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On 16WW Mains Inlet Water Temperature - Domestic mains water temperature data for 16WW on tap; seasonal min/max about 10C/20C in winter/summer. #dataset #water #temperature -

On 16WW Mains Inlet Water Temperature
Domestic mains water temperature data for 16WW on tap; seasonal min/max about 10C/20C in winter/summer. #dataset #water #temperature

TIL: Some of the estimates that are being passed around about the water consumption of (AI) data centers seem to be highly overstated.
Things I did not know about the high-end estimates being thrown around:
- Many of the most popular / graphic ones include not just the water used by the data center itself, but also the water used by the energy infrastructure used to power them. (Which is fair, but I did not know this, and it is often not framed that way).
- This includes stuf…

Empire of AI is wildly misleading on AI water use
And the media environment that didn't catch this is getting this issue wrong

Forgive these sleep-deprived rantings - they come from a happy, people-appreciating place! :D
It has become freshly amazing to me, the many ways of framing or encountering music. As a child it almost always provoked narrative experience; travel escapades - personalities arriving, things happening, a world generating itself. This disappeared fairly quickly from around ten onwards, and went to abstraction: sound as sound, music as music. In feeling out metaphors to try and give it langua…

My second #ClimateDiary post:
Water butts all empty, as of last night. We carried dozens of watering cans full of water, both for the containers, and for the first time, for plants growing in our sandy soil, which were beginning to suffer. And of course, all the washing up water goes on the garden too.

Microplastics fall across rural Switzerland, adding over 200 tons yearly to land and water https://phys.org/news/2026-09-microplastics-fall-rural-switzerland-adding.html

Microplastics fall across rural Switzerland, adding over 200 tons yearly to land and water
Loose fibers from functional clothing, discarded PET bottles or abandoned packaging: When such plastic materials enter the environment, they often persist there for a long time. UV radiation, precipitation and ozone cause them to become brittle—and over time, mechanical forces break them down into increasingly smaller particles. Swirled up by the wind, they are carried farther through the atmosphere. Until now, it was unclear how much microplastic ends up back in Swiss soil and water bodies t…

Rhine river, where it enters the Netherlands, reaches record low flow for July (and still going down).
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/07/14/bij-lobith-stroomt-historisch-weinig-water-de-rijn-door-a4932457

Bij Lobith stroomt historisch weinig water de Rijn door
De waterafvoer in de Rijn bij Lobith, het Gelderse meetpunt van Rijkswaterstaat, is gedaald naar het laagste niveau in een junimaand sinds 1976. Dinsdagochtend om 11.10 uur stroomde er 797,9 kubieke meter water per seconde door de Rijn via Duitsland Nederland binnen. Dat blijkt uit meetgegevens van Rijkswaterstaat. Alleen in 1976 was de waterafvoer zo laag dat die onder de 800 kubieke meter kwam.

"From toxic blooms to dead zones, how wildfires transform oceans and lakes"
#Wildfires #Environment #Water

From toxic blooms to dead zones, how wildfires transform oceans and lakes
Wildfire smoke and ash can reshape aquatic ecosystems long after the flames have been extinguished

AWS is facing a lawsuit in the US alleging it misled the public about the water consumption and environmental impact of its datacentres in Northern Virginia.
The legal complaint claims AWS overstated progress towards its water sustainability goals while failing to disclose the full extent of its regional water use.

Water levels in Lake Powell,
the second-biggest reservoir on the beleaguered Colorado River,
are in danger of falling so low that its dam can no longer generate hydropower,
according to a federal analysis released Wednesday.

The new “most probable” forecast from the Bureau of Reclamation projects that
the height of water in Lake Powell,
which sits on the border of Utah and Arizona,
will fall to 3,491 feet by March.
That’s just one foot above

A major Colorado River reservoir is getting ‘perilously’ low
A new federal analysis predicts that water levels in Lake Powell will fall almost to the point that its dam can no longer produce power.

RE: https://masto.ai/@Miro_Collas/116768054565549096
You'd think the local council or some nature body might have considered giving the tree a few liters of water a day when it was hot and dry?
I water my trees by hand all the time.

