#watermanagement — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #watermanagement, aggregated by home.social.
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How beavers can help create fire breaks as part of a drought preparation plan
#Environment #Wetlands #Beavers
#UKNature #Wildfire #Drought #ClimateChange #Biodiversity #NatureRestoration #Water #UK #WaterManagement #Management
#BeaverReintroduction
https://the-14.com/how-beavers-can-help-create-fire-breaks-as-part-of-a-drought-preparation-plan/ -
On-Demand Global Landsat Evapotranspiration Product - Development, Evaluation, And Dissemination
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2026.115633 <-- shared paper
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https://espa.cr.usgs.gov <-- shared (open data) USGS EROS Science Processing Architecture (ESPA) platform
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https://etdata.org/ <-- OpenET SSEBop platform implementation (water management)
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https://www.usgs.gov/landsat-missions/landsat-collection-2-provisional-actual-evapotranspiration-science-product <-- shared USGS Landsat Collection 2 Provisional Actual Evapotranspiration Science Product
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H/T @mac Friedrichs | Remote Sensing Scientist, KBR | USGS EROS
“This paper summarizes new achievements in developing and distributing the Global Landsat Level-3 Evapotranspiration (ET) product. It is freely available through the USGS EROS Science Processing Architecture (ESPA) platform (2nd link above). 🛰️ …
Since the product launch in June 2020, there have been over 1.2 million Landsat-based ET orders around the world. This indicates increasing awareness and application of the ET data to help understand and manage the relationships among food, energy, and water resources. 🌽💧 …
It features the ESPA workflow and evaluation of the upgraded SSEBop model using a variety of observational datasets and hydrologic regions, and examination against OpenET SSEBop platform implementation (3rd link above.)…”
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“HIGHLIGHTS
• ESPA platform allows access to on-demand, global, Landsat-based, ET products.
• SSEBop model has been used to create ET data since 1982 through ESPA.
• A quick estimation of field-scale crop consumptive water use can be achieved.
• Numerous orders reflect worldwide extensive interest and utilization of the data.
• Method, workflow, and performance of the actual ET data are presented in the study..."
#EROSScienceProcessingArchitecture #climate #global #Evapotranspiration #ET #GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #water #hydrology #opendata #Landsat #OpenET #SSEBop #WaterManagement #Agriculture #USGS #EROS #datadelivery #food #foodsecurity #energy #water #watersecurity #model #modeling #ESPA #farming #cropland #wateruse #waterresources #workflow
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Hydro-Climatic Extremes And Water Conflicts In The Kamala River Basin Of Nepal
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2026.100871 <-- shared paper
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https://jvs.org.np/news/%22kamala-river-basin-20-year-water-management-strategy <-- shared 2024 technical article on planning and policy (from JVS, a Nepalese non-profit driving water resilience)
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[My sincere thoughts to those on those the Nepal/Tibet border so very effected by the recent GLOF-style flooding; the loss of your family and friends – and ‘things’ – must be so very hard!
May the missing individuals return safely. 🙏]
H/T @ Prakriti Niraula | Researcher at Kathmandu University School of Arts | Urban FutureScape Pilot Project | Urban Governance | Climate and Disaster Resilience | Development Researcher
“What happens when communities face 'too much water' during the monsoon and 'too little water' during the dry season? [Their] research in Dudhauli and Siraha municipalities [Nepal] shows that floods and droughts are not merely environmental challenges; rather, they interact with existing inequalities and vulnerabilities, intensifying conflicts over water and land resources.
From upstream-downstream tensions following flood damage and changing water flows to competition over wells and handpumps during periods of scarcity, the findings show that hydro-climatic extremes often act as amplifiers of existing social, economic, and political vulnerabilities.
The study underscores the importance of moving beyond managing climatic hazards alone towards conflict-sensitive and equitable water governance that addresses structural inequalities, strengthens local adaptive capacities, and supports fair water allocation and conflict resolution…”
#climatechange #flood #flooding #drought #monsoon #precipitation #rainfall #snowmelt #dryseason #socialconflict #KamalaRiver #basin #Dudhauli #Siraha #Nepal #hydroclimate #waterresources #risk #hazard #watersecurity #hydrosocial #exteremeweather #environment #inequality #vulnerable #socioeconomic #conflict #groundwater #water #hydrology #hydrography #hydroclimate #extremes #social #economic #political #watergovernance #watermanagement #localcommunities #conflictresolution -
Modeling Climate Change Impacts On Blue And Green Water In The Ethiopian Upper Blue Nile Basin
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2026.103871 <-- shared paper
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H/T @Dessalegn worku Ayalew
“The present study assesses the impacts of climate change on blue and green water in the Kessie Watershed of the Ethiopian Upper Blue Nile Basin using the SWAT+ model.
[The authors] set up [a] SWAT+ model using quality-controlled and homogenized observational climate time series… and calibrated it using a multisite calibration approach. [They] selected CMIP6 climate models for future simulations and bias-correction methods through a comprehensive performance assessment... Building on these previous studies, the present research further evaluates the reliability of combining robust climate-model selection with optimal bias-correction methods to improve the reliability of hydrological simulations. [They] then used the best-performing climate models, bias-corrected using the optimal methods, to project future changes in blue and green water in the study area…
KEY FINDINGS:
• SWAT+ effectively represented hydrological processes across multiple gauging stations in the Ethiopian Upper Blue Nile Basin.
• Ensembles of CMIP6 climate models improved the reliability of hydrological simulations compared with individual climate models.
• Optimized climate-model selection reduced biases in hydrological simulations more than bias correction alone.
