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From my blog:

San Diego regional water news roundup: Feb. 13, 2026
https://groksurf.com/2026/02/13/san-diego-regional-water-news-roundup-feb-13-2026/

George J Janczyn boosted:

Western U.S. snowpack is worth trillions of dollars

The Colorado River, which supplies drinking water to tens of millions of people and irrigates vast croplands, is primarily driven by snowmelt. The river generated an estimated $1.4 trillion in annual economic activity, according to a 2014 report commissioned by Protect the Flows, a business coalition, and conducted by Arizona State University. Adjusted only for inflation—not the region’s growth—that figure was equivalent to about $1.9 trillion in 2025, underscoring the high stakes of the ongoing, contentious negotiations over how to manage the Colorado River.

#Snowpack #water #value #ColoradoRiver

https://waterdesk.org/2026/02/western-u-s-snowpack-is-worth-trillions-of-dollars/?mc_cid=de164a8266&mc_eid=09d267fb36

From my blog:

San Diego regional water news roundup: Feb. 6, 2026
https://groksurf.com/2026/02/06/san-diego-regional-water-news-roundup-feb-6-2026/

Trouble on the Elwha: Trump’s Budget Cuts Undermine Iconic Salmon Restoration Project
https://therevelator.org/elwha-trump-salmon/

"A staffing exodus at Olympic National Park has put salmon recovery efforts in jeopardy."

#environment #salmon #water

Trump’s water ambitions have a staffing problem
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2026/02/03/trumps-water-ambitions-have-a-staffing-problem-00763705

"[Bureau of] Reclamation’s California staffing is down roughly 40 percent over the past year..."

#westwater #cawater

Dismissive logic drives Western water policy
https://www.fhtimes.com/stories/dismissive-logic-drives-western-water-policy,658075

#westwater #coloradoriver

On the heat capacity of water:
https://rootprivileges.net/2025/12/26/heat-capacity/

Colorado River Insights, 2025: Dancing with Deadpool
https://www.colorado.edu/center/gwc/2025/12/03/colorado-river-insights-2025-dancing-deadpool

#westwater #water #coloradoriver

California strongly objects to Trump’s plan to pump more Delta water south
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-12-03/california-opposes-trump-water-pumping-plan

#westwater #californiadelta #water #californiawater

Icymi:

‘The Precedent Is Flint’: How Oregon’s Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis

#datacenters #groundwaterpollution #environment #waterpollution

The big data center buildup
https://www.hcn.org/articles/the-big-data-center-buildup/

"But even if only a fraction of the current proposals succeed, they will transform the West’s power grid, its landscapes and its economies..."

"But before it goes about changing the world, maybe AI ought to start with itself and figure out how to do its thing without using so much energy and water."

#datacenters #water #energy

George J Janczyn boosted:

California Surface Water Costs Triple During Drought

Drought in California pushes the price of water from rivers, lakes and reservoirs up by $487 per acre-foot, more than triple the cost during an average wet year.

#drought #water #California

https://www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news/california-surface-water-costs-triple-during-drought

If only we could do this with water:

"Australia will offer households three hours of free solar power a day, no panels needed"
https://www.techspot.com/news/110128-regulators-have-promised-australian-residents-three-hours-free.html

Melanie Winter, who fought for embracing nature along the Los Angeles River, dies
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-10-23/obit-melanie-winter-los-angeles-river-advocate

"A new report from the Planetary Boundaries Science Lab at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) reveals that 7 of the 9 critical Earth system boundaries have now been breached"
https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/seven-of-nine-planetary-boundaries-now-breached-2013-ocean-acidification-joins-the-danger-zone

#water #OceanAcidification

“Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.” — W.H. Auden

"There’s no safe haven for public water providers here."

Prop 218’s Ongoing Impacts on California Water
https://www.ppic.org/blog/prop-218s-ongoing-impacts-on-california-water

#cawater #watermanagement #waterlaw