Chatbots and AI summaries are making access to content increasingly personalized. But what if AI rewrites websites themselves to match your biases? My latest artwork explores what that shift could mean for public knowledge and cultural memory
https://blog.still-water.net/what-you-think-…

#SilentSunday
[via Kimber Johnson]

Cracking local loop this evening. Promised I’d be back before dark and just about made it
#biketooter #cycling #bike

Helium escaping from the atmosphere of a nearby rocky #exoplanet orbiting in a habitable zone: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aea9708 ->
Earth-like exoplanet could have life-supporting water on its surface / We’ve seen helium baked off a rocky exoplanet’s atmosphere: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jul/16/atmosphere-lhs-1140b-exoplanet-could-water-scientists / https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/07/weve-seen-helium-baked-off-a-rocky-exoplanets-atmosphere/

Source: OpenAI staff expect the Hodge Conjecture, a Millennium Prize Problem, to be solved relatively soon, after solving the Navier-Stokes equations (Stephanie Palazzolo/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-close-…

OpenAI Is Close To Solving Another Millennium Prize Math Problem
Remember when OpenAI landed in hot water earlier this month after mathematicians accused the company of trying to steal their thunder for solving an ultra-difficult math problem? (I know it feels like a million years ago given all the news cycles since then.)Well, it turns out OpenAI is close to ...

Here's somebody's blog post about grackles' fondness for dropping feces in water, written from the perspective of an annoyed koi-pond owner. The author gives the usual explanation that behavior reduces nest predation (presumably because fecal smell is attractant). I couldn't find support for this hypothesis in the primary literature, however. Nor could I find support for the idea that a clean nest reduces parasites such as flesh-eating flies. But I'm not a birdologist so I could have missed the definitive paper. https://www.pondtrademag.com/blackbird-gift-sacs-the-airmail-no-pond-keeper-wants/

An example of the "miracle of the marketplace" - the realityof the #NeoliberalMyth is destruction of the commons, which had been communally and sustainably managed for hundreds of years
Who is ‘stealing’ Bali’s water? How tourism siphoned off a prized resource

Who is ‘stealing’ Bali’s water? How tourism siphoned off a prized resource
Along with the rice fields, a centuries-old infrastructure that treated water as a gift to be shared is disappearing

An example of the "miracle of the marketplace" - the realityof the #NeoliberalMyth is destruction of the commons, which had been communally and sustainably managed for hundreds of years
Who is ‘stealing’ Bali’s water? How tourism siphoned off a prized resource

Who is ‘stealing’ Bali’s water? How tourism siphoned off a prized resource
Along with the rice fields, a centuries-old infrastructure that treated water as a gift to be shared is disappearing

Come talk to members of the planetary atmospheres group about possible Master thesis projects applying data science methods to water vapour retrieval in Earth's atmosphere: now waiting for you to stop by at the CIDAS market place at #GWDG!
#mpsgoettingen

2019 someone put a new water boiler in my house - even supplying the device. After 4 times reminding him to invoice me I just stopped.
Boiler eventually died. Got replaced etc.
This weekend here he is asking me if he can invoice me lol. I say yes. Of course he doesn’t. wtf.

US federal court says no constitutional right to clean water in Mississippi case https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/08/mississippi-clean-water-case-constitutional-right
Court rules residents of a US city don’t have a cons…

"Why climate scientists need to talk more about the very worst‑case scenarios"
#Climate #ClimateChange
https://

Why climate scientists need to talk more about the very worst‑case scenarios
London is underwater. The Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace, St Paul's Cathedral and the Bank of England are all submerged. Far away, the West Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets have collapsed, triggering accelerated sea-level rise which, combined with a storm surge in the North Sea and a high spring tide, has led to water flooding over the Thames Barrier. Thousands of shops, offices, schools and houses are several feet deep in effluent-rich water.

Dudes in Texas out on paddle boards during a rain storm and flooding in Texas spot what they think is a dog and turns out to be a raccoon struggling in the water
They decide to save it
Dudes rock
(h/t to CNN for posting an abbreviated version of the video, their actual video is below)
https://www.instagram.com/…

@no_tresbassing on Instagram: "Be kind. Give someone a hand when needed ❤️"
2M likes, 17K comments - no_tresbassing on July 14, 2026: "Be kind. Give someone a hand when needed ❤️".

