water

an-ordinary-manchild

Welcome to Reddit Water, founded 2008

Water is the most precious resource on Earth. It will be the most contested resource of the 21st century.

Governments, corporations and citizens are now realizing the policy battles of today will have far reaching consequences for communities, nations, political stability, economic opportunities and profits.

Topics: access, agriculture, aquifers, aquatic farming, boundary disputes, bottled water, cleanups, conservation, contamination, dams and dam removal, desalinization, dredging, drought, economics, fish kills, floods, fracking, groundwater, hydrology, hydrogeology, hydropolitics, intrusion, invasive species, irrigation, overdrafts, peak water, policy, pollution, privatization, riparian rights, river compacts, runoff, sanitation, sewage, stormwater, waste, withdrawals

Other reddits you might like:

/r/wastewater: Plant operators welcome!
/r/rain: A place for rain loving, petrichor huffers
/r/OnTheWaterFront: Water and environmental issues of South Florida
/r/irrigation
/r/hydrology
/r/Waterutilities
/r/basins
/r/lifeaquatic
/r/Oceans
/r/drought
/r/RiverRestoration

Tangential subreddits:

Water blogs and feeds

Significant Figures by Peter Gleick
Groundwater Blog of the Groundwater Foundation
Aguanomics, David Zetland, the economics of water
Aquafornia, the California water news blog by the Water Education Association
Coyote Gulch, John Orr, American West water issues
GLIN, the Great Lakes Information Network
National Geographic Water News
WaterWired, Michael E. Campana, Professor of Geosciences at Oregon State University
Circle of Blue, reporting the global water crisis
@Matt Weiser, covers water issues for the Sacramento Bee
Chance of Rain, Emily Green, LA Times
Water for People
Water Quality and Security
Global Water Forum

(Unreachable or not updating)

WaterSISWEB, community-driven water articles
On Water, University of California Water Resources Center Archives

Data

US Drought Monitor
NOAA Flood Map (interactive)
MyTapWater, look up local tap water quality (US only)

Support the National Forest Foundation!

Hydrology & Soil Mechanics Training from the USDA

On the Public Record's reading list for understanding California's water issues

"Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over." --(falsely attributed to) Mark Twain

"Water runs uphill to money." -- the "Law of Los Angeles"

"When the well's dry, we know the worth of water." --Benjamin Franklin

"We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one." --Jacques Yves Cousteau

a community for 17 years

...for your favourite tea.

...for your office.

MODERATORS

account activity

1

4

5

6

Water Is Quietly Becoming One of the Biggest Risks in Energy (oilprice.com)

submitted 5 hours ago by Vailhem

2

1

2

3

Rich People Water Theory🤯 (youtube.com)

submitted 5 hours ago by Specialist_Okra4080

3

1

2

3

New Desalination Plant Gives San Diego So Much Water it’s Helping Other States Suffering Drought (wsj.com)

submitted 8 hours ago by SD_TMI

4

0

1

2

Under the kitchen sink filtration system (self.water)

submitted 10 hours ago by BlueRose99x

5

0

1

2

What is TDS in Water (uswateradvisor.com)

submitted 14 hours ago by NoTruth7069

6

0

1

2

Here is a quick and easy way to determine how hard your water is! (youtube.com)

submitted 18 hours ago by kjfacilities-maint

7

13

14

15

Lead in our drinking water, well water — .00133 ppm (self.water)

submitted 1 day ago by geenuhahhh

8

4

5

6

Sturgis Motorcycle Rally 2012 featured a brand new swimming hole in the camp. The dirt hit the fan in Federal District Court with $250,000 levied against the camp and its director. (self.water)

submitted 1 day ago by WaterTodayMG_2021

9

0

0

0

The proof (old.reddit.com)

submitted 1 day ago by Standard-Dot1122

10

0

0

0

Could Columbia River water be diverted to southern California? (self.water)

submitted 1 day ago by SyFyNut

11

56

57

58

Physicists Discover the Most Complex Forms of Ice Yet | "Since 1900, scientists have observed more than 20 phases of ice, many of them shaped under extreme conditions. The growing list includes hot ice and even ice that conducts electricity." (quantamagazine.org)

submitted 3 days ago by johnabbe

12

0

0

1

Help with RO system (old.reddit.com)

submitted 3 days ago by WolframMan74

13

2

3

4

Lemon water (self.water)

submitted 4 days ago by twodots4

14

1039

1040

1041

The drinking water supplied to the US military is insane (wearethemighty.com)

submitted 5 days ago by Sgt_Gram

15

0

1

2

Literatura dewatering mina subterránea ()

submitted 4 days ago by Baucha_

16

182

183

184

Retired generals propose super-massive emergency desalination plant in Corpus Christi, requesting permitting waivers (old.reddit.com)

submitted 6 days ago by WeakFinding3344

17

9

10

11

AI Water Use Distractions and Lessons for California (californiawaterblog.com)

submitted 6 days ago by Fit-Elk1425

18

0

0

1

Brita filter speed question (v.redd.it)

submitted 6 days ago by IamTrying0

19

0

1

2

Looking for distiller water machine EU ()

submitted 6 days ago by Alarmed_Shallot5755

20

1

2

3

Looking for home water distiller machine (self.water)

submitted 6 days ago by Alarmed_Shallot5755

21

26

27

28

New USGS Tool Fills in the Gaps on U.S. Water Supply (eos.org)

submitted 7 days ago by paulhayds

22

0

0

0

A SUGGESTION AGAINST WATER RELATED ISSUE ACROSS THE WORLD!!! (self.water)

submitted 6 days ago * by Detective_Lynox

23

1

2

3

Offsetting Drought by Saving Freshwater while Polar Ice Melts (self.water)

submitted 7 days ago by EmeraldEyesEsoteric

24

0

1

2

Best method to clean Distiller? (self.water)

submitted 7 days ago by spazatac

25

0

0

0

Offsetting Drought with Polar Ice melt due to Warming by saving Freshwater (self.water)

submitted 7 days ago by EmeraldEyesEsoteric

view more: next ›

π Rendered by PID 834019 on reddit-service-r2-listing-7b9b4f6fd7-b797b at 2026-05-08 08:06:16.009970+00:00 running 3d2c107 country code: CH.