#overuse — Public Fediverse posts

US CONUS Rivers Of Dimension By Annual Flow – An Older (2013) But Still SO Useful Hydrologic Visualisation
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https://pacinst.org/american-rivers-a-graphic/ <-- shared technical post
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“... Several things stand out:
1) the massive flow of the mighty Mississippi and Columbia River systems
2) the paucity of major rivers in the western US, especially the southwestern US, where the only major rivers are the seriously over-tapped Colorado and Rio Grande Rivers
3) the local importance of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Rivers in California, which serve the state’s cities and agricultural regions…”
#visualisation #infographic #water #hydrographic #hydrology #US #USA #CONUS #flow #humanimpacts #gage #USGS #USGSgage #agriculture #transportation #rivers #waterresources #overuse #monitoring #planning #AmericanRivers #mapping #spatial #spatialanalysis #scale #symbology #proportional #symbology #bigriver #Colorado #Columbia #Mississippi #SanJoaquin #RioGrande #NHD #NationalHydrographyDataset
#PacificInstitute | #USGS | #AmericanRivers

Hydrological limits - Living Beyond Our Means
Conflicts over water have risen sharply

Era of ‘global water bankruptcy’ is here, UN report says
"Overuse and pollution must end urgently as no one knows when whole system might collapse, says expert."

“This report tells an uncomfortable truth: many critical water systems are already bankrupt,” said Madani, of the UN University’s Institute for Water, Environment and Health. “It’s extremely urgent [because] no one knows exactly when the whole system would collapse.”

"Humanity was also slashing the amount of water available by destroying natural stores, such as wetlands, and polluting waterways. Wetlands equal in size to the entire European Union had been erased in the past five decades, the report said."

"Dr Jonathan Paul, at Royal Holloway, University of London, said: “The report lays bare humankind’s mistreatment of water [which] threatens the viability of ‘the water cycle’ as a concept."
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/20/era-of-global-water-bankruptcy-is-here-un-report-says

Global Water Bankruptcy. Living Beyond our Hydrological Means in the Post-Crisis Era, UNU-INWEH Report: Madani, K. (2026). Global Water Bankruptcy: Living Beyond Our Hydrological Means in the Post-Crisis Era. United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. DOI: 10.53328/INR26KAM001
https://unu.edu/inweh/collection/global-water-bankruptcy
#water #overuse #extractivism #MDB #irrigation #pollution #destruction #limits #biodiversity #habitability

U.S. Geological Survey Colorado River Basin Science and Technology Collaboration Meetings on Drought (2021) - Synthesis of Findings
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https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/cir1551 <-- shared publication
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USGS recent publication about the challenges and barriers land managers and scientists are working on to address the wicked problems of drought in the Colorado River Basin.
#water #hydrology #drought #extremeweather #fedscience #Colorado #ColoradoRiver #ColoradoRiverBasin #watershed #waterresources #watersupply #climatechange ##landmanagers #management #planning #overuse #magicwater #humanimpacts #ecosystems #agriculture #farming #USWest #strategy #GIS #spatial #mapping #waterscience #interdisciplinary #research #adapation #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #stakeholder #engagement #cost #economics #coordination #future @USFS @USFS

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

Harmful Dust From Drying Lakes - Preserving Great Salt Lake (USA) Water Levels Decreases Ambient Dust And Racial Disparities In Population Exposure
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https://www.cell.com/one-earth/fulltext/S2590-3322(24)00249-5 <-- shared technical article
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[similar to the public health impacts and challenges faced by communities around the dying Salton Sea, amongst others...]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #pollution #dust #toxic #exposure #wind #publichealth #water #drought #GreatSaltLake #Utah #water #surfacewater #watersupply #climatechange #demographics #community #atrisk #minorities #income #disparity #humanhealth #mitigation #policy #planning #loss #drying #lake #terminallakes #inlandseas #ecology #habitat #lakebed #humanimpacts #mining #wateruse #overuse #desiccation #socialdisparity #incomedisparity #particulates

New Water Accounting Reveals Why The Colorado River No Longer Reaches The Sea
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01291-0 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #ColoradoRiver #ColoradoRiverBasin #CRB #USA #waterresources #USWest #irrigation #crops #feed #grass #hay #alfalfa #SaudiArabia #watersecurity #wateruse #water #hydrology #waterrights #overuse #magicwater #extraction #rationing #cropland #watercrisis #accounting #volumetric #model #river #watersupply #modeling #riparian #wetland #ET #evapotranspiration #waterbudget #regional #municipal #agriculture #commercial #industrial #cattle #cattlefeed #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal

Talks To Save The Colorado River Just Hit A Logjam
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/03/06/colorado-river-water-conservation-state-plans/ <-- shared media article
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#water #hydrology #USA #USWest #coloradoriver #waterresources #watersecurity #waterconservation #arizona #california #colorado #accord #planning #federal #state #recharge #snowpack #proposals #compact #coloradorivercompact #government #regulations #drought #overuse #irrigation #WesternStates #nevada #comprise #agreement #watermanagement #climatechange #demographics #growth #demands

Land Matters Podcast - Water in the West
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https://www.lincolninst.edu/publications/articles/2023-10-land-matters-podcast-water-in-the-west <-- link to technical article / podcast
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#water #hydrology #water #watermanagement #waterconservation #waterresources #climatechange #USA #USWest #urban #farming #agriculture #podcast #BabbittCenter #policy #planning #history #watersecurity #extremeweather #drought #overuse #waterislife #LandMatters #waterstorage #coloradoriver #ColoradoRiverCompact #magicwater #appliedscience #politics #allocation #sustainability
#LincolnInstituteOfLandPolicy

Widespread Aquifer Depressurization After A Century Of Intensive Groundwater Use In USA
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https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adh2992 <-- shared technical article
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #change #time #watersupply #waterresource #watersecurity #usa #us #aquifer #depressurization #water #hydrology #groundwater #artesian #withdrawal #pumping #overpumping #extraction #overuse #waterwell #wellwater #pollutants #subsidence #overuse #model #modeling