#watersupply — Public Fediverse posts

'Has anybody been consulted?' Business owners stunned by bill increase
By Jasmine Snow

Businesses have been hit with hefty bill increases by Tasmania's water provider, leaving some wondering if they can remain open.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-12/taswater-charges-increase-hits-customers/107144152

#CostofLiving #WaterSupply #WaterResources #JasmineSnow

Australian-first water recycling tech switched on in regional NSW
By Catherine James

A new water recycling plant in Central NSW can process '16 times' more efficiently than existing systems, its inventor says.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-12/nsw-regs-dubbo-wastewater/107134970

#WaterSaving #WaterSupply #RegionalDevelopmentandPlanning #EnvironmentalTechnology #CatherineJames

https://www.europesays.com/ch/129468/ Scientists call for better protection of Swiss groundwater #Article #BeatBestOfSRGContent #BeatClimateAdaptation #drought #Environment #GlobalWarming #LatestNews #ProductionTypeCuration #Swiss #Switzerland #WaterSupply

https://www.europesays.com/africa/419515/ Nairobi Water announces 26-hour supply interruption #AdequateWater #interruption #Kenya #KenyaNews #NairobiCityWater #NairobiCounty #SasumuaWaterTreatmentPlant #SasumuaKabetePipeline #star #StarNews #StarNewsKenya #StarNewspaper #StarNewspaperKenya #TheStar #TheStarKenya #TheStarNewspaper #WaterSupply

Watchdog's floodplain admission sparks call for immediate embargo
By Michael Condon and Cara Jeffery

Calls to halt floodplain harvesting are mounting after NSW's chief water regulator revealed uncertainty around enforcing the state's water laws.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-10/nsw-floodplain-harvesting-legal-concerns/107083438

#WaterResources #IrrigatedFarming #EnvironmentalPolicy #WaterSupply #MichaelCondon #CaraJeffery

Watchdog's floodplain admission sparks call for immediate embargo
By Michael Condon and Cara Jeffery

Calls to halt floodplain harvesting are mounting after NSW's chief water regulator revealed uncertainty around enforcing the state's water laws.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-10/nsw-floodplain-harvesting-legal-concerns/107083438

#WaterResources #IrrigatedFarming #EnvironmentalPolicy #WaterSupply #MichaelCondon #CaraJeffery

Watchdog's floodplain admission sparks call for immediate embargo
By Michael Condon and Cara Jeffery

Calls to halt floodplain harvesting are mounting after NSW's chief water regulator revealed uncertainty around enforcing the state's water laws.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-10/nsw-floodplain-harvesting-legal-concerns/107083438

#WaterResources #IrrigatedFarming #EnvironmentalPolicy #WaterSupply #MichaelCondon #CaraJeffery

Watchdog's floodplain admission sparks call for immediate embargo
By Michael Condon and Cara Jeffery

Calls to halt floodplain harvesting are mounting after NSW's chief water regulator revealed uncertainty around enforcing the state's water laws.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-10/nsw-floodplain-harvesting-legal-concerns/107083438

#WaterResources #IrrigatedFarming #EnvironmentalPolicy #WaterSupply #MichaelCondon #CaraJeffery

Watchdog's floodplain admission sparks call for immediate embargo
By Michael Condon and Cara Jeffery

Calls to halt floodplain harvesting are mounting after NSW's chief water regulator revealed uncertainty around enforcing the state's water laws.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-10/nsw-floodplain-harvesting-legal-concerns/107083438

#WaterResources #IrrigatedFarming #EnvironmentalPolicy #WaterSupply #MichaelCondon #CaraJeffery

300-plus homes stalled as SA Water battles 'severe constraints'
By George Yankovich

A major housing development in a fast-growing South Australian region has been put on hold due to what the housing minister has described as the state's "severely constrained" water system.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-06/kadina-housing-sa-water-connections/107091278

#HousingPolicy #Utilities #WaterSupply #GeorgeYankovich

Wagga's drinking water diluted after elevated PFAS levels detected
By Melinda Hayter

Riverina Water is diluting water from two of its Wagga Wagga bores due to elevated detections of so-called "forever chemicals", but the source of contamination is a mystery.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-24/riverina-water-dilution-regime-underway/107057064

#WaterSupply #WaterPollution #RegionalCommunities #EnvironmentalImpacts #EnvironmentalTechnology #EnvironmentalManagement #ChemicalControl #MelindaHayter

Fifth-generation farm at a standstill due to contamination
By Emily Smith

The future of Kate Tucker’s family farm looks as murky as its waterways, which face a raft of contamination issues, but poor environmental regulation has left her with few options.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-02/launceston-airport-sewage-farm-contamination-pollution-pfas/106914044

#WaterPollution #WaterResources #WaterSupply #LivestockFarming #AgriculturalandFarmingPractice #StateandTerritoryGovernment #LocalGovernment #EmilySmith

How to Keep Your Container Garden Thriving in Hot Summers https://www.allforgardening.com/1904269/how-to-keep-your-container-garden-thriving-in-hot-summers/ #AnnetteLepple #ClayPots #ContainerGardens #garden #GardenDesigner #moisture #WaterSupply