On this date in 1979, the tailings dam for the Church Rock #uranium mine in New Mexico burst. Over a thousand tons of uranium waste and millions of gallons of radioactive water were released into Rio Puerco, including into Navajo lands. #mining

Church Rock, America’s Forgotten Nuclear Disaster, Is Still Poisoning Navajo Lands 40 Years Later
Residents say they've been ignored even as they struggle with contaminated water and worry about having children.

The water level at the reservoir to which I'm usually cycling (also in the evening) is now so low that fish have to be rescued from isolated "pockets" of water.
The water level is now 5m below summer-average ... the last time I've seen that was when the level was lowered by intent for some improvements & repair. Now it's "simply" a lack of rain ... We need some rain very soon ...

Niedriger Wasserstand: Fischereiverein befreit Tiere aus Todesfallen
Durch den sinkenden Pegel im Sylvensteinspeicher entstehen abgeschnittene Senken, in denen Fische verenden. Ehrenamtliche setzen die Tiere in tiefere Bereiche um.

Ein formidables Rezept, das gut skaliert (nach unten in der Menge) und auch mit Zusatz von Resterbsen und gelben Paprika vortrefflich mundet. #nommention

Lemon-Pepper Zucchini Pasta With Dill Recipe • 5★ (Gift Recipe)
A summer favorite, zucchini bulks up raw salads, lends texture to muffins and bread, and adds a subtle salinity to pasta dishes. That's the role it plays in this simple miso butter pasta. A little pasta water and spoonfuls of miso melt into a delightful sauce to coat the noodles. Searing the delicate squash and tossing it with lemon zest and black pepper, then with the pasta allows zucchini to do what it does best: absorb all the flavors of the elements around it. This dish provides a playful r…

#marswaterhistory

Before I water the garden in the morning I like watching the bees in the squash flowers. #bloomscrolling

#Shitpost #Shitposting #ShamelesslyStolenFromSomewhereElseOnTheInternetHonestlyICantKeepTrackOfThisStuffAnymore

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
E‐40:
🎵 40 Water
#E40

Spooky to read this while seeing extremely low level of #Danube while on holidays in #Budapest
#ClimateCrisis

Destroyed crops, riverbed cyclists and a ‘Rock of Starvation’: how drought has devastated the Danube
The Guardian travelled 100 miles along the EU’s longest river, where some residents are struggling to secure drinking water

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
New German Cinema:
🎵 Water Drops
#NowPlaying #NewGermanCinema
https://open.spotify.com/track/65SwobxDwUigYvd91PIAuF

Flateyri aurora

A Window for Water-hydrogen Demixing on Warm Metal-rich Sub-Neptunes: #exoplanets may be hiding water beyond Webb Telescope's reach, study finds: https://news.uchicago.edu/story/distant-exoplanets-may-be-hiding-water-beyond-webb-telescopes-reach-study-finds - UChicago scientists offer new way to read atmospheric data on a vast class of 'sub-Neptune' worlds.

Nero’s Bridge emerges from Tiber River amid water crisis
The remains of an ancient bridge have emerged in Rome’s Tiber River, near St. Peter’s Basilica, as weeks with virtually no rain caused water levels to plunge.
The span — known as Nero’s Bridge, named for the former Roman emperor — once connected Rome’s city center with the Tiber’s right bank.
The Tiber’s flow has fallen below 2,825 cubic feet per second, about half the historic average for the month of July, according…

"UK ministers explore raising price of water for industrial users amid shortages"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Water

UK ministers explore raising price of water for industrial users amid shortages
Environment Agency says talks under way about increasing prices for industrial users to try to reduce poor water management

Evening Walk
(Last night, stopping by at one of our fave places on the way back from commemorating an important family day in the mountains...)
#EveningWalk #LandscapePhotography #Lake

from my link log —
Mpemba effect: what conditions make hot water freeze faster than cold water?
https://physicsworld.com/a/experiments-pin-down-conditions-that-make-hot-water-freeze-before-cold/
saved 2020-08-14