• Arbitrary selection of climate models can degrade hydrological simulations, even when their outputs are bias-corrected using robust methods.
• Both blue and green water are projected to increase under future climate change in the Ethiopian Upper Blue Nile Basin.
• Blue water exhibits greater seasonality and climate sensitivity than green water flow and green water storage.
The study also provides sustainable water management options for adapting to the impacts of climate change, with implications for water resource planning and management in the Upper Blue Nile Basin…”
#Bluewater #Greenwater #CMIP6 #GCMs #Modelensemble #SSPscenarios #SWAT #Ethopia #UpperNile #Nile #NileBasin #gaging #gauging #Africa #climatechange #impacts #water #hydrology #KessieWatershed #EthiopianUpperBlueNileBasin #model #modeling #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #CMIP6 #waterresources #watermanagement #ecosystem #habitat #environment -
Where The Water Once Flowed - Rivers And Lakes Dry Up As Droughts Take Toll
(Surreal images of scorched landscapes where water once flowed, as severe droughts lead to dwindling water supplies around the world.)
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https://www.reuters.com/pictures/where-water-once-flowed-rivers-lakes-dry-up-droughts-take-toll-2026-08-14/ <-- shared media article
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[damn!]
#water #hydrology #hydrography #waterresources #rivers #lakes #photojournalism #drought #climatechange #extremeweather #heatwave #temperature #watershortage #global #risk #hazard #infrastructure #watermanagement #global #impacts #watersecurity #humanimpacts #publichealth -
Identifying Agricultural Consumptive-Use Patterns To Support Adaptive Water Management In California’s Santa Clara Valley Via Remote Sensing And Machine Learning
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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pwat.0000416 <-- shared paper
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H/T @Guillaume Wright | Executive Editor, PLOS
“💧 With drought [and high temperatures] gripping many areas of the world right now... [the H/T] wanted to highlight a new paper in PLOS Water this week with a very timely focus on hydroclimatic stresses and what can be done to mitigate this through water management practices when it comes to agriculture.
[The authors] investigate[d] adaptive water management practices in California’s Santa Clara Valley via remote sensing and machine learning techniques. They [found] good evidence for use of customized agricultural water-management plans for irrigation monitoring, conservation planning, and adaptive water management in groundwater-dependent regions such as is found in California…”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #California #SantaClara #SantaClaraValley #custom #watermanagement #practices #waterresources #agriculture #remotesensing #spatialanalysis #machinelearning #earthobservation #AI #planning #wateruse #efficiency #water #hydrology #irrigation #conservation #adaptivewatermanagement #model #modeling #drought #extremeweather #hydroclimate #stress #crop #cropland #evapotranspiration #ET #NDVI #PRISM #precipitation #rainfall #watermanagementplan #groundwater -
Impact Of Reservoir Storage On Propagation From Meteorological To Hydrological Drought
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2026.136061 <-- shared paper
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H/T @DrAjayGupta | Post Doctoral Fellow, IIT Bombay | Ph.D. in Hydrology, IIT Roorkee | Commonwealth Split-site Fellow, University of Birmingham I M.Tech in Water Resources Engineering, NIT Silchar | B.E. in Civil Engineering, PCE Nagpur.
“🌍 Why is this important?
While reservoirs are widely recognized for mitigating drought impacts, their role in controlling how drought propagates through the hydrological cycle has remained largely unexplored. In this study, [the authors] investigate how reservoir storage influences the transition of drought from meteorological to agricultural to reservoir to streamflow drought across the semi-arid Krishna River Basin, India.
🔍 THIS STUDY ADDRESSES TWO KEY RESEARCH QUESTIONS:
✅ How do drought propagation time (initiation, peak, and termination) change from meteorological to agricultural, reservoir, and streamflow droughts across different timescales and threshold values?
✅ How does reservoir storage influence drought propagation between upstream and downstream reservoirs using the Downstreamness concept?
📌 KEY FINDINGS
🔹 Drought propagation differs substantially across drought types because each component of the hydrological system responds at different rates.
🔹 Reservoirs significantly delay the propagation of drought by buffering water deficits, particularly between agricultural and streamflow drought.
🔹 Mild and moderate upstream reservoir droughts rarely propagate downstream, whereas severe upstream droughts consistently transmit downstream, leading to longer duration, greater severity, and delayed onset.
🔹 The downstreamness analysis reveals dynamic shifts in water storage between upstream and downstream reservoirs throughout drought development and recovery, providing valuable insights for reservoir operation and basin-scale drought management…”
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“HIGHLIGHTS
• Reservoir storage impact on drought propagation from meteorological-to-hydrological drought.
• Drought propagation timeframe: initiation, peak and termination are checked.
• Impact assessment using hydrological connection: upstream to downstream reservoirs.
• Severe upstream droughts propagate downstream with increased duration and severity.
• During drought periods water-storage concentration shifts from downstream to upstream..."
