Data center cooling uses a lot of water, but the industry is beginning to use water more sustainably through various actions. Data center cooling takes a lot of water, which is problematic, especially when areas where data centers are located experience water scarcity issues. Some companies are taking steps to improve their water stewardship and […]
Editor’s Note: The following interview comes from the Water Footprint Network’s January 2019 newsletter. The field of Water Footprint Assessment has been evolving over the past 16 years. In this interview, we reflect on the past impact and future challenges of this great and growing field. Water Footprinting is a Growing Field In this interview, […]
Imagine a day without tap water. Can you do it? Imagine a day without tap water. Can you do it? And while we’re at it, do you know where your tap water comes from? We’re not talking about the bottled water you pay way too much money for in the store. When you turn on […]
Your diet makes up the vast majority of your water footprint. Here are nine ways to make your diet more water-friendly and reduce your water footprint. Your Diet and the Water in Your Food The connection between your diet, food and water is an obvious one. If you grew a lima bean in third grade […]
California Cities and Farms Can Share Water to Manage Allocations A recent report by Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) details how water partnerships between southern California cities and farmers in the San Joaquin Valley could stabilize conditions for farmers, help cities during droughts and align with Governor Newsom’s Water Resilience Portfolio. Water is so […]
Aquifer recharge – storing surface water in aquifers for later use – may become a key strategy for managing increasingly scarce water resources during dry years. Communities in California and Arizona have been doing it for decades. Aquifer recharge – storing water in aquifers for later use during dry years – has been used for […]
Snowpacks in the Western US are trending smaller because of climate change, and the dwindling runoff that supplies meltwater to the Colorado River is a sign that western water supplies are threatened. Snowpack, Snow Drought and the Western US Snowpacks in the United States are a critical water reserve, but climate change induced hot spots […]
Many shifts are apparent as climate change grips the Earth, from higher average temperatures, to rising sea levels to reduced snowpack, but one water resource-related impact that has been less understood is groundwater. Harnessing new readings and data models, a recent study was published in Nature Climate Change, which found that in many places around […]
Stephen Leahy is an award-winning environmental journalist who’s taken a particular interest in what he calls the “hidden world of virtual water” that surrounds us. Stephen Leahy wrote Your Water Footprint: The Shocking Facts About How Much Water We Use To Make Everyday Products, to illustrate the somewhat mysterious concept of virtual water using graphics and […]