“Water failure now top threat to UK – where’s the institutional panic?”

by Skwawkbox with The Canary

@thecanaryuk
@uk_politics
@UKLabour

“After decades of under-investment by greedy private water companies, the failure of the UK’s water supply is now the top threat to the UK, alongside a new pandemic.”

https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2026/07/18/water-failure-threat-uk/

#Press #SocialMedia #UK #Water #WaterSupply #Privatisation #Risk #Threat #Pandemic #CorporateGreed #Nationalisation #PublicOwnership #Labour #Burnham #ThamesWater #NationalSecurity

Saturday, July 4, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/07/saturday-july-4-2026/

Upstream Hydrology And The Importance Of Snowmelt In Buffering Droughts In The Karnali Basin In Nepal
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https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2025.1720178 <-- shared paper
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https://nepalitimes.com/banner/a-karnali-portrait <-- shared media article
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https://youtu.be/ns7jytSwpng?si=rGm90l9FC_ahHum5 <-- shared video, Megh Ale, Nepal River Conservation Trust on the Karnali R.
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#water #hydrology #hydrography #surfacewater #catchment #waterresources #Nepal #Karnali #snowmelt #drought #SPHY #model #modeling #ERA5 #Himalya #river #basin #fluvial #pluvial #precipitation #rainfall #discharge #history #record #weather #climate #snow #climatechange #watersecurity #watersupply #conservation #planning #risk #hazard #rain #runoff #baseflow #waterbalance #evapotranspiration #ET #variability #spatiotemporal #change #time #streamflow #resilience

Growing Meltwater Reservoirs – Glacial Lakes Are Both A Resource And A Habitat Worthy Of Protection
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https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/headlines-and-featured-stories/detail/2026-01-28-growing-meltwater-reservoirs-glacial-lakes-are-both-a-resource-and-a-habitat-worthy-of-protection <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-025-00578-6 <-- shared paper
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https://github.com/geveh/LakeVolumes <-- shared GitHub ‘code base’
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#glaciallakes #GLOF #geomorphology #glaciers #hydrology #waterresources #glacier #melting #retreating #hydrogeomorphology #GIS #spatial #mapping #global #spatialanalysis #global #cryosphere #ice #water #hydrology #mountains #highaltitude #naturalresource #freshwater #reservoir #sediment #sedimentation #spatiotemporal #remotesensing #earthobservation #landcover #Arctic #coastal #meltwater #lake #longevity #watersecurity #risk #hazard #ecosystem #habitat #naturalhazard #planning #tourism #economy #usecase #watersupply #worldwide #population #demographics #glacial
@University of Potsdam | @University Of Leeds

Gov. Hobbs to negotiate for Arizona’s Colorado River water supply

The meeting on Friday in Washington, D.C., comes as negotiations drag on about how to divide up the water among seven states, including Arizona. DETAILS: #arizona #azfamily #arizonanews #coloradoriver #watersupply #news #govkatiehobbs #negotiations #washingtondc For more Local News from KPHO: For more YouTube Content:

https://fllics.com/en/video/gov-hobbs-to-negotiate-for-arizonas-colorado-river-water-supply/

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
#CaliforniaDepartmentOfWaterResources

A Fire Deficit Persists Across Diverse North American Forests Despite Recent Increases In Area Burned
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56333-8 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #fire #wildfire #bushfire #NorthAmerica #USA #Canada #management #planning #mitigation #climatechange #NAFSN #treering #firescar #forest #tree #vegetation #contemporary #model #severity #loss #cost #economics #ecosyastems #humanlife #infrastructure #risk #hazard #lossoflife #water #watersupply #waterresources

The Aral Sea Used To Be One Of The World’s Largest Inland Bodies Of Water, Now Its Disappearing
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https://www.fastcompany.com/91026729/the-aral-sea-used-to-be-one-of-the-worlds-largest-inland-bodies-of-water-now-its-disappearing <-- shared media article
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https://doi.org/10.3390/w13223196 <-- <-- shared paper, "Health Impact of Drying Aral Sea"
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #Aral #AralSea #climatechange #impacts #publichealth #watersecurity #degradation #economicimpacts #Uzbekistan #Kazakhstan #farming #agriculture #waterresources #SovietUnion #management #managementpractices #engineering #saline #salinity #watersupply #Russia #poorpractices #growth #urbanisation #habitat #loss #ecosystems #foodsecurity #desertification #environment #drikingwater #potable #landdevelopment #HEP #dams #urbanisation #populationgrowth #fishing #infrastructure

Colorado Bill Aims To Protect Wetlands, Streams After [The Supreme Court] Sackett Decision
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https://www.denverpost.com/2024/03/21/colorado-legislature-wetlands-streams-protection-supreme-court/ <-- shared media article
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https://cnhp.colostate.edu/cwic/ <-- Colorado Wetland Information Center
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #change #wetlands #hydrology #water #Colorado #regulations #protection #statelaw #waterresources #watersupply #ecosystems #watersecurity #waterways #pollution #drainage #reclaimation #climatechange #drought #risk #hazard #permitting #cleanwateract #housing #development #environment #naturalsystems #seasonalstreams #climate #floodmitigation #flooding #habitat #wildfire