#Drought #DroughtPropagation #Reservoirs #WaterResources #WaterManagement #RiverBasinManagement #KrishnaRiverBasin #Downstreamness #India #climatechange #reservoir #storage #hydrology #water #hydrologiccycle #watersecurity #planning #policy #KrishnaRiver #weather #climate #metrology #agriculture #farming #streamflow #model #modeling #spatiotemporal #spatialanalysis -
Global Performance of #RemoteSensing Based and Reanalysis-Driven Models to Estimate Open Water Evaporation
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2025WR042363
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“ABSTRACT: Evaporation plays an essential role in the water cycle, influencing local and regional climates while directly impacting water availability in lakes. However, directly measuring evaporation over water bodies remains challenging due to the high costs of installing and maintaining the required in situ instrumentation. Although several remote sensing algorithms have been providing evaporation estimates, the lack of a global validation hinders our understanding of their relative uncertainties and performances across different regions. Here, [they] analyze[d] the performance of a suite of models that leverage satellite data and meteorological reanalysis to estimate evaporation over lakes worldwide. [They] compare[d] three remote sensing-based models, one reanalysis-driven model and one ensemble approach, using in situ observations from 27 lakes representing a diverse range of geographic and climatic regions. [Their] results demonstrate that, overall, the ensemble outperformed any individual model in terms of accuracy, with a RMSE and a bias of 1.3 and 0.3 mm/day, respectively. These findings highlight the benefits of using an ensemble approach to estimate open water evaporation with satellite-based models at the global scale, leveraging the unique strengths of each model. For the individual models, differences in the representation of heat storage changes and advection effects led to lower values of RMSE and bias, depending on the location and depth of the lakes. This study sets the path for future improvement of open water evaporation algorithms globally, while remote sensing techniques are proven satisfactory to monitoring of water loss in lakes globally, an essential step toward effective large-scale water resources management.
PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY: Water loss through evaporation in lakes and reservoirs directly affects water availability, which highlights the need to monitor these losses. However, measuring evaporation in situ is challenging and expensive. An alternative is to estimate evaporation using remote-sensing models and compare these estimates with in-situ data to verify their accuracy. Here, [they] evaluated four models and their ensemble (the models' mean value) using measurements from 27 lakes and reservoirs worldwide. [They] found that the ensemble presented higher accuracy and consistency than any individual model because it benefits from the strengths of each model. This approach can guide future improvements in estimating open-water evaporation, which is essential for large-scale water-resource management…”
#global #mapping #earthobservation #GIS #spatial #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #model #modeling #water #hydrology #surfacewater #waterbody #lake #reservoir #evaporation #evapotranspiration #watercycle #weather #meteorology #usecase #waterresources #watermanagement #waterloss #regional #estimate #policy #planning #instrumentation #comparasion -
Ancient Water Wisdom - The Acequias Of Sierra Nevada, Europe’s Oldest Groundwater System ⛰️
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https://memolaproject.eu/sierra-nevada/wateruse <-- shared link to the 𝗠𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗟𝗔 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 page
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https://regadiohistorico.es/ <-- shared technical page, “Collaborative map of historical irrigation systems in Granada and Almería” / “Mapa colaborativo de regadíos históricos de Granada y Almería”
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https://youtu.be/-TIUI2KflMk?si=iaSOwV99-WWMDCpV <-- shared video overview, “Participa al Mapa colaborativo de regadíos históricos de Granada y Almería”
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H/T @sofie de Volder | Co-founder TRAQUA
“[The author has] already discussed ancient water management systems, such as the qanats in Persia and other Eastern countries. In Europe, there are the acequias of the Sierra Nevada in Andalusia, Spain.
The hand-dug channels date back over 1,000 years to the Moorish era. Networks of canals, aqueducts and cisterns were engineered to capture and transport snowmelt, turning this natural resource into a sustainable water supply for agriculture. The high-altitude ditches had openings, allowing water to infiltrate into fractures and faults, replenishing the aquifer, and to irrigate the lower levels of the slopes.
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗮𝘀?
✅ Gravity-fed irrigation that supported terraced farms and local biodiversity.
✅ Designed to distribute water slowly and equitably, even during dry summers.
✅ Stretching over thousands of kilometres, these systems fell into disuse in the 1980s but are now part of restoration efforts led by the MEMOLA Project (Universidad de Granada).
With climate change and more intense droughts, the Acequias could provide an ancient solution to the modern-day water crisis…”
#Spain #𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗮𝘀 #waterresources #historic #irrigation #mapping #watermanagement #agriculture #farming #watersecurity #HistoricalIrrigationSystems #agroecological #SierraNevada #Andalusia #Moors #engineering #constructed #channels #canals #aqueducts #cisterns #water #hydrography #snowmelt #naturalresource #sustainability #groundwater #aquifers #recharge #MEMOLA #mapping #climatechange #extremeweather #drought -
Eager Beavers - Rodents Engineer Czech Wetland Project After Years Of Human Delay [ecosystem engineers]
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/11/beavers-save-czech-taxpayers-by-flooding-ex-army-training-site <-- shared technical media article
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver-engineered_dam_in_the_Czech_Republic <-- shared wiki technical page
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https://phys.org/news/2025-02-fine-beavers-czech-treasury-million.html <-- shared technical article
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https://youtu.be/GSTw8qmBP4Y?si=XK2Iy2pAltW91flj <-- shared video (Czech)
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H/T @ScienceGirl
"We don't expect any conflict with the beaver in the next 10 years," ~ Bohumil Fiser from the Czech Nature Conservation Agency
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“For seven years, planners struggled to complete a $1.2 million wetland restoration project in the Brdy region of the Czech Republic. The goal was to build a dam that would improve water management and bring back valuable wetland habitat, but the project remained trapped in a maze of permits and approvals.
Then a family of eight Eurasian beavers did what engineers had planned… without permits, machinery, or a budget.
The beavers built a network of dams in almost the exact area chosen for the proposed project, naturally restoring the wetland system officials had spent years trying to create. After seeing the results, authorities decided there was little point continuing with the original human-built dam.
Although some reports suggested the beavers completed the work overnight, experts say their construction likely took several weeks. The reason it seemed sudden is that the animals quietly worked away until their finished dams became impossible to miss.
Beavers are known as “ecosystem engineers” because their behaviour can reshape entire environments. By cutting trees and blocking streams, they create ponds and wetlands that support countless species, including fish, amphibians, insects, birds, and mammals.
