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AI Data Centers in Parched American West Need 7B Gallons of Water Annually
May 20th, 2026
Via Quartz, a look at how new data center facilities across Arizona, Nevada, and Utah are demanding millions of gallons daily in a region where snowpack hit record lows and reservoirs are also low: Water use from data center cooling in the Phoenix area alone is on track to increase by 870%, from 385 million […]
Read more »International Court Backs Pakistan’s Position on Indus Waters Treaty
May 20th, 2026
Via Nikkei Asia, a report on latest developments around the Indus Waters Treaty where India continues to reject arbitration, leaving New Delhi-Islamabad ties frozen: An international court has upheld Pakistan’s plea against India’s pondage at two hydroelectric projects in the New Delhi-administered Kashmir region, reinforcing Islamabad’s position on the Indus Waters Treaty, a water-sharing agreement […]
Read more »As the West Dries Out, a New Generation of Dams Rise
May 16th, 2026
Via Bloomberg, a look at how the cities of Colorado’s Front Range are counting on new dams to support their booming population in a deepening megadrought: The Chimney Hollow Dam looks ancient in its simplicity, like a Neolithic mound. The largest dam built in the US in a quarter century, it is not a monumental […]
Read more »On Euphrates, Global Warming Beginning To Mirror Bible’s ‘End of World’ Scenario
May 16th, 2026
Via The Cool Down, a look at the dire condition of the Euphrates River: The Euphrates River, a waterway closely tied to both early civilizations and biblical history, is shrinking rapidly as rising global temperatures, prolonged drought, and heavy water use increasingly strain freshwater supplies in the Middle East. That has renewed interest in a […]
Read more »Why the Colorado River is Once Again Facing a Water Crisis
May 10th, 2026
Via Washington Post, a report on a stopgap proposal from Arizona, California and Nevada which is unlikely to break the stalemate in negotiations over the future of the river: The situation on the Colorado River has rarely been more dire than in this moment. The snowpacks that feed the river are the smallest on record. […]
Read more »Corpus Christi’s Drought Emergency: “There Is No Manual”
May 8th, 2026
Via Invisible Waters, a look at Corpus Christi’s drought crisis: “We have no precedent to follow. There’s no manual, there’s no video,” Corpus Christi City Manager Peter Zanoni told the City Council…” October 8, 2021 – October 11, 2025 (NASA Earth Observatory) Over the past few weeks, I’ve been watching the news out of Corpus […]
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