Experiments pin down conditions that make hot water freeze before cold – Physics World
Simplified experimental model makes it possible to engineer the Mpemba effect in a reproducible way

I hate sharpening. I managed to sharpen 3 chisels and my plane iron in about 6 hours.
I need a better way to do this. I have water stones (220/800 and 4000/8000). They are messy, need constant flattening, and the edges of the wider blades take forever.
How does everyone else do this?
#woodworking

Metro Vancouver is reminding the public that Stage 3 water restrictions are in effect while work continues on the First Narrows Crossing. This critical water supply pipe, linked to the Capilano and Seymour reservoirs, has been out of service since last fall as part of the Stanley Park Water Supply Tunnel project.
The regional water use target of 1.4 billion liters of water per day, is intended to reduce daily water use and maintain water pressure for essential services, including firef…

| Metro Vancouver

Great photo of the total solar eclipse on August 12th, 2026 as witnessed by #mpsgoettingen director Sami K. Solanki in Praia do Lago das Pontes, Spain.
#solareclipse #solareclipse2026

RE: https://social.tchncs.de/@stefanlaser/117274760102231892
Knowledge has weight. It accumulates in infrastructures, flows through cables, and settles in data centres that consume land, water, minerals, and energy.
We look at this issue throu…

#ListeningClub People who sound like their mouths are half full of water when talking are fascinating.

The Netherlands is officially in a water shortage - DutchNews.nl
https://www.dutchnews.nl/2026/07/the-netherlands-is-officially-in-a-water-shortage/

New name for water body dropped.

Very clever #ClimateAction
‘It bloody works’: why the world’s oldest cheddar-maker uses a ‘milk-source’ heat pump
https://www.theguardian.com/en…

‘It bloody works’: why the world’s oldest cheddar-maker uses a ‘milk-source’ heat pump
Barber’s Farmhouse Cheesemakers can draw enough heat from cows’ fresh milk to bring water close to the boil, slashing carbon emissions

Very clever #ClimateAction
‘It bloody works’: why the world’s oldest cheddar-maker uses a ‘milk-source’ heat pump
https://www.theguardian.com/en…

‘It bloody works’: why the world’s oldest cheddar-maker uses a ‘milk-source’ heat pump
Barber’s Farmhouse Cheesemakers can draw enough heat from cows’ fresh milk to bring water close to the boil, slashing carbon emissions

Key features that make a planet amenable to life, at least life as earthlings know it:
It should be rocky, be at the right temperature for liquid water to exist and have an atmosphere.
On Thursday, a team of astronomers announced that it had identified a world with all three traits.
“At this point, we have absolutely no evidence for life on the planet,”
said Collin Cherubim, a planetary scientist who recently earned his Ph.D. from Harvard University.
“But we thin…

Astronomers Find an Atmosphere on a Nearby Earthlike Planet
It’s the first potentially habitable world known to host an atmosphere, making it a lead contender in the search for life beyond our solar system.

Just built a quickly improvised Switch station with the kiddos using leftover Minecraft parts.
I like the beach vibe. 🏝️
#Fedieltern

"Microplastics fall across rural Switzerland, adding over 200 tons yearly to land and water"
#Switzerland #Plastic #Plastics

Microplastics fall across rural Switzerland, adding over 200 tons yearly to land and water
Loose fibers from functional clothing, discarded PET bottles or abandoned packaging: When such plastic materials enter the environment, they often persist there for a long time. UV radiation, precipitation and ozone cause them to become brittle—and over time, mechanical forces break them down into increasingly smaller particles. Swirled up by the wind, they are carried farther through the atmosphere. Until now, it was unclear how much microplastic ends up back in Swiss soil and water bodies t…

Extremely low water level of the Rhine river, due to drought, leads to problems for shipping. Not normal, this early in summer.
https://nos.nl/l/2622907

Op het water is het al augustus of later: 'De rivierstanden zakken heel snel weg'
Rijkswaterstaat vindt de huidige waterstanden zeer uitzonderlijk, en het zakken is nog niet voorbij.