Their wetlands also act as natural water reservoirs, helping during droughts, reducing flood risks, filtering water, storing carbon, and keeping landscapes wetter during wildfires…
Once heavily hunted across Europe, beaver populations have been recovering thanks to conservation efforts, proving that sometimes nature can solve problems humans spend years trying to fix…"
#water #hydrology #KlabavaRiver #Czech #BrdyRegion #protected #CzechRepublic #armytraining #military #beaver #Eurasianbeavers #dam #beaverdam #waterquality #restoration #biodiversity #crayfish #wetland #ecology #benefits #Beavers #NatureBasedSolutions #Wetlands #Ecology #Biodiversity #Agroforestry #EnvironmentalScience #Conservation #Wildlife #Ecosystem #bioviversity #conservation #restoration #landscaperecovery #EcosystemEngineers #nature #floodmanagement #FloodMitigation #flood #flooding #energy #floodrisk #sustainability #wetlands #hydrography #dams #impoundment #deadwood #waterresources #landscapeengineer #agriculture #benefits #vegetation #ecology #ecosystem #riversystemsstabilisation #naturalwaterregulation #resilience #drought #wildfire #valleysreborn #slowdetermination #fisheries #invertebrates #extremeweather #floodflows #sediment #baseflow #drought #landmanagement #naturalsystems #landuse #ecosystemengineers #watermanagement -
UN: Uzbekistan Makes Major Progress in Reducing Water Stress, but Challenges Remain
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Statistical Characterization Of High Flow Volumes Across The Conterminous United States Supporting Managed Aquifer Recharge
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2025WR041955 <-- shared paper
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https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-06-24/california-2024-groundwater-report <-- shared media article
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#water #hydrology #groundwater #watersecurity #waterresources #watersupply #watermanagement #USA #CONUS #aquifer #ManagedAquiferRecharge #MAR #FloodMAR #depletion #overpumping #flood #flooding #recharge #planning #policy #streamflow #extremes #hydrography #highflowvolumes #HFV #model #modeling #uncertainly #siting #screening #usecase #spatialanalysis #geostatics #spatiotemporal #mapping #hydrogeomorphology -
What Can Humans Learn From Beavers When It Comes To Drought-Proofing The Landscape?
(A collaborative working in Rocky Mountain National Parks [Colorado] shares the ways its work in the Kawuneeche Valley could help in bad droughts like this year.)
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https://www.summitdaily.com/news/rocky-mountain-national-park-kawuneeche-valley-beavers-drought/ <-- shared technical media article
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https://www.skyhinews.com/news/field-of-dreams-restoring-rocky-mountain-national-parks-kawuneeche-valley-2/ <-- shared technical article
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#water #hydrology #ecosystem #habitat #restoration #sustainability #drought #extremeweather #beaver #keystonespecies #balance #willow #wetland #marsh #beaverdam #RMNP #RockyMountainNationalPark #Colorado #Kawuneeche #diversity #watermanagement #waterresources #reservoir #vegetation #droughtresilience #waterquality #humanimpacts #grassland #KawuneecheValleyRestorationCollaborative #river #naturalprocesses #riparian #watermanagement #ecosystemresilience #watertable #groundwater #zombiewillows #beaverdammimicry #engineering #fencing #herbivores #wildfire #firebreak
National Park Service | Northern Water | Colorado State University | TOWN OF GRAND LAKE | USDA Forest Service | The Nature Conservancy | @American Rivers -
What Can Humans Learn From Beavers When It Comes To Drought-Proofing The Landscape?
(A collaborative working in Rocky Mountain National Parks [Colorado] shares the ways its work in the Kawuneeche Valley could help in bad droughts like this year.)
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https://www.summitdaily.com/news/rocky-mountain-national-park-kawuneeche-valley-beavers-drought/ <-- shared technical media article
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https://www.skyhinews.com/news/field-of-dreams-restoring-rocky-mountain-national-parks-kawuneeche-valley-2/ <-- shared technical article
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#water #hydrology #ecosystem #habitat #restoration #sustainability #drought #extremeweather #beaver #keystonespecies #balance #willow #wetland #marsh #beaverdam #RMNP #RockyMountainNationalPark #Colorado #Kawuneeche #diversity #watermanagement #waterresources #reservoir #vegetation #droughtresilience #waterquality #humanimpacts #grassland #KawuneecheValleyRestorationCollaborative #river #naturalprocesses #riparian #watermanagement #ecosystemresilience #watertable #groundwater #zombiewillows #beaverdammimicry #engineering #fencing #herbivores #wildfire #firebreak
National Park Service | Northern Water | Colorado State University | TOWN OF GRAND LAKE | USDA Forest Service | The Nature Conservancy | @American Rivers -
What Can Humans Learn From Beavers When It Comes To Drought-Proofing The Landscape?
(A collaborative working in Rocky Mountain National Parks [Colorado] shares the ways its work in the Kawuneeche Valley could help in bad droughts like this year.)
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https://www.summitdaily.com/news/rocky-mountain-national-park-kawuneeche-valley-beavers-drought/ <-- shared technical media article
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https://www.skyhinews.com/news/field-of-dreams-restoring-rocky-mountain-national-parks-kawuneeche-valley-2/ <-- shared technical article
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#water #hydrology #ecosystem #habitat #restoration #sustainability #drought #extremeweather #beaver #keystonespecies #balance #willow #wetland #marsh #beaverdam #RMNP #RockyMountainNationalPark #Colorado #Kawuneeche #diversity #watermanagement #waterresources #reservoir #vegetation #droughtresilience #waterquality #humanimpacts #grassland #KawuneecheValleyRestorationCollaborative #river #naturalprocesses #riparian #watermanagement #ecosystemresilience #watertable #groundwater #zombiewillows #beaverdammimicry #engineering #fencing #herbivores #wildfire #firebreak
National Park Service | Northern Water | Colorado State University | TOWN OF GRAND LAKE | USDA Forest Service | The Nature Conservancy | @American Rivers -
What Can Humans Learn From Beavers When It Comes To Drought-Proofing The Landscape?
