#watersupply — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #watersupply, aggregated by home.social.
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Fifth-generation farm at a standstill due to contamination
By Emily SmithThe 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.
#WaterPollution #WaterResources #WaterSupply #LivestockFarming #AgriculturalandFarmingPractice #StateandTerritoryGovernment #LocalGovernment #EmilySmith
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U.S. investigating if Iran was behind cyberattack on Minnesota water systems
Malicious cyber activity affected technology at more than 30 community water systems across Minnesota this week, forcing some…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #communitywatersystems #Criticalinfrastructure #drinkingwater #drinkingwatertreatment #Iran #manualoperations #Minnesota #operationaltechnology #waterandwastewater #watersupply #watersystem #waterutilities
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#Kansas town is getting an underground #nuclear reactor [whether they like it or not!]
Story by Jessie Williams, July 29, 2026
"A pilot project to bury a #NuclearReactor one mile underneath a town in Kansas has split the opinion of local residents, with some fearing the #EnvironmentalImpacts while others hope it will create economic opportunities.
"The so-called #GravityReactor is being proposed by #DeepFission, a California-based start-up from a father-daughter duo, #LizMuller and #RichardMuller, emeritus professor of physics at University of California, and an inventor.
"It will be the first time a commercial nuclear reactor operates underground.
"The startup has raised around $150 million in the past year, with $40 million of that going to fund the work in #ParsonsKS, a rural town in Kansas with a population of 9,600.
"So far Deep Fission has drilled one test hole with a second due to be completed this year, and a full-scale prototype canister intended to test installation procedures.
"Their plan is to send the canister loaded with nuclear fuel into a third hole to heat water a mile underground and generate electricity on the surface in 2027 or 2028.
"But some people in Parsons are worried about the short time frame by industry standards and the impact on the #environment and their #WaterSupply.
"Each reactor would generate 15 megawatts of electricity from inside a 30-inch borehole, enough to power 12,000 homes. But Muller wants 100 or more reactors, providing more than a gigawatt – which would be enough for a #datacentre.
"The design relies on established pressurised water reactor technology, but with the reactor one mile underground, Deep Fission says it could remove some of the most expensive parts of conventional #NuclearPlants, as rock and water pressure could replace some costly #safety structures, such as #cooling and #containment.
"Nuclear only generates about a fifth of US electricity, but the Trump administration is seeking to kickstart a '#NuclearRenaissance,' aiming to quadruple America’s nuclear-power generation by 2050. It comes amid skyrocketing demand for electricity, mainly driven by data centres for AI."
#NoNukesForAI #AISucks #TrumpSucks #USPol #AIDatacenters #Datacenters #NoNukes #NoNewNukes #WaterIsLife #NuclearPowerPlant #SafetyStandards #EnvironmentalCosts
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Saturday, July 4, 2026
Russia's mass missile attacks on Ukraine "must continue," Putin says . . . . . Ukraine strikes Russia's Saky air base in occupied Crimea for second time in a week . . . . . SBU strikes Russia's Saky air base in occupied Crimea for second time in a week . . . . . Terror is their only argument; Russia's attacks on Ukraine continue, 2 children killed, 10 others injured . . . and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/07/saturday-july-4-2026/
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‘On A Whole Other Level’ - Rapid Snow Melt-Off In American West Stuns Scientists
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Experts say brutal March heat has left critical snowpack at record-low levels – and key basins in uncharted territory
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/01/snowmelt-american-west <-- shared media/technical article
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https://www.nifc.gov/nicc-files/predictive/outlooks/monthly_seasonal_outlook.pdf <-- shared National Significant Wildland Fire Potential @ 04/01/26 (for the next four months)
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[ extreme lack of snowfall already in the ‘25/’26 US West winter to begin with, and now this… ☹ ]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #weather #metrology #climatechange #extremeweather #snowpack #USWest #USA #winter #heat #melting #snowmelt #risk #hazard #water #hydrology #waterresources #watersecurity #agriculture #wildfire #risk #hazard #firerisk #watersupply #watershed #management #planning #Colorado #Utah #California #earthobservation
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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