River shipping emits nearly one-quarter of global shipping CO₂, analysis finds #environment

River shipping emits nearly one-quarter of global shipping CO₂, analysis finds
River and canal ships generate roughly a quarter of the world's shipping carbon dioxide emissions, according to new research published in Nature Climate Change. And that's despite the fact that these bodies of water make up less than 1% of Earth's total navigable waterways.

The author is one of those radical left people you hear about:
People that think radical ideas like
public universal healthcare,
public education,
public water, sewers and hydro
are good policy.
A 33-year retired hydro worker who was a union activist and who led the successful campaign to stop the sale of Hydro One,
wrote the union bulletin
and in retirement became a freelance writer for Free.

Sources: possible cyberattacks targeting water and wastewater utilities have now been reported in at least 12 US states, and Iran is the prime suspect (ABC News)
https://abcnews.com/US/12-states-face-cyberattacks-water-systems-sources/story?id=1353…

At least 12 states face cyberattacks on their water systems, sources say
Possible cyber intrusions targeting water and wastewater utilities have now been reported in at least a dozen states, multiple sources told ABC News.

Energy efficiency is a cost savings. The real scam is the #47 administration's ideological opposition to any that reduces consumption of energy.
We have benefited in many ways from the new building codes and appliance efficiency standards: lower utility bills & safer buildings for occupants, not wasting scarce resources such as water reduces costs as well.
(And of course, the related environmental benefits)

Energy efficiency is a cost savings. The real scam is the #47 administration's ideological opposition to any that reduces consumption of energy.
We have benefited in many ways from the new building codes and appliance efficiency standards: lower utility bills & safer buildings for occupants, not wasting scarce resources such as water reduces costs as well.
(And of course, the related environmental benefits)

Waiting For The Sky To Empty (2026)
From two nights ago. More context & time lapse:
#SilentSunday

On 16WW Mains Inlet Water Temperature - Domestic mains water temperature data for 16WW on tap; seasonal min/max about 10C/20C in winter/summer. #dataset #water #temperature -

On 16WW Mains Inlet Water Temperature
Domestic mains water temperature data for 16WW on tap; seasonal min/max about 10C/20C in winter/summer. #dataset #water #temperature

"How water companies could charge you more during drought"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Drought #Water

How water companies could charge you more during drought
Rule changes being proposed by the regulator could allow a new regime of dynamic pricing creating higher bills when water is scarce

from my link log —
Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water for metrology.
https://signoregalilei.com/2026/07/26/the-most-official-water-costs-120000-a-gallon/
saved 2026-08-01

The most official water costs $120,000 a gallon
We all learned in science class that water freezes at 0 °C or 32 °F at atmospheric pressure. But what water, exactly? Even after you distill out all the dissolved salts and minerals to get pure H2O…

Everything this administration touches...
https://bsky.app/profile/jbendery.bsky.social/post/3moljdlmmec24

Jen Bendery (@jbendery.bsky.social)
Here at the Reflecting Pool where a big chunk ofTrump's blue paint-apoxie has peeled off the bottom of the pool and is bobbling in the water.

It's exasperating.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Death Cab for Cutie:
🎵 Stone Over Water
#DeathCabforCutie
https://deathcabforcutie.bandcamp.com/track/stone-over-water
https://open.spotify.com/track/0uZ0Ec6FkEwHGRhrtvcJAo

Trump Wants to Roll Back a Rule That Protects Drinking Water for 25 Million Americans
https://gizmodo.com/trump-wants-to-roll-back-a-rule-that-protects-drinking-water-for-25-million-americans-2000786848

Code Black for water shortage in the Delft region of the Netherlands! No use of surface water (canals, lakes) allowed anymore. Water managers fear intrusion of salty seawater, as damage to dikes due to low water levels needs to be prevented.

Vanwege de droogte voor het eerst de sluizen dicht in het waterrijke westen: ‘Het is code zwart, vanaf middernacht is water onttrekken verboden’
Droogte: Vanaf woensdagnacht gaan in het Hoogheemraadschap van Delfland de sluizen dicht en gaat een verbod in om oppervlaktewater te onttrekken. Dat besef lijkt nog niet bij iedereen ingedaald. „Voorheen was het een theoretisch model. Dit is het hier en nu.”