(A collaborative working in Rocky Mountain National Parks [Colorado] shares the ways its work in the Kawuneeche Valley could help in bad droughts like this year.)
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https://www.summitdaily.com/news/rocky-mountain-national-park-kawuneeche-valley-beavers-drought/ <-- shared technical media article
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https://www.skyhinews.com/news/field-of-dreams-restoring-rocky-mountain-national-parks-kawuneeche-valley-2/ <-- shared technical article
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#water #hydrology #ecosystem #habitat #restoration #sustainability #drought #extremeweather #beaver #keystonespecies #balance #willow #wetland #marsh #beaverdam #RMNP #RockyMountainNationalPark #Colorado #Kawuneeche #diversity #watermanagement #waterresources #reservoir #vegetation #droughtresilience #waterquality #humanimpacts #grassland #KawuneecheValleyRestorationCollaborative #river #naturalprocesses #riparian #watermanagement #ecosystemresilience #watertable #groundwater #zombiewillows #beaverdammimicry #engineering #fencing #herbivores #wildfire #firebreak
National Park Service | Northern Water | Colorado State University | TOWN OF GRAND LAKE | USDA Forest Service | The Nature Conservancy | @American Rivers -
What Can Humans Learn From Beavers When It Comes To Drought-Proofing The Landscape?
(A collaborative working in Rocky Mountain National Parks [Colorado] shares the ways its work in the Kawuneeche Valley could help in bad droughts like this year.)
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https://www.summitdaily.com/news/rocky-mountain-national-park-kawuneeche-valley-beavers-drought/ <-- shared technical media article
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https://www.skyhinews.com/news/field-of-dreams-restoring-rocky-mountain-national-parks-kawuneeche-valley-2/ <-- shared technical article
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#water #hydrology #ecosystem #habitat #restoration #sustainability #drought #extremeweather #beaver #keystonespecies #balance #willow #wetland #marsh #beaverdam #RMNP #RockyMountainNationalPark #Colorado #Kawuneeche #diversity #watermanagement #waterresources #reservoir #vegetation #droughtresilience #waterquality #humanimpacts #grassland #KawuneecheValleyRestorationCollaborative #river #naturalprocesses #riparian #watermanagement #ecosystemresilience #watertable #groundwater #zombiewillows #beaverdammimicry #engineering #fencing #herbivores #wildfire #firebreak
National Park Service | Northern Water | Colorado State University | TOWN OF GRAND LAKE | USDA Forest Service | The Nature Conservancy | @American Rivers -
rethinking outdated #infrastructure 4 healthier #rivers, #fisheries, recreation & managing $
1st time in decades, once-blocked #river runs free as #Europe removes record 602 #dams #weirs #culverts #sluices https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/record-number-river-barriers-removed-europe-thousands-miles/
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rethinking outdated #infrastructure 4 healthier #rivers, #fisheries, recreation & managing $
1st time in decades, once-blocked #river runs free as #Europe removes record 602 #dams #weirs #culverts #sluices https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/record-number-river-barriers-removed-europe-thousands-miles/
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rethinking outdated #infrastructure 4 healthier #rivers, #fisheries, recreation & managing $
1st time in decades, once-blocked #river runs free as #Europe removes record 602 #dams #weirs #culverts #sluices https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/record-number-river-barriers-removed-europe-thousands-miles/
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rethinking outdated #infrastructure 4 healthier #rivers, #fisheries, recreation & managing $
1st time in decades, once-blocked #river runs free as #Europe removes record 602 #dams #weirs #culverts #sluices https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/record-number-river-barriers-removed-europe-thousands-miles/
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rethinking outdated #infrastructure 4 healthier #rivers, #fisheries, recreation & managing $
1st time in decades, once-blocked #river runs free as #Europe removes record 602 #dams #weirs #culverts #sluices https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/record-number-river-barriers-removed-europe-thousands-miles/
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Human Disturbances Dominated The Unprecedentedly High Frequency Of Yellow River Flood Over The Last Millennium
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https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adf8576 <-- shared paper
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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/3000-years-humans-alterations-chinas-yellow-river-created-catastrophic-situation-exists-today-180951815/ <-- shared technical article
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#humanimpacts #anthropogenic #water #hydrography #hydrology #flood #flooding #river #catchment #engineering #riverine #YellowRiver #China #climatechange #extremeweather #floodhazard #risk #hazard #history #historic #sediment #reconstruction #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #levee #breaches #Holocene #geologic #fluvial #sustainability #planning #management #watermanagement #stress #change #dating #radiocarbon #OSL #sampling #paleoflood #overtopping #slackwater #sedimentation #model #modeling #embankment #riverstage #dams -
Hydrological Response To Climate Change In An Ethiopian Rift Valley Basin - A Multi-Model Ensemble Analysis
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2026.103483 <-- shared paper
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#climatechange #SWAT #multimodelensemble #hydrologicalresponse #water #hydrology #hydrography #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #model #Hamessa #watershed #Africa #EthiopianRiftValley #waterresources #watermanagement #climatemodel #evapotranspiration #ET #groundwater #watersecurity #CausalChainAnalysis #CCA #rainfall #precipitation #extremeweather #drought #wateryield #streamflow #planning #policy #forecasting -
EFU: When We Stop Merely Measuring Reality and Start Learning Its Language
There are moments when a new unit of measurement seems, at first glance, like a technical detail. Later, it turns out to be something much more important: a change in how we think. I believe EFU may be exactly that kind of shift. It is not just another number. It is a new language for describing the flows that sustain human civilization — material, energetic, ecological, and social.
