US: FDA Tests and Flags Bottled Water

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FDA flags hidden contaminants in popular bottled water brands — here’s what it uncovered. The FDA analyzed 197 bottled water samples from retail locations across the United States in 2023 and 2...
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The River Writing Me. Robert Macfarlane

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Intervie with Robert Macfarlane: ‘Sometimes I felt as if the river was writing me’. The writer and poet on reimagining rivers as living beings, the ecological crisis near and far and why copyright law...
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Bangladesh: Looming Water Crisis

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The looming crisis of clean water supply and sanitation. Many analysts monitoring the clean water crisis in Bangladesh and the neighbouring region have referred to the growing emergency as a calamity...
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Ghana: Losing 52% of its Water

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Ghana losing over 52% of water daily; Accra faces 80-million-gallon deficit – Ghana Water MD. Ghana Water MD Adam Mutawakilu reveals over 52% of water produced is lost due to leaks and illegal connec...
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Ghana: Water Dept Inherited

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‘We inherited over GHC1 billion in debt from the previous government’ – Ghana Water MD. The Managing Director of Ghana Water Limited (GWL), Adam Mutawakilu, has painted a grim picture of the company’s...
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Nigeria: Free Water for Sokoto State

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Free Tankers Of Water Distributed To Communities in Sokoto. As Nigeria’s Sokoto state continues to battle acute water scarcity, Hon. Faruk Sarkin Fada, has distributed no fewer than 50 tankers ...
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France: Pollution of Water Catchments

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The scandal of the pollution of drinking water catchments. By Harold Levrel, Professor of Ecological Economics at the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle. The revelation of massive pollution of...
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France: Brignais Fights Against PFAS

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Brignais, a model town in the face of PFAS water pollution: Juliette Quef’s column in La Terre au carré. This week, the President of Vert (Green) looks at the case of Brignais, a town in the Fr...
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Focus Sri Lanka: All About Water

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Water is a natural resource which is essential for life and the Sri Lankan government has accepted that accessibility to safe drinking water is a human right. In Sri Lanka there are two main water sup...
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Central Asia: The Qosh-Tepa Canal

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Afghanistan’s Qosh-Tepa Canal Could Impact Kazakhstan’s Water Security. The construction of the Qosh-Tepa Canal in Afghanistan and its potential implications for Central Asia’s water security were ce...
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