"Green groups criticise EU over water law overhaul"
#EU #EuropeanUnion #Water

Green groups criticise EU over water law overhaul
Five environmental organisations, including Wetlands International Europe and WWF, have accused the European Commission of maladministration over its handling of a revision to the Water Framework Directive (WFD).

New digital tool shows exactly where California's water goes—and how climate change might disrupt it https://phys.org/news/2026-09-digital-tool-california-climate-disrupt.html

New digital tool shows exactly where California's water goes—and how climate change might disrupt it
Water has always been one of California's most contested resources. For more than a century, battles have raged over how much of the state's water should be diverted to farmland, pumped into cities or used to conserve aquatic ecosystems—and at times, these clashes have even led to violence. The state's water system consists of a dizzying array of reservoirs, rivers, dams and aqueducts, making it challenging even for experts to understand the trade-offs of different management decisions.

The most revealing fact about Google’s water use in The Dalles is not just the size of the number.
It is how difficult that number was for the public to obtain.
The Dalles spent 13 months fighting to keep Google’s water use secret
— then records showed the data center campus consumed roughly a third of the Oregon city’s supply

The Dalles spent 13 months fighting to keep Google’s water use secret — then records showed the data center campus consumed roughly a third of the Oregon city’s supply
In 2022, Google sued to keep its water use in The Dalles, Oregon secret. When the numbers finally came out, the company's data centers were drinking 29 percent of the town's water.

A police department in Texas that arrested a local resident for complaining on social media about their city’s contaminated water supply
💥 has been ordered closed after failing to prove it provided any benefit to the community.
State officials stepped in to investigate after Jennifer Combs spent a night in jail in May
after a post appeared on her Facebook page suggesting people were hospitalized by bacteria in the water pipes of Trinidad,
a municipality in Henderson co…

Texas police department ordered closed for failing to provide any benefit to community
Disbanding of department in Trinidad comes after arrest of a resident for posting about issues with local water supply

Eve Of Dusk Ⅰ (2026)
(Evening walk in the local wetlands)
#SilentSunday #EveningWalk #NaturePhotography

'We will have to share the water': a quarter of small waterways in France have run dry - Press Review - France 24
https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/press-review/20260717-we-will-have-to-share-the-water-a-quarter-of-small-waterways-in-france-have-run-dry

Officials: the scope of cyberattacks on US water systems now includes at least seven states and may be far wider; MN was just the first to publicly report them (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/us/poli

Scope of Hacks on U.S. Water Supply Widens as Evidence Points to Iran
Michigan and Minnesota are among at least seven states coping with cyberattacks aimed at disrupting water systems nationwide.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Luscious Jackson:
🎵 Water Your Garden
#LusciousJackson
https://open.spotify.com/track/5LHZL4huhj1TWyiW460vpF

Repeal of U.S. Roadless Rule could threaten drinking water for 25 million people https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/repeal-of-u-s-roadless-rule-could-threaten-drinking-water-for-25-million-people/

Repeal of U.S. Roadless Rule could threaten drinking water for 25 million people
The drinking water for about 25 million Americans starts in the backcountry of the national forests, on land where roads are few by design. A rule the Trump administration proposed last week could open that land to roads and logging. On Aug. 18, the U.S. Department of Agriculture filed a proposed rule to fully rescind […]

"One in 12 golf clubs in England broke water extraction rules in past five years"
#England #Water #Environment

One in 12 golf clubs in England broke water extraction rules in past five years
More than 140 clubs breached licences, with a third caught taking water illegally, analysis shows – but no fines issued

The water flow in the Rhine keeps plummeting. It had never been below 780 m³/s in summer. When we were at 650, an expert told us it couldn't go much lower. Now we're at 572 m³/s, the lowest on record, even below the ice blocked flow in the winter of 1929.
#drought #ClimateChange…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
PJ Harvey:
🎵 Down by the Water
#PJHarvey
https://amlittleboy.bandcamp.com/track/down-by-the-water-amls-love-letter-mix
https://open.spotify.com/track/48mJX8glOrQkrSdVBjc0Wb