The real importance of EFU is not only what it measures, but what it reveals. It invites us to stop seeing the world as a collection of isolated data points and start seeing it as a connected system of flows. Water, energy, materials, waste, agriculture, transport, and environmental pressure are not separate stories. They are chapters of the same larger story. EFU helps make that story visible.
A New Unit, Not Just a New Label
The most interesting thing about EFU is not the number itself, but the way of thinking it encourages. When we begin to look at a problem through EFU, we no longer see only statistics. We see relationships. We see dependencies. We see thresholds, bottlenecks, imbalances, and patterns of stress that are otherwise easy to miss.
That is why EFU matters. It does not merely describe the present. It helps us ask whether a system is stable, whether it is being overburdened, and whether it can remain viable over time. In that sense, EFU is not only a measuring tool. It is a tool for understanding resilience.
Why This Could Matter More Than It First Appears
Every major historical era has had its own dominant way of measuring reality. The industrial age centered on mass, energy, and power. The digital age elevated information, data, and connectivity. The next era may well revolve around flows, pressures, limits, and ecological coherence.
EFU fits naturally into that future. It suggests that the question is not merely “how much is there?” but also:
- How does it move?
- What system is it part of?
- What does it cost?
- How long can it continue?
That is a much deeper way of thinking. It is not just accounting. It is civilizational self-awareness.
The Future Vision: When Measurement Becomes Thoughtful
What makes EFU especially exciting is that it points beyond itself. If some of the most advanced ideas in modern physics suggest that spacetime, locality, and even causality may not be fundamental, but rather emergent from a deeper layer of reality, then we are already living in a world where our old intuitions may not be enough.
EFU belongs to that broader intellectual horizon. It does not need to claim that it is “new physics.” But it can certainly be understood as a step toward a new kind of structured thinking: a way of measuring reality that is more aligned with systems, thresholds, and hidden dependencies.
In that future, artificial intelligence could become a particularly powerful partner. Not because it merely computes faster, but because it may detect patterns that are too complex for human intuition alone. If EFU is paired with AI-driven symbolic reasoning, we may not just analyze data more efficiently — we may discover new kinds of relationships:
- hidden ratios,
- tipping points,
- structural imbalances,
- and system-level laws that are difficult to express in ordinary terms.
The Intuitive Advantage
One of the strongest qualities of EFU may be its intuitive power. A good unit of measurement does not oversimplify reality. It organizes it. It makes complexity legible without distorting it.
That is especially valuable in areas like:
- water management,
- agriculture,
- energy systems,
- waste treatment,
- urban planning,
- and environmental policy.
In these fields, raw numbers often fail to communicate what is really happening. EFU can help bridge that gap. It can create a shared framework in which experts, decision-makers, and ordinary citizens can discuss the same problem in the same conceptual language.
That is a rare and valuable thing. A unit that improves understanding is more than a unit. It becomes a bridge.
A Small Concept With a Large Horizon
EFU may still be an emerging idea. It may need refinement, testing, and better formalization. That is not a weakness. In fact, it is often the mark of a genuinely important idea. The most transformative concepts rarely arrive in finished form. They begin as a direction, a hunch, an intuition that something essential is missing.
And perhaps that is what EFU is really pointing to: a civilization that no longer measures only what it extracts, consumes, or produces, but also what it sustains, balances, and preserves.
If that is true, then EFU is not a side project. It is a possible step toward a new intellectual culture — one that understands that the future will not be shaped only by growth, but by balance.
#aNewLanguageForMeasuringReality #abstractReality #AIAndScience #beyondNumbersUnderstandingSystemsThroughEFU #circularEconomy #conceptualShift #dimensionalAnalysis #ecologicalFlows #EFU #EFUAsAFrameworkForSustainability #emergentReality #emergentSpacetime #energyFlows #environmentalPressure #fromDataToMeaningInEnvironmentalSystems #futureOfScience #futureVision #hiddenStructures #howAICanHelpDiscoverSystemLevelLaws #HumanFluxUnit #humanCenteredMeasurement #interdisciplinaryFramework #materialFlows #measuringHumanCivilizationThroughFlows #newEpistemology #newUnitOfMeasurement #pregeometricReality #quantumGravity #resilience #resourceManagement #scientificParadigmShift #sustainability #symbolicReasoning #systemDynamics #SystemsThinking #theFutureOfMeasurementAndReality #waterManagement #whyEFUMattersForTheFuture -
Integrated Data-Driven Multi-Criteria Analysis and Machine Learning Approaches for Assessment of Flood Susceptibility Mapping
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https://doi.org/10.3390/w18070844 <-- shared paper
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https://youtu.be/N7nyU1cMg5k?si=8WuXIaz4-JKPdCE0 <-- shared video, Mohmand Dam flooding
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#FloodSusceptibility #FloodMapping #MachineLearning #GIS #RemoteSensing #Hydrology #Water #EnvironmentalResearch #AHP #FAHP #climatechange #extremeweather #GoogleEarthEngine #GIS #spatial #mapping #AI #model #modeling #MohmandDam #SwatRiver #Pakistan #machinelearning #AI #criteria #parameters #indices #rainfall #precipitation #LULC #soiltexture #planning #policy #water #hydrology #hydrography #riskmanagement #risk #hazard #flood #flooding #mitigation #watershed #watermanagement #resilence -
Detecting Land Use And Land Cover Changes And Quantifying Soil Erosion And Sediment Export Using GIS And Remote Sensing In The GERD Catchment, Ethiopia
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iswcr.2026.100657 <-- shared paper
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https://infonile.org/en/2023/05/battling-for-survival-along-the-warming-source-of-the-blue-nile/ <-- shared technical media article
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65241-7_4 <-- shared technical book chapter
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https://doi.org/10.3390/rs8121020 <-- shared 2016 paper
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#landuse #landcover #RUSLE #model #soil #erosion #sedimentation #GERD #catchment #NorthAfrica #Ethiopia #AbbayBasin #sustainability #landmanagement #agriculture #farmland #foodsecurity #water #hydrogology #reservior #watermanagement #watersecurity #waterresources #catchment #GrandEthiopianRenaissanceDam #BlueNile #hydrography #impoundment #GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #thematic #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #landsat #elevation #DEM #CHIRPS #rainfall #precipitation #LULC #AI #forest #grazing #grassland #field #crops #cropland #waterbodies #urban #biophysical #risk #hazard #mitigation #soilquality -
The Federal Government has listed the Lower Murray River as a critically endangered ecosystem, in a move that has already threatened to spark a new political battle over its management. The designated area stretches nearly a thousand kilometres from western New South Wales, through Victoria and to the ocean in South Australia. It means the highly biodiverse region will now be granted stronger protections under environmental laws.
