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Newswise: Bitcoin mining has “very worrying” impacts on land and water, not only carbon, UN-led study reveals

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Newswise: Bitcoin mining has “very worrying” impacts on land and water, not only carbon, UN-led study reveals. “As bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have grown in market share, they’ve been criticized for their heavy carbon footprint: Cryptocurrency mining is an energy-intensive endeavor. Mining has massive water and land footprints as well, according to a new study that is the first to detail country-by-country environmental impacts of bitcoin mining.”

California Institute for Water Resources: Database of Demand Management Actions Under SGMA Goes Live

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California Institute for Water Resources: Database of Demand Management Actions Under SGMA Goes Live. “Demand management – policies that alter the incentives of water users in ways that encourage conservation – will be necessary to achieve groundwater sustainability under California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). … We record and explain the demand management proposals made in the state’s 118 submitted [Groundwater Sustainability Plans] and make these data publicly available in a new online platform called the SGMA Demand Management Action Database.”

USGS: New Online Maps for Exploring Groundwater Levels in Arizona

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USGS: New Online Maps for Exploring Groundwater Levels in Arizona. “New interactive maps that can address different questions about groundwater availability in Arizona were released today by the U.S. Geological Survey. Called the Arizona Groundwater Explorer, or AGEx, the maps provide water managers, decision-makers, and the public, information on historical, current, and change in groundwater levels in Arizona to help sustainably manage this shared resource.”

National Geographic: National Geographic Society and Utrecht University Launch World Water Map

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National Geographic: National Geographic Society and Utrecht University Launch World Water Map . “The Map provides an interactive view of the sectors of water use; how much water people consume for agricultural, industrial, and household use; and what’s left for nature. The Map, which builds on hydrological models made by Utrecht University, consists of over 40 years of historical data and will be updated periodically to monitor changes in water availability and demand.”

Global Dam Tracker: A database of more than 35,000 dams with location, catchment, and attribute information (Data Descriptor)

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Data Descriptor: Global Dam Tracker: A database of more than 35,000 dams with location, catchment, and attribute information . “We present one of the most comprehensive geo-referenced global dam databases to date. The Global Dam Tracker (GDAT) contains 35,000 dams with cross-validated geo-coordinates, satellite-derived catchment areas, and detailed attribute information.”

Route Fifty: Machine Learning Maps Location of Lead Pipes

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Route Fifty: Machine Learning Maps Location of Lead Pipes. “Water utility managers will soon have access to an interactive, open-source map that uses machine learning to predict the location of a community’s lead pipes. The LeadOut map will show the location of lead service lines and the progress made to remove and replace them, said Eric Schwartz, a co-founder of BlueConduit, the water analytics company developing the map.”

Scientific Data: Caravan – A global community dataset for large-sample hydrology

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Scientific Data: Caravan – A global community dataset for large-sample hydrology . “This paper introduces a dataset called Caravan (a series of CAMELS [Catchment Attributes and Meteorology for Large-sample Studies]) that standardizes and aggregates seven existing large-sample hydrology datasets. Caravan includes meteorological forcing data, streamflow data, and static catchment attributes (e.g., geophysical, sociological, climatological) for 6830 catchments. Most importantly, Caravan is both a dataset and open-source software that allows members of the hydrology community to extend the dataset to new locations by extracting forcing data and catchment attributes in the cloud.”

Associated Press: Oregon city drops fight to keep Google water use private

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Associated Press: Oregon city drops fight to keep Google water use private . “Residents of The Dalles, Oregon, are learning how much of their water Google’s data centers have been using to cool the computers inside the cavernous buildings — information that previously was deemed a trade secret.”

From Physical Maps to Online Lookups: DHS S&T and NOAA Transition Harmonized Waterway Database to Coast Guard (Homeland Security Today)

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Homeland Security Today: From Physical Maps to Online Lookups: DHS S&T and NOAA Transition Harmonized Waterway Database to Coast Guard. “The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is delivering a harmonized geospatial dataset of national waterways to all federal agencies that comprise the U.S. Committee on the Marine Transportation System (CMTS)…. The Coast Guard will host and maintain this geospatial dataset and make this information available online, at no cost to the public.”

USGS: New USGS diagram re-envisions how Earth’s most precious commodity cycles the planet

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USGS: New USGS diagram re-envisions how Earth’s most precious commodity cycles the planet. “Starting today, educators around the nation will have a more accurate and more comprehensive tool to explain the Earth’s water cycle with the unveiling of the new U.S. Geological Survey water cycle diagram.”

California Department of Water Resources: DWR Launches New Web-Based Mapping Tool Showing Nearly 3,000 Groundwater Sustainability Projects

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California Department of Water Resources: DWR Launches New Web-Based Mapping Tool Showing Nearly 3,000 Groundwater Sustainability Projects. “The California Groundwater Projects Tool is an interactive mapping tool that allows users to explore a database of nearly 3,000 projects initiated in California over the last decade to protect groundwater resources.”

Phys .org: Algorithm finds that thousands of artificial levees are missing from US database

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Phys .org: Algorithm finds that thousands of artificial levees are missing from US database. “To better understand how artificial levees affect modern rivers in the United States, it is important to have a reliable, updated database of levee locations. However, the existing National Levee Database developed in 2006 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers fails to capture many of the nation’s smaller structures. In a new study, Knox et al used machine learning to detect the artificial levees that are missing from the database.”

University of Massachusetts Amherst: Geoscientist Awarded $2.1m Grant To Create Global Open-source Software System For Tracking Water And Sediment In Earth’s Rivers Using NASA Satellite Data

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University of Massachusetts Amherst: Geoscientist Awarded $2.1m Grant To Create Global Open-source Software System For Tracking Water And Sediment In Earth’s Rivers Using NASA Satellite Data. “University of Massachusetts geoscientist and engineer Colin Gleason has received a $2.1 NASA million grant to work with computer science colleagues at UMass Amherst and the Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., to create a cloud-based software system providing unprecedented public access to satellite data on Earth’s water quantity and quality.”

State of Minnesota: State rolls out dashboard showing PFAS monitoring results for drinking water

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State of Minnesota: State rolls out dashboard showing PFAS monitoring results for drinking water . “Minnesota residents who get their drinking water from a community public water system will now be able to find out if their system’s water has any level of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), through an interactive online dashboard unveiled today by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH).”

California Department of Water Resources: State Federal Water Managers Prepare for Dry Summer Conditions

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California Department of Water Resources: State Federal Water Managers Prepare for Dry Summer Conditions. “Californians can now access current water conditions in real time at California Water Watch, a new website launched by DWR. This website will help Californians see their local hydrological conditions, forecasts, and water conditions down to their address or their local watershed.”