Well worth reading:
Lake Powell, a vital reservoir, plunges toward unprecedented low levels as water crisis deepens in US west
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/07/lake-powell-water-crisis?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other…

Lake Powell, a vital reservoir, plunges toward unprecedented low levels as water crisis deepens in US west
Experts say the critical reservoir system is careening toward a breaking point as the US west’s climate warms and dries

Well worth reading:
Lake Powell, a vital reservoir, plunges toward unprecedented low levels as water crisis deepens in US west
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/07/lake-powell-water-crisis?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other…

Lake Powell, a vital reservoir, plunges toward unprecedented low levels as water crisis deepens in US west
Experts say the critical reservoir system is careening toward a breaking point as the US west’s climate warms and dries

Water systems are ripe for cyberattacks,
experts warn after suspected Iranian hacks
In late 2022, Microsoft detected the hack of a water system in Guam
that U.S. intelligence agencies in the following months determined was orchestrated by China.
The idea wasn’t new.
The spy agencies had long watched as Iran targeted Israeli water systems.

“That another nation state was doing it to us
— that was unsettling,” recalled one former U.S. official,

Water systems are ripe for cyberattacks, experts warn after suspected Iranian hacks
As lawmakers call for protections after incidents in 12 states, an EPA rule that Republicans fought would “remove most of the low-hanging fruit,” a cybersecurity expert said.

On Thursday, the Wall Street Journal reported that the US military was preparing to replace the USS Lincoln with the USS George Washington,
as concerns mount over the conditions aboard the Lincoln.
Reports by the Navy Times and Stars and Stripes this week described shortages of supplies and water as well as plumbing problems,
low morale and deteriorating mental health among the Lincoln’s roughly 5,000 sailors,
and further reported that there had been multiple attempts…

US navy veterans and military health experts express concern over USS Abraham Lincoln sailors
Prolonged deployment is coupled with reports of water shortages, plumbing issues and attempts to jump overboard

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #EasternEchoes
Cibo Matto:
🎵 Sugar Water
#CiboMatto
https://volpesvulpes.bandcamp.com/track/cibo-matto-sugar-water-winter-sunset-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/2mQnPuVeoJXwS8p9J4JUIb

South West Water has worst environmental record in England, analysis shows https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/30/south-west-water-worst-environmental-record-england

"Revealed: how companies ‘secretly’ use billions of litres of public water in drought-hit England"
#England #Drought #Water

Revealed: how companies ‘secretly’ use billions of litres of public water in drought-hit England
Exclusive: As millions of people face hosepipe bans, many companies are not required to report, let alone cut, use of public supply

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Cibo Matto:
🎵 Sugar Water
#CiboMatto
https://volpesvulpes.bandcamp.com/track/cibo-matto-sugar-water-winter-sunset-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/2mQnPuVeoJXwS8p9J4JUIb

"India connects 124 million rural homes to tap water"
#India #Water #Health

India connects 124 million rural homes to tap water | The Optimist Daily
India’s Jal Jeevan Mission has connected 124 million rural households to tap water since 2019, lifting coverage from 16.7 percent to 81 percent.

Wildfires send arsenic into rivers long after the flames are gone #environment

Wildfires send arsenic into rivers long after the flames are gone
Arsenic rose in creeks after wildfires in nearly every study reviewed, and the highest water readings came from ground below an old mine.

One year after the discovery that golden mussels had invaded the California Delta,
thick colonies coat boats and piers and threaten water supplies for cities and farms.
Yet the state has no specific funding or plans to tackle harms in the heart of the invasion
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'Emerging threat': An invasive species is upending life in the Delta, with no help on the way
One year after the discovery that golden mussels had invaded the Delta, thick colonies coat boats and piers and threaten water supplies for cities and farms. Yet the state has no specific funding or plans to tackle harms in the heart of the invasion.

