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• A 621 gigawatt global pipeline answers how much pumped hydro storage is being built worldwide, with 243 gigawatts already under construction3 minute read. 5 sources.
• The EU PFAS drinking water limit that took effect January 12, 2026, caps total forever chemicals at 500 nanograms per liter and a group of 20 named chemicals at 100 nanograms per liter3 minute read. 5 sources.
• EPA proposes dropping the PFAS drinking water rule for 4 chemicals, and delaying it to 2031 for the other 23 minute read. 5 sources.
• Bhutan hydropower project construction start date slips from 2026 to November 20273 minute read. 5 sources.
• Which states are running out of groundwater, a new ranking names 12 and the government confirms 8 down 16.5 feet on average3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Texas will have 19% less groundwater by 2080, the water plan the state just adopted finds3 minute read. 5 sources.
• How much water will data centers use in Texas by 2040, a University of Texas study finds up to 9%, up from under 1% today3 minute read. 5 sources.
• A proposed Gulf desalination plant for South Padre Island would cost 1 billion dollars, 7.9 times the cost of the seawater plant the region already recommends3 minute read. 5 sources.
• What is the EPA water reuse plan, 200 partners now work on 76 actions after growing from 86 partners and 37 actions in 20203 minute read. 5 sources.
• How much water do data centers use, 17.4 billion gallons direct in 2023 and an 11 fold jump forecast for artificial intelligence by 20283 minute read. 5 sources.
• The Corpus Christi desalination plant vote rejected a 78,600,000 dollar design contract for the second September in a row, 5 to 33 minute read. 5 sources.
• How much of Saudi Arabia water is desalinated, 60% in cities and 16,000,000 cubic meters a day nationwide3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Rainwater harvesting rebates by state run from 1,999 dollars in Arizona to nothing in Colorado3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Rainwater harvesting system cost by tank size, 979.99 to 19,700 dollars, and underground priced 2.0 to 3.3 dollars a gallon against 0.9 to 2.0 above ground3 minute read. 5 sources.
• How much drinking water comes from desalination, by country, ranges from 90% in Kuwait to a projected 35% in Singapore by 20603 minute read. 5 sources.
• The wave energy testing site on the Oregon coast near Newport is built to power homes but has not generated electricity yet3 minute read. 5 sources.
• The Department of Energy spends 5.5 million dollars on 11 national laboratory projects meant to answer why it takes so long to relicense a hydropower dam3 minute read. 5 sources.
• A combined desalination and hydropower system for coastal cities could pay for itself 16% faster than building the 2 apart3 minute read. 5 sources.
• An underwater desalination plant off Norway cuts the energy cost of making drinking water by 40 to 50%3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Rainwater harvesting is not illegal in Colorado or Utah, but both states cap how much rain you can collect3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Water scarcity in the Middle East is being answered by building desalination plants, not by finding more fresh water3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Lake Powell water level today sits 32 feet above the elevation where Glen Canyon Dam would stop making electricity3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Lake Mead water level fell 7.33 feet and Hoover Dam power capacity fell from 1,275.3 megawatts to 337.0 megawatts3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Desalination now supplies most of the drinking water in Israel3 minute read. 5 sources.
• A rainwater harvesting system cost of 31,000 dollars needs more than 3,800 refills to pay for itself in water savings3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Groundwater levels can recover, a global study of 1,693 aquifers finds3 minute read. 5 sources.
• How many people in the world do not have enough water depends on how the question is asked3 minute read. 5 sources.
• More than a third of the aquifers studied worldwide are running out of water3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Economic water scarcity and physical water scarcity are 2 different failures with the same name3 minute read. 5 sources.
• How much it costs to build a desalination plant depends on which page of one state report you read3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Columbia river basin groundwater levels are dropping across eastern Washington, and 1 funded program is already pumping less3 minute read. 5 sources.
• How much of California water comes from groundwater during a drought now drives a 2040 deadline under state law3 minute read. 5 sources.
• California places 2 groundwater basins under a new probationary status, and pumpers now owe a fee3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Arizona is not buying desalinated water from Mexico, 6 years after a study called it feasible3 minute read. 5 sources.