#lowermurrayriver #criticallyendangered #murraydarlingbasin #riverprotection #australianenvironment #biodiversity #environmentallaw #watermanagement
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Process-Based Hydrologic Model Representations of Non-Perennial Streamflow in the Pacific Northwest, USA
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2025WR040626 <-- shared paper
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https://www.pnnl.gov/projects/distributed-hydrology-soil-vegetation-model <-- shared @PNNL Distributed Hydrology Soil Vegetation Model overview page
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#water #hydrology #PNW #PacificNorthwest #USA #perennial #ephemeral #streamflow #processbased #model #modeling #fluvial #pluvial #extremeweather #network #flow #lowflow #noflow #VariableInfiltrationCapacity #PrecipitationRunoffModelingSystem, #NationalWaterModel #NWM #streamgages #ecology #biogeochemical #humanimpacts #research #waterresources #watermanagement #rivers #streams #conservation #hydrogeomorphology #regulations #climate -
Provisional Land Use Data From Water Year 2024 Is Now Available On [CA]DWR Atlas, CNRA Open Data, And SGMA Data Viewer For Public Use
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https://gis.water.ca.gov/app/CADWRLandUseViewer/?page=home <-- shared web-based CDWR datasets / map
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“The collected data is used by various federal, state, and local agencies, academic researchers and private consultants , and can help estimate the amount of water available for agriculture. Using this information, farmers can adapt and make decisions to better manage scarce water supplies more effectively.”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #California #download #opendata #water #hydrology #datause #datasharing #download #landuse #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #wateryear #DWRAtlas #statewide #CNRA #SGMA #publicdata #publicgood #usecase #crops #croplands #cropmapping #counties #countysurvey #CADWR #DWR #groundwater #irrigation #wateruse #watermanagement #federal #state #local #webmapping #agriculture #watersecurity #foodsecurity #watersupply
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Groundwater Level Forecasting In Response To Climate Change Scenarios In Southwestern Saskatchewan Using Wavelet Decomposition And Artificial Neural Networks
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsd.2025.101550 <-- shared paper
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#climatechange #machinelearning #artificialneuralnetworks #sustainablegroundwatermanagement #waveletdecomposition #water #hydrology #groundwater #extremeweather #drought #rainfall #precipitation #AI #forecast #waterresources #pumping #extraction #network #historicaldata #model #modeling #ANN #groundwaterlevel #forecasting #recharge #saskatchewan #canada #watermanagement #strategy #aquifer #GWLs #wells #modelresults #results #sustainability #climate -
California Prepares for Extreme Weather Swings as New Water Year Begins [October 1st 2025]
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https://water.ca.gov/News/News-Releases/2025/Sep-25/California-Prepares-for-Extreme-Weather-Swings-as-New-Water-Year-Begins <-- shared technical article
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#water #hydrology #waterresources #CaliforniaDepartmentOfWaterResources #change #extremeweather #watersecurity #watermanagement #California #SoCal #SouthernCalifornia #climate #drought #flood #flooding #atmosphericriver #precipitation #rainfall #planning #mitigation #policy #watershortage #wateryear #fall #winter #uncertainity #climateprediction #NOAA #LaNina #storms #risk #hazard #watershed #protection #wildfire #waterquality #atmosphere #risk #hazard #wet #dry
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Open Access article on water management in medieval Trondheim, Norway, by Elisabeth Forrestad Swensen, Roos M.R. van Oosten, & Axel Christophersen:
https://brill.com/view/journals/acar/92/2/article-p244_9.xml?ebody=pdf-130820#watermanagement #waterhistory #disease #urbaninfrastructure #publichealth #archaeology
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Atop The Oregon Cascades, [Research] Team Finds A Huge Buried Aquifer
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https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1069774 <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2415155122 <-- shared paper
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https://www.usgs.gov/centers/oregon-water-science-center/science/mckenzie-river-source-water-study <-- shared USGS technical article, 2011, ‘McKenzie River Source Water Study’
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https://youtu.be/6R8e5HwGMwU?si=sniW4bvvzzviTYie <-- shared media video overview
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #model #modeling #water #hydrology #Oregon #Cascades #CascadeMountains #PNW #PacificNorthwest #volcanic #rocks #aquifer #waterresources #watermanagement #climatechange #snowpack #drought #spatialanalysis #CriticalZone #geohazards #geology #engineeringgeology #landscapes #weathering #bedrock #holocene #groundwater #structuralgeology #orogeny #remotesensing #geophysics #sampling #drilling #porosity #permability #tomography #lava #spring #seep #breccia #discharge #streams #runoff #precipitation #climate #rainfall #recharge -
Australia’s Second Largest River is Drying Up – Here’s Why It Matters