"Google’s $15bn India data centre project faces water and environmental challenges"
#Google #India #Technology

Google’s $15bn India data centre project faces water and environmental challenges
Google’s planned $15bn data centre hub in Andhra Pradesh, India, is facing growing opposition from environmental activists over water use and its proximity to wildlife habitat, even as construction at the site moves ahead.

UK plastic ‘waste colonialism’ found to be polluting Turkey’s farming heartland https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/04/uk-plastic-waste-colonialism-recycling-exports-contaminating-water-crops-turkey

Lake Powell, US’s second-largest reservoir, threatens to plunge to unprecedentedly low levels this year
after a historically bleak snowpack failed to raise its water level, scientists and water experts have said,
adding renewed urgency to stalled talks over how to conserve a water source depended on by tens of millions of people in the US south-west.
The 185-mile Colorado River reservoir currently stands at about 23% of its capacity, or roughly 5.6m acre-feet.
Lake Po…

Lake Powell, a vital reservoir, plunges toward unprecedented low levels as water crisis deepens in US west
Experts say the critical reservoir system is careening toward a breaking point as the US west’s climate warms and dries

Two-thirds of the world’s population will soon have to contend with too little water or poor quality water https://www.earth.com/environment/water-pollution-could-leave-billions-without-enough-clean-water/

Two-thirds of the world’s population will soon have to contend with too little water or poor quality water
Water quality may worsen water scarcity, leaving billions without enough suitable water for homes, farms, factories and power.

Trump’s problem-plagued effort to revamp the landmark reflecting pool has stretched well past his initial goal of having the Pool ready by July 4 for the nation’s 250th birthday.
The president at first suggested his renovations would cost $1.5 million, but the bill ballooned to more than $16 million by June.
Trump had said the repairs would last a century, but within days of the project’s initial completion last month, the water was beset by an algae bloom and pieces of the new coa…

Drained Reflecting Pool reveals faded liner after renovation
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool's new liner, once dubbed “American flag blue” by President Donald Trump, has faded to a color closer to gray. An Associated Press team viewed the pool Wednesday from the Washington Monument. The pool was drained and debris removed after Independence Day fireworks. Trump’s renovation project has faced setbacks, including algae blooms and peeling paint. The project’s cost soared from $1.5 million to over $16 million by June. Trump blames vandals for th…

"A Bicycle Journey Across Brazil to Find a Vanishing Savanna"
#Brazil #Environment
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A Bicycle Journey Across Brazil to Find a Vanishing Savanna
In “Here There Was Cerrado” — the Second-Place Winner of the 2026 Yale Environment 360 Film Contest — Natascha Otoya shows how industrial farms are plowing up the Brazilian savanna, changing the flow of water, and skewing human memory of the landscape.

Will the Alps remain Europe's inexhaustible water source ?
The Waterwise project is collecting an unprecedented amount of data from across the Alpine peaks
to better understand the vulnerability of headwater catchments
— the high-altitude streams that feed the continent's major rivers.

The Alps are drying out: EU-funded project assesses the future of Europe's "water tower"
Will the Alps remain Europe's inexhaustible water tower? The Waterwise project is collecting an unprecedented amount of data from across the Alpine peaks to better understand the vulnerability of headwater catchments — the high-altitude streams that feed the continent's major rivers. #SmartRegions

"From grey water to cool spaces: 10 climate crisis policies Britain needs right now"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate

From grey water to cool spaces: 10 climate crisis policies Britain needs right now
Rejecting North Sea drilling licences and protecting nature are just some measures Andy Burnham must implement to ready country

"Your shampoo routine could be driving household water waste, new study says"
#Shampoo #Water
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Your shampoo routine could be driving household water waste, new study says
Everyday shower habits, such as applying shampoo or pausing the water while washing, are driving up water waste, argues a new study from the University of Surrey.

An image from NASA Worldview shows how brittle Arctic sea ice is becoming due to global warming,
with large patches of open water visible near the North Pole on Aug. 29
https://www.livescience.com/planet-ear…

'A worrying snapshot': Satellite image shows large patches of open water less than 40 miles from the North Pole
An image from NASA Worldview shows how brittle Arctic sea ice is becoming due to global warming, with large patches of open water visible near the North Pole on Aug. 29.