Hacker News with Generative AI: Water Resources

'Water Is the New Oil' as Texas Cities Square Off over Aquifers (insideclimatenews.org)
In Central Texas, a bitter fight over a $1 billion water project offers a preview of the future for much of the state as decades of rapid growth push past the local limits of its most vital natural resource.
Water Resources, Texas, Climate Change, Infrastructure
15 points by littlexsparkee 3 days ago | 11 comments
US rejects Colorado River water request from Mexico in first since 1944 (thehill.com)
The Trump administration has denied a special request from Mexico for the delivery of Colorado River water to the city of Tijuana — marking the first such denial in 81 years.
Politics, International Relations, Water Resources, Mexico, United States
22 points by impish9208 10 days ago | 3 comments
Feds ask Colorado River official to resign, leaving another leadership gap (coloradosun.com)
Anne Castle expected to be asked to leave her position representing the federal government in Colorado River policy planning. She just didn’t know how long it would take to be shown the door.
Politics, Water Resources, Colorado, Government
5 points by mooreds 51 days ago | 0 comments
2.2B gallons of water flowed out of California reservoirs because of Trump (cnn.com)
Politics, California, Water Resources, Climate Change
14 points by nico 58 days ago | 4 comments
Saltwater to Widely Taint Coastal Groundwater by 2100 (nasa.gov)
Seawater will infiltrate underground freshwater supplies in about three of every four coastal areas around the world by the year 2100, according to a recent study led by researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
Climate Change, Water Resources, Environmental Science, Coastal Areas
37 points by geox 94 days ago | 1 comments
Quantification of record-breaking subsidence in California's San Joaquin Valley (nature.com)
In California’s San Joaquin Valley, groundwater overdraft has caused dramatic and continued land subsidence during two main periods, 1925–1970 (“the historic period”) and post-2006.
Environmental Science, Geology, California, Water Resources
5 points by Stratoscope 129 days ago | 1 comments
Where Glaciers Melt, the Rivers Run Red (nytimes.com)
As the glaciers of South America retreat, the supply of freshwater is dwindling and its quality is getting worse.
Climate Change, Water Resources, South America
79 points by Petiver 131 days ago | 84 comments
-8% GDP by 2050 due to world water crisis; >50% of food production at risk (eurekalert.org)
Climate Change, Water Resources, Food Security, Economics
7 points by gnabgib 163 days ago | 0 comments
Global water crisis leaves half of world food production at risk in next 25 (theguardian.com)
More than half the world’s food production will be at risk of failure within the next 25 years as a rapidly accelerating water crisis grips the planet, unless urgent action is taken to conserve water resources and end the destruction of the ecosystems on which our fresh water depends, experts have warned in a landmark review.
Climate Change, Water Resources, Food Security, Environmentalism
13 points by zhengiszen 166 days ago | 4 comments
Why isn't Colorado's snowpack ending up in the Colorado River? (phys.org)
Climate Change, Water Resources, Colorado River, Snowpack
90 points by wglb 228 days ago | 67 comments
Water treaty between Mexico and U.S. faces biggest test in 80 years (npr.org)
International Relations, Water Resources, Mexico, United States, Treaties
7 points by pseudolus 230 days ago | 1 comments
What happens to US food production if the groundwater runs out altogether? (nytimes.com)
Agriculture, Water Resources, Climate Change, Food Security, United States
7 points by eigenhombre 241 days ago | 1 comments
The depletion of the Ogallala Aquifer in Western Kansas (kansasreflector.com)
Environmental Issues, Water Resources, Agriculture, Kansas
81 points by speckx 277 days ago | 70 comments
East Coast has a giant offshore freshwater aquifer (arstechnica.com)
Freshwater, Aquifers, East Coast, Geology, Water Resources
37 points by PaulHoule 308 days ago | 24 comments