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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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Colorado River Basin Has Lost As Much Water As A Full Lake Mead Since 2003, Study Says
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https://www.kjzz.org/science/2025-05-30/colorado-river-basin-has-lost-as-much-water-as-a-full-lake-mead-since-2003-study-says <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL115593 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #CRB #ColoradoRiver #ColoradoRiverbasin #Reservoir #lakeMead #lakePOwell #watersupply #waterstorage #drought #climatechange #groundwater #mining #depletion #remotesensing #NASA #GRACE #GRACEFO #satellite #water #hydrology #population #usecase #farming #irrigation #agriculture #watersecurity #foodsecurity #usage #model #modeling #landsurface #sustainability #sustainable #extraction #aridification -
[Public Lands] National Forests Deliver Almost Half Of The West's Drinking Water Supply, [USFS] Report Shows
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https://www.kunm.org/news/2022-10-07/national-forests-deliver-almost-half-of-the-wests-drinking-water-supply-report-shows <-- shared media article
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https://www.fs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/fs_media/fs_document/GTR-WO-100.pdf <-- shared USFS publication
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#water #watersupply #hydrology #publicwatersupply #PWS #USWest #publiclands #waterresources #forests #grasslands #nationalforests #nationalgrasslands #MountainWest #surfacewater #waterquality #community #watersecurity #urban #industrial #residential #drinkingwater #planning #management #watershed #GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #model #modeling #interbasintransfers #NationalForestSystem #WaSSI #population #USA #US #publiclands
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Landsat At Work – Satellites Help With Complex Crop And Water Issues
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https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eros/news/landsat-work-satellites-help-complex-crop-and-water-issues <-- shared USGS technical article
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https://www.usgs.gov/landsat-missions/landsat-data-access <-- shared open data USGS landsat datasets
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #landsat #remotesensing #earthobservation #satellite #agriculture #usecase #irrigation #orchards #California #landsurface #groundwater #pumping #efficiency #watereresources #fedscience #watersupply #monitoring #planning #management #sustainable #sustainability #LandIQ #well #model #modeling #watersecurity #food #foodsecurity #crops
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Over A Third Of Groundwater In USA Public-Supply Aquifers Is Anthropocene[sic]-Age And Susceptible To Surface Contamination
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00473-y <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #surface #contamination #USA #waterquality #waterresources #groundwater #publicsupply #Anthropocene #potable #waterwell #municipal #watersupply #residential #age #aquifers #regional #landsurface #contamination #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #holocene #publicsafety #pumping #sustainability -
Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza are denied control of the aquifers under their feet, and must instead buy the water back in limited quantities from the Israeli national water company, Mekorot, via Israel's auxiliary: the Ramallah-based so-called "Palestinian Authority" #PA.
• While Israelis have access to an average of 300 liters of water per day,
• Palestinians in the West Bank enjoy only 80 liters — 20 liters less than the World Health Organization’s recommended daily quantity.
• For Palestinians in Gaza, it is currently as low as 3 liters."Long neglected by the Jerusalem Municipality, Kufr ‘Aqab residents now receive only a few hours of water a week — and the authorities refuse to help": https://www.972mag.com/kufr-aqab-jerusalem-water-crisis/
#occupation #community #water #Jerusalem #israelApartheid #Palestine #israelPalestine #JewishState #JewishSupremacy #nationalism #zionism #WestBank #OPT #OneState #colorLine #ethnicCleansing #waterShortage
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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 -
What Is Climate Change? A Really Simple Guide
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24021772 <-- shared media article
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #tutorial #learning #climatechange #emissions #affects #effects #extremeweather #sealevel #sealevelrise #SLR #coast #coastal #climate #humanimpacts #warming #globalwarming #population #greenhousegasemissions #fossilfuels #CO2 #atmosphere #industrialrevolution #temperature #environment #heatwaves #droughts #floods #flooding #death #oceancurrents #watersecurity #watersupply #foodsecurity #economicimpact #damage #economic #model #modeling #biodiversity #ecosystems #environment