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Its not just investors draining Thames Water of funds;

TW is spending £15mn a month on advisors & consultants (on restructuring), most of whom are lawyers.

Overall cost of 'saving' TW is projected to reach around £200mn in 2025.

One might conclude, that this second bite of the cherry (the first being the dividends paid out instead of investing in infrastructure) mean TW's bills are a direct transfer to the rich from its customers!

Professional welfare?

#water #sewage #inequality
h/t FT
#Water #inequality #sewage

Last month during the wildfire crisis in Los Angeles, U.S. President Trump ordered the Army Corps of Engineers to release billions of gallons of water from reservoirs more than 100 miles away from the city. Now, that water will likely go to waste. @CBSNews has more
https://flip.it/dD9T5I
#LosAngeles #Wildfire #Trump #US #Water #California

Why the water Trump ordered released in California won't help Los Angeles firefighting

The water released from two California reservoirs will likely go to waste, not help Los Angeles with firefighting, experts say.
Jonathan Vigliotti (CBS News)
#trump #us #Water #california #losangeles #wildfire @CBS News

Trump is starting to interfere in California's complex and contentious #water, and it's going to be like poking a stick into a hornet's nest.
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-01-31/trump-california-dams-opened-up
#Water

More coverage of the story about Trump's meddling in California #water.

https://thinc.blog/2025/02/01/trump-dumps-california-irrigation-water-out-of-season-for-no-purpose/

Trump Dumps California Irrigation Water, Out of Season, for No Purpose

New York Times: Trump administration officials began releasing significant amounts of water from two dams in California’s Central Valley on Friday in a move that seemed intended to make a political…
This is Not Cool
#Water

If the reports are correct, Trump has ordered 32,000 acre-ft (~10 billion gals) of #water released from these reservoirs. That water will, mostly, be lost. Some will evaporate, some will seep into groundwater. Farmers who had rights to that water in the reservoir are now unlikely to have physical or legal access to it. Anticipate legal chaos over water allocations in the summer. #cawater

https://sjvwater.org/trumps-emergency-water-order-responsible-for-water-dump-from-tulare-county-lakes/

Trump’s emergency water order responsible for water dump from Tulare County lakes – SJV Water

The sudden announcement Thursday by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that Kaweah and Success lakes would immediately begin dumping water was in response Trump’s emergency water order responsible for water dump from Tulare County lakes
Lois Henry (SJV Water)
#Water #cawater

Dear California farmers and Congressional representatives:
Trump has just literally thrown millions of gallons of #water away that farmers were counting on this summer, purely to brag that he could.
That #cawater cannot be captured or used now by anyone: not farms, not cities, not firefighting.

https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-01-31/trump-california-dams-opened-up
#Water #cawater

The very first real victims of Trump's EOs on California #water are California farmers and Central Valley congressional districts that reliably vote red.
He's ordered his dam operators to throw away their stored water, just for a photo op and tweet. That water cannot be recovered.
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-01-31/trump-california-dams-opened-up
#Water

Resurrected plan to pipe water to WA Goldfields taps tumultuous history https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-01/kalgoorlie-esperance-water-history-pipe-proposal-wa-government/104868600 #StateandTerritoryGovernment #GovernmentandPolitics #RegionalCommunities #WaterSupply #Water

Resurrected plan to pipe water to WA Goldfields taps tumultuous history

In a week that began with WA's power supply under scrutiny, a $100 million proposