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AI knows: Water as a Public Service
What does artificial intelligence (AI) say? Part 1: Arguments for Water as a Public Service 1. **Human Right**: Water is fundamentally a human right essential for life. Treating it as a commodity unde...
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...
Italy: Dark Water in Basilicata
Between privatisation and drought. In Italy’s Basilicata region, a water crisis looms in 29 municipalities. Protests demand explanation for the sudden draining, the Italian newspaper Manifesto w...
Nigeria: Unions Fight Water Privatisation
The Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE) and the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) have reiterated their opposit...
Spain: Public water is better!
Experts say there is evidence that public water management is better than private management and that the current climate change scenario requires public management of the entire water cycle. The city...
Paris: Conference to Protect Water
The Blue Community / Blue City of Paris and its water service Eau de Paris is organizing a full-day conference on Friday, 29 November, entitled “It’s urgent to take action to protect water...
November 29, 2024
Mexico: “Community participation is key”
Poverty, scarcity and inadequate technology are the main challenges to access to drinking water in Mexico, says Denise Soares, researcher at the Mexican Institute of Water Technology, analyzing decent...
Mexico: Risks of privatizing water
The privatisation of water “is an absolute perversion in the name of efficiency. A lie! It is in the name of business,” said Pedro Arrojo Agudo, United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on t...
Catalonia: Garriga Public Water Platform
Yesterday, the government of Catalonia refused to amend the drought plan to impose specific measures on tourism (see Blue News here) – clearly in contradiction to the public opinion, according t...