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“The environmental cost of this is pretty huge in absolute terms,” he said. “At the moment society is paying for these costs, not the tech companies. The question is: is that fair?” #climate #climatechange #AI #carbonemissions #wateruse #environment https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/18/2025-ai-boom-huge-co2-emissions-use-water-research-finds

Ensemble Deep Learning Towards High-Resolution Soil-Moisture Mapping For Enhanced Water Management In California's Central Valley
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2025.106824 <-- shared paper
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#agriculture #crops #groundwater #pumping #monitoring #agronomic #irrigation #planning #scheduling #wateruse #sustainability #wateruse #watersecurity #deeplearning #framework #soilmoisture #downscaling #watermanagement #california #centralvalley #ensemblemodeling #model #modeling #SMAP #satellite #rootzone #remotesensing #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #AI #sensitivityanalysis #fieldobservation #instrumentation #fieldchecking #seasonal #crop #crops #production #foodsecurity #NVDI #NDWI #ET #evapotranspiration #MODIS #pluvial

New research shows the water footprint of AI‑driven data centers is far lower and less risky than many think. While energy use draws headlines, experts say modern cooling tech keeps water consumption modest, even under policy shifts from the Trump era. Dive into the data to see how climate impact is being re‑evaluated. #AI #DataCenters #WaterUse #ClimateImpact

🔗 https://aidailypost.com/news/experts-say-data-centers-water-use-is-less-risky-than-public-perceives

This video on AI, and industrial water use in general, is worth your time.

24-minute video: https://youtu.be/H_c6MWk7PQc

#LLM #WaterUse #GenAI

Opening today: THIRST/For Knowledge at Asia Culture Center, Gwangju.

This work means a lot to me. I’ve long been troubled about the #environmental impact of #digitalmateriality. In THIRST/For Knowledge I use field recordings, film and text to focus on the rapid expansion of #AI #datacenters and their #wateruse.
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Analysis Of Colorado River Basin Storage Suggests Need For Immediate Action
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https://www.colorado.edu/center/gwc/2025/09/11/analysis-colorado-river-basin-storage-suggests-need-immediate-action <-- shared UC Boulder School Of Law paper
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https://www.usbr.gov/ColoradoRiverBasin/ <-- shared BuRec Colorado River Basin overview page
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https://www.usbr.gov/ColoradoRiverBasin/post2026/documents/CRWUA-2024-P26-Update.pdf <-- shared BuRec Colorado River Basin Lake Powell & Lake Mead Operations Post-2026 Update 12/05/24 presentation
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2022WR033454 <-- shared 2023 paper – “Aridification of Colorado River Basin's Snowpack Regions Has Driven Water Losses Despite Ameliorating Effects of Vegetation”
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#water #hydrology #watermanagement #management #watersecurity #agriculture #ColoradoRiver #ColoradoRiverBasin #storage #waterresources #wateruse #agreement #naturalsupply #usecase #reserve #model #modeling #hydrospatial #future #forecasts #climate #recharge #snowpack #massbalance #conservative #dams #BuRec #reservoir #operations #infrastructure #consumption #magicwater
@CU Boulder Getches-Wilkinson Center Law Center

In the Bitterroot, Flathead, Gallatin, and Yellowstone valleys, you'll find 10-acre ranchettes, often near a municipality. The majority are served by wells and septic systems that have no monitoring requirements. #MTPol #Montana #WaterUse #WaterRights montanafreepress.bluelena.io/index.php?ac...

‘The Wild West of punching hol...

Take a drive through scenic river valleys like the Bitterroot, Flathead, Gallatin or Yellowstone, and you'll find a proliferation of 10-acre ranchettes, often within eyeshot of a municipal boundary.

The vast majority of those homes are served by wells and septic systems that have no monitoring requirements and almost no state oversight.
#MTPol #Montana #WaterUse #WaterRights
https://montanafreepress.bluelena.io/index.php?action=social&chash=46d0671dd4117ea366031f87f3aa0093.59337&s=ef7f645185a9b547f6994007a2b46d47

Whiskey’s for drinkin’, water’s for fightin’….
#WaterConservation #EnvironmentalPolicy #WaterUse
https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/11/colorado-river-negotiators-stumble-past-federal-deadline-without-joint-agreement/

Shower with your clothes on to save time and water. Wash your body and clothes at the same time!
#water #showers #wateruse #waterconsumption #wastingwater #watersaving #savewater #savetime #laundry #clothes #washingclothes #lifehacks #personalhygiene

