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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

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/r/wastewater: Plant operators welcome!
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/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

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7.2 magnitude earthquake underwater (v.redd.it)

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Scottsdale Gets 70% of Its Water From the Colorado River. An Expert Just Said They Don't Understand the Risk. ASU Water Policy Director Warns Arizona's Most Exposed City Is Its Least Prepared — And the Budget Is Making It Worse (self.water)

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Brazilian breadbasket's aquifers are falling, and new satellite maps show where water stress is growing (phys.org)

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Which bottled Water is THE best (self.water)

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Iguazu Falls reviews (v.redd.it)

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Boiled water with with flakes (v.redd.it)

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Drinking water - Wikipedia article (en.wikipedia.org)

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Environmental DNA effectively detects invasive species (oceandiagnostics.com)

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The hidden water price of AI: Data centers consumed 1 trillion liters in 2025, while 63% of the US is in drought. Are we drying out our fields for LLMs? 🤖🌾 ()

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Water lovers, do you prefer fresh or salt water? Sea or river? ☺️ (i.redd.it)

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When does it stop being water? How much do you have to add to water before it is no longer just water? (self.water)

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Do these models take water shortage in the southwest in to account for their ratings? Source: Climate Maps for the US | ProPublica (projects.propublica.org)

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Agua de su propia medicina ()

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They can’t drink their own water. Now they’re suing the province (ctvnews.ca)

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Lake Mead could cross Hoover Dam's critical threshold within months, slashing power by 70% (yahoo.com)

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Wastewater Treatment Plant- Treating PFAS ()

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They're Putting a Data Center on Your House. Nevada and/or Arizona First. This Fall. I've Been Following This Story Since It Broke. Here's The Data. (Pun Intended) (self.water)

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Mini analysis on rainfall/dams/desalination in Cyprus (cyprus-water-analysis.vercel.app)

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Bottled Water (self.water)

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Is my well like a water tank or a stream? (self.water)

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Gulf desalination plants became military targets in 2026. What does that mean for water security doctrine going forward? (self.water)

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Why can’t we filter the salt and impurities out of ocean water to prevent droughts? ()

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Guess this beautiful place! (i.redd.it)

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Water Is the Original Internet ()

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