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Federal government sues state over Idaho National Laboratory water rights Feds claim Idaho lacks authority to regulate federal water rights, state disagrees idahocapitalsun.com/...

Industry Knew for Decades That Microplastics Could Infiltrate Human Bodies Documents reveal that industry scientists have long been aware of the risks, according to reporting from the Los Angeles Times. e360.yale.edu/digest...

Tap water no longer drinkable in Norwegian village as climate-related thawing releases heavy metals Warning for other Arctic communities as residents told not to use water in Longyearbyen in Svalbard, one of the world’s fastest-warming places www.theguardian.com/...

Letsemeng’s water crisis: Residents pay the price The DA will demand an urgent independent investigation into Letsemeng’s water crisis and whether failures in water-treatment chemicals, budgeting or procurement exposed residents to E. coli contamination. fs.da.org.za/2026/10...

S&P pushes Thames Water ratings deeper into junk territory on debt restructuring plans Global ratings agency S&P downgraded Thames ​Water Utilities by a notch to "CCC-" ‌on Tuesday www.reuters.com/busi...

India deploys extra forces after protests over dam on Chinese border escalate India has deployed hundreds of additional security personnel in its remote northeast after youth protesters clashed with police over a plan ‌to build a mega-dam. www.reuters.com/worl...

Palestine Calls for Urgent Arab Support for Water Sector and Gaza Reconstruction The State of Palestine participated on Monday in the 17th session of the Arab Ministerial Council for Water, held in the Egyptian capital, Cairo. yaffaps.com/en/page-...

Where Gold Poisons Water : A Ghanaian Elite’s Case for Treating Environmental Health as a Human Right www.modernghana.com/...

Rio Pardo: A River Marked to Resist The Observatorio Rio Pardo has published a short report: “2nd Rio Pardo Mission: a river marked to resist” exposes the mineral problem in the Basin. blue-community.net/b...

Blue Invitation from Sweden The Swedish Knowledge & Research Centre has extended an invitation to all Blue Communities for partnership. blue-community.net/b...

Fiji: Give us proper infrastructure, water, sanitation and electricity regardless of who is in government This was the stern message by Judy Cakacaka while making her submission on the Constitution Amendment Bill in Savusavu. www.fijivillage.com/...

From the global Blue Community WCC – World Council of Churches: At COP17, a Gunadule theologian calls three crises one wound. blue-community.net/b...

From the Blue Community Manica Youth Assembly – MAYA, Zimbabwe: From Office to Field, Learning Agroecology, Beekeeping and Resilience in Chirinda. blue-community.net/b...

From the Blue Community Kenya Youth Parliament for Water (KYPW): The road to Abu Dhabi runs through Nairobi, and young people must be on it. 💧🌍 blue-community.net/b...

From Dickson Banda, Co-Founder of the Blue Community CECIDO MALAWI: 🎓 Professional Development in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) 💧🌍 blue-community.net/b...

The High Costs of Water Privatization: Ghana ordered to pay US$235 million ICC award over Teshie Desalination Plant blueplanetproject.ne...

Media Advisory | Global Water Crisis Affecting Billions of People to Take Centre Stage at UN Water Conference in Abu Dhabi - United Nations Sustainable Development United Nations Sustainable Development Goals - Time for Global Action for People and Planet www.un.org/sustainab...

From the Blue Community Arab Countries Water Utilities Association (ACWUA): 💧 ACWUA Strengthens Arab Cooperation on Water and Climate Issues blue-community.net/b...

From the Indian Blue Community / Blue University Anand Institute of Management and Information Science AIMIS: 🌍 International Conference: From Fields to Leadership. Advancing Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development. blue-community.net/b...

Blue Ambassador Erin O'Donnell: If, like me, you are worried about the way Australian actions are worsening the climate crisis by continuing to approve new coal and gas projects, and you work as an academic, please consider signing this open letter. docs.google.com/form...

Amid Iowa’s Water Crisis, Factory Farms Get a Pass on Environmental Permitting More than a decade after the EPA found that Iowa wasn’t cracking down on polluting factory farms, the state continues to hedge on enforcement. insideclimatenews.or...

PFAS Contamination in Drinking Water May Be Underestimated, New Study Suggests Researchers found that treating PFAS measurements below laboratory reporting limits as “zero” may underestimate how widespread the chemicals are in U.S. drinking water. insideclimatenews.or...

From the Blue Community NAHR, Yemen: NAHR conducted training in Aden to enhance the capacities of community peace and mediation committees in dialogue, advocacy, and field monitoring of violations by water and sanitation networks using GPS blue-community.net/b...

From Elh Moussa Thiam, president of the Blue Community African Media Network for WASH: African Media for Water & Sanitation blue-community.net/b...

Monthly Webinar Series by the Climate Action Resource Network – Asia Pacific (CARN-AP) and Sphere India in cooperation with the Blue Community Network: Webinar Session 9: Grey Literature and Its Implications. blue-community.net/b...

Upcoming BLUE EVENTS: ➡️October 28: Save Africa’s Freshwater Fish ➡️November 2: Blue University Exchange ➡️November 4: The Future of Global Water Policy ➡️November 8: Blue Lecture - Water as Human Right ➡️November 15: HYPERSCALE in Ottawa More at blue-community.net/c...