“Madison, WI—Today, Midwest Environmental Advocates filed a legal action on behalf of Milwaukee Riverkeeper in Racine County Circuit Court to enforce Wisconsin’s Public Records Law by compelling the City of Racine to turn over information related to projected water use at Microsoft’s massive Mount Pleasant data center.” #AI #datacenters #wateruse #racine #wisconsin #milwaukeeriverkeeper #midwestenvironmentaladvocates https://midwestadvocates.org/mea-takes-legal-action-to-compel-city-of-racine-to-disclose-data-centers-projected-water-use/

Humanity Is Rapidly Depleting Water And Much Of The World Is Getting Drier
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https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-09-03/global-drying-groundwater-depletion
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https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adx0298
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #GRACE #FO #satellite #remotesensing #earthobservation #hydrology #water #waterresources #mining #overpumping #groundwater #depletion #global #watermanagement #terrestrial #waterstorage #TWS #freshwater #availibility #drought #climatechange #agriculture #farming #continentaldrying #wateruse #population #residential #cost #economics #runoff #glacier #glacial #aquifer

New publication: #Microplastic and #microcystin in tropical drinking water reservoir: pollution characteristics and human health risk assessment. #sustainability #wateruse #drinkingwaterresevoir
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-025-14391-x

Figure 1 in Duong et al. (2025): "Land cover map of the surrounding area and the sampling locations of Hoa Binh reservoir, Northern Vietnam"

@helenczerski
Another brilliant mix of overview/case study (favourite history note at 48'50" - water allocation in ancient Rome) #intelligentenergy #wateruse

Indus Water Treaty 1960, Map, Key Features, Timeline…
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https://vajiramandravi.com/upsc-exam/indus-water-treaty/ <-- shared technical article
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#water #hydrology #waterresources #watersecurity #planning #management #India #Pakistan #geopolitics #river #IndusWaterTreaty #mappping #waterrights #treaty #wateruse #farming #agriculture #urban #residential #industrial #waterdynamics #Indus #IndusRiver

Declining Freshwater Availability in the Colorado River Basin Threatens Sustainability of Its Critical Groundwater Supplies
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL115593 <-- shared paper
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https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/5320154-colorado-river-basin-study-groundwater-crisis/ <-- shared media article
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #ColoradoRiverBasin #water #hydrology #waterresources #aridification #anthropogenic #climatechange #humanimpacts #groundwater #depletion #pumping #wateruse #agriculture #irrigation #management #planning #monitoring #remotesensing #earthonservation #satellite #NASA #GRACE #GRACEFO #landsurface #model #modeling #sustainability #surfacewater #waterrights #droughts #USA #Mexico #watershortages #waterstorage #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #strategy

John McPhee’s Short Essay About A 1972 Rockefeller Civil Service Award Winner - Dr. Luna Leopold, The First Chief Hydrologist At The USGS
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https://www.jfklibrary.org/archives/other-resources/john-f-kennedy-speeches/rockefeller-public-service-awards-washington-dc-19580430 <--JFK's 1958 speech at the Rockerfeller Civil Service Awards
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https://www.usgs.gov/news/featured-story/lessons-learned-a-legend-luna-leopolds-view-river <-- shared details of Dr. Luna Leopold from the USGS
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https://fiddlrts.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-patch-by-john-mcphee.html <-- shared details of The Patch, by John McPhee
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https://eos.org/opinions/luna-b-leopold-geoscience-pioneer <--shared EOS retrospective of Dr Leopold
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I was reading - with a mug of tea - The Patch (link above) by John McPhee, a decades-old favourite author of mine - and came across this short essay amongst many fine others…
#spatial #datalover #measurements #metrics #hydrology #water #fedservice #fedscience #LunaLeopold #hydrologist #crossdiscipline #RockefellerCivilServiceAward #USGS #JohnMcPhee #writing #readingforpleasure #mission #opendata #mapping #waterresources #watersecurity #wateruse #watermanagement
@USGS

Using what you have before consuming what you do not. In this case water for growing plants. A fascinating look not only at how but why and what it impacts.

@tinker #gardening #wateruse #tanstaafl #suburbanbiology

https://youtu.be/ZGsuOyzyYcI?feature=shared

Earth's Storage Of Water In Soil, Lakes And Rivers Is Dwindling - And It's Especially Bad For Farming
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https://phys.org/news/2025-03-earth-storage-soil-lakes-rivers.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adq6529 <-- shared paper
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#water #hydrology #waterresources #global #management #watersecurity #soil #lake #river #snow #groundwater #agriculture #sealevelerise #SLR #climatechange #farming #overuse #waste #moisture #soilmoisture #ecology #ecosystems #storage #model #modeling #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #rainfall #drought #consistency #wateruse #crop #plant #vegetation #irrigation #foodsecurity #evapotranspiration #ET #surfacewater #flux #GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #waterstorage #depletion