Dams have taken half the water from the Murrumbidgee River, Australia’s second longest, and climate change is set to make things worse. The vast Lowbidgee Floodplain, the river's largest wetland, is drying up – a serious threat to the plants, animals, and people who depend on it. Understanding what’s happening here is crucial if we’re going to find solutions.. #SaveOurRivers #Murrumbidgee #watermanagement #WaterWise #DriestcontinentonEarth -
Performance And Accuracy Of Cross-Section Tracking Methods For Hydromorphological Habitat Assessment In Wadable Rivers With Sparse Canopy Conditions
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https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.4252 <-- shared research article
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #water #hydrology #streams #depth #bathymetry #RTK #GNSS #GPS #CPGPS #hydromorphological #hydromorphology #riverrestoration #monitoring #research #corrleation #metrics #turbidity #wadeable #canopy #vegetation #watermanagement #survey #efficient #lowcost #robust #methodology #comparasion #interpolation #SarineRiver #Fribourg #Switzerland #biodiversity #habitat #ecosystem #waterdepth #manual #treecanopy #tree #streamgaging #streamgauging #remotesensing #stream #topobathy -
#Eawag #Sandec's Vasco Schelbert teaching the concept of Integrated Water Resources Management (#IWRM) in the Urban Management Department of the @TUBerlin. MSc students from 10 countries are taking the class. #watermanagement #waterresearch #tuberlin #waterresources @Sandec_Eawag
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A New, Rigorous Assessment Of Remote Sensing Tool's Accuracy For Supporting Satellite-Based Water Management [NASA's OpenET]
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https://phys.org/news/2024-01-rigorous-remote-tool-accuracy-satellite.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-023-00181-7 <-- shared paper
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https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/openet-satellite-based-water-data-resource/ <-- NASA OpenET satellite-based water data home page
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https://youtu.be/uAapAAInDpQ?si=njJfqvrtZ1MWR3CQ <-- NASA OpenET overview video
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #water #waterresources #hydrology #watersecurity #OpenET #remotesensing #model #modeling #satellite #watermanagement #statistics #geostatistics #opendata #arid #sustainable #landsat #evapotranspiration #ET #corrleation #watermanagement #soil #plant #crops #cropland #agriculture #farming #wheat #corn #soy #rice #waterconservation #watersustainability #watersupply #NASA
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Arizona to end deal with Saudi farms sucking state water dry
#ArizonaWaterWars #SaudiFarms #GroundwaterDepletion #WaterSustainability #EnvironmentalConservation #WaterManagement #Politics #News
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RT EESC PRESS
🇪🇺 The EU has to fight #WaterPoverty!
We need to:
1⃣ manage #water in a sustainable way
2⃣ invest to reduce water losses
🚰 Water must remain a public good!
👉 @EESC_TEN proposals for a #EUBlueDeal https://europa.eu/!g8XhDX
#ReportingFromPlenary @ThomasKattnig #WaterManagement https://t.co/YhJ7ymH2od🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EESC_PRESS/status/1679794625928654848
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UK River Pollution Monitoring Is 50 Years Out Of Date
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2376520-uk-river-pollution-monitoring-is-50-years-out-of-date-say-researchers/ <-- shared technical article #1
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25734311-000-the-state-of-britains-rivers-slurry-silage-and-sewage/ <-- shared technical article #2
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“In Englands green & pleasant Land” ~ William Blake
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[The UK has a real problem with pollution from sewerage especially; (i) part of this is at the source(s), where it has been well documented that better regulations - and enforcement of those - and better processing systems are needed; (iii) another, as per this article, is making the investment in updating the systems to get a much better spatiotemporal / modeled sense of when it might be an issue…]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #water #waterquality #sewerage #pollution #water #hydrology #waterquality #watermanagement #waterconservation #regulations #monitoring #UK #unitedkingdom #britain #england #environmental #environment #impacts #conservation #wildlife #ecosystems #impacts #quality #river #stream #data #realtimemonitoring #realtime -
Water Availability Creates Global Thresholds In Multidimensional Soil Biodiversity And Functions
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-02071-3 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #water #mapping #water #hydrology #biogeography #phylogeography #geography #global #environmental #biodiversity #productivity #agricultural #agriculture #farming #plant #microbe #soilscience #soilhealth #soil #soilfertility #soilconservation #soilmanagement #ecosystems #EnvironmentalThresholds #survey #fieldsurvey #climate #vegetation #watermanagement #waterconservation #rainfall #precipitation #EV #evaporation #evapotranspiration #biogeochemical #geochemical #bacteria #fungi #protists #invertebrates #model #modeling #soilcarbonsequestration #wateravailability #sustainable -
Atmospheric Rivers FTW, now just need water management to survive and thrive
https://fox5sandiego.com/weather/ap-warming-to-make-california-downpours-even-wetter-study-says/
#AtmosphericRiver #California #watermanagement #aquifers #beavers #upzoning #urbanplanning #drainagebasin
