France
France: Radioactive Drinking Water
Pesticides, PFAS… and now this: there could be radioactive atoms in your glass of water in France, alerts Mediapart. France is relying heavily on nuclear power plants for its energy. An investig...
France: Water and Ecological Transition
The French capital and Blue City of Paris and its public water utility, Eau de Paris, have produced a very nice graphic illustration of water and ecological transition. “It all starts before the...
Paris: Protect water at the source
Press conference on the seminar ‘Acting to protect water resources: an emergency’ (see Blue News here) organised by Eau de Paris, the public water service of the Blue Community / Blue City of Paris. D...
France: Right to Water in the Constitution?
Shortages, obsolete or non-existent networks, poor quality… for various reasons, several hundred thousand French people do not have access to drinking water. A problem that particularly affects ...
France: Higher VAT for bottled water?
As part of the budget review, senators in France adopted an amendment removing the reduced VAT rate for plastic bottled water, increasing the VAT rate from 5.5 to 20%, while recalling the scandal of i...
France: Mine polluting Brittany’s water
The French platform Reporterre brings the story of the Gomel open-cast mine in Brittany and the investigation by the Breton media organisation Splann! Here a translated excerpt and down the link to th...
France: ‘We could do better’
The annual resources allocated to water policy in France must be increased by more than half to meet the challenges posed by climate change caused by human activity, according to a study presented on ...
France: Legal steps against Suez
In the south of Paris, water is a source of unjustified profits due to the abuse of a dominant position by Suez and its subsidiary Eau du Sud Parisien. Proof of ownership based on sand, a lack of tran...
France: Water back under public control
The French municipality of Villejuif joins a public authority to manage its drinking water. On 1 January 2024, nine municipalities in the Val-de-Marne turned their water services to a public enterpris...