What is a Blue Community?
A Blue Community is a community that defends water as a common good, promotes its public and community-based sustainable management, and organizes to guarantee the right to water equitably and protection of nature.
The Core Principles of Blue Communities
Three principles guide our work to protect water as a common good.
1. Recognizing Water and Sanitation as Human Rights
2. Public Financing, Ownership and Operation
3. Phasing Out Bottled Water in Public Events
Blue Communities have expanded worldwide, creating tangible impacts and building powerful advocacy for public, clean, and equitable access to water.
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“In Colombia, the Association of Community Aqueducts of Tasco was recognized as a Blue Community for defending water and the páramo ecosystem against mining and fracking, promoting a community-led and solidarity-based approach to water management.”
— Association of Community Aqueducts of Tasco, Boyacá, Colombia.
“The Blue Communities project in Spain has promoted public water management through the Progrifo campaign, driven by pioneer utilities like Aguas de Cádiz, Badajoz’s Promedio, EMACSA (Córdoba), and Medina Sidonia, turning local council halls and schools into 100% single-use plastic-free spaces.”
— Cadiz Municipality, Spain.
“In Africa, the Blue Communities project, promoted by the African Water Justice Network, has served as a vital tool against water privatization, strengthening public management and defending water as a fundamental human right.”
— African Water Justice Network.
“In Switzerland, churches, municipalities, and local stakeholders participate in the Blue Communities initiative to defend water as a fundamental human right, combining local action with international partnerships to ensure a sustainable water supply.”
— Reformed Churches of Bern-Jura-Solothurn.
Why Become a Blue Community?
How to become a Blue Community?
Be part of this global network for protecting water.
Start the process and connect with your regional coordination.