Blue University Exchange on Monday, 2 November 2026 Eawag – the Swiss Aquatic Research Institute, will present the institution, its sanitation, water and solid waste research department and its global learning initiatives. Open for guests with registration blue-community.net/2...

South Africa - Bronkhorstspruit water crisis: The 20-year warning Tshwane Metro ignored Experts say problems started decades ago. thenational.co.za/ne...

Blue Mali Campaigns for Water Rights On Saturday 24 October 2026, the Blue Community of Kati Town Hall and the Ecole RadioChico Mali network carried out the first phase of the awareness-raising project to promote the Blue Community in Francophone Africa. blue-community.net/b...

Welcome WATSAN from Chennai, India The Blue Community in India gains a new partner, the first affiliate in the state of Tamil Nadu. The social enterprise WATSAN was designated a Blue Community. blue-community.net/b...

South Africa: Water department plans criminal action over Tshwane water failures Investigations are examining chlorine shortages, maintenance problems and insufficient warnings to residents after 595 illness cases were reported in Bronkhorstspruit. www.citizen.co.za/re...

Tshwane water is “unsafe for human consumption”, Parliament hears Criminal case opened after hundreds of people fall ill with gastrointestinal illnesses due to unchlorinated drinking water in Tshwane groundup.org.za/arti...

From the Indian Blue Community Vaidic Srijan: Proud recipient of the CII’s Startupreneur Awards 2026 under the Best Social Impact category. blue-community.net/b...

Webinar: The Future of Global Water Policy Join Just Water Futures and the People’s Water Forum for a conversation about the future of global water policy ahead of the 2026 UN Water Conference. blue-community.net/b...

Fight for our public services – Johnbosco Nwogbo "The fight for our public services is a fight between you and people and interests like this, and for Andy Burnham and every politician it comes down to the question: whose side are you going to be on?" labouroutlook.org/20...

Mugaa warns of Ksh11B water losses as govt deploys water police Water losses costing Kenya billions of shillings annually have come under renewed scrutiny, with Water Cabinet Secretary Eng. Eric Mugaa calling for stronger accountability and efficiency peopledaily.digital/...

BREAKING NEWS: The Intergalactic Justice Court has just turned down POTUS Trump's demand that Earth should be renamed the "Orange Planet". Join in, turn blue! blue-community.net/#

Spain: Progressive Tourist Tariffs on Water The Andalusian Water Social Committee has demanded that the Seville metropolitan water company (Emasesa) incorporate new tiers in its ordinary tourist category tariffs as water consumption per guest increases. blue-community.net/b...

From the Spanish Blue Community aeopas – Asociación Española de Operadores Públicos de Abastecimiento y Saneamiento: Sanitation and wastewater treatment guide for agglomerations of less than 5,000 p.e. blue-community.net/b...

African Human Rights Commission Session ends in Dakar The 89th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) concluded in Dakar, under the African Union’s 2026 thematic focus on sustainable access to water and sanitation. apanews.net/african-...

Blue Conference in Mali: Water is a right, not a commodity Saturday, October 24, 2026, 3:00 PM. Location: Former Kati District Council (Conseil de Cercle) building.

From the Blue Community Creuset des Jeunes de Porto-Novo, Benin: AFRICAN YOUTH CONFERENCE 2026 IN ACCRA: CJPN BRINGS THE VOICE OF BENINESE YOUTH TO THE CONVERSATION ON A GREEN ECONOMY IN AFRICA. blue-community.net/b...

El Niño rains batter Latin America from Mexico to Chile UN officials warned this week that the El Niño ​weather pattern could drive a record increase in Pacific Ocean temperatures as it moves around the globe like ​a "wrecking ball," www.reuters.com/busi...

‘Sustainability Corner’: Clean water It speaks to the importance of clean waters and healthy waterways as the basis for enjoying life on earth in all its fullness. www.granthaven.com/p...

Mexico Owns the Water. Who Can Use It? From the poisoned Santiago River to the 1992 law that turned water into a commodity, Luis Eugenio Parés explains what it will take to make water a right again in an exclusive interview from our latest bulletin. mexicosolidarity.com...

Unsafe water, burning eyes and kerosene slicks: residents demand answers on River Taff leak People near south Wales river were told to keep windows and doors shut after thousands of litres of kerosene from a GE Aerospace site got into the water www.theguardian.com/...

From UK's 'We Own It': Andy Burnham has no choice. He must stop the Thames Water bailout and force it into public ownership Add your name to demand Andy Burnham block the Thames Water bailout: weownit.org.uk/act-n...

From the Blue Community Radio Bonesha FM, Burundi: El Niño phenomenon: Civil society recommends strengthening resilience measures. blue-community.net/b...

Biodiversity COP17: WCC claims space for grassroots voices After the desertification COP17 in Ulaanbaatar in August, the biodiversity COP17 opened in Yerevan, Armenia, on 19 October. www.oikoumene.org/ne...

Rhodes students hit by gastro, thrusting Makhanda water system into spotlight (again) ‘Water colour alone is already a turn-off,’ says a Rhodes University student after more than 111 students reported cases of gastrointestinal illness. www.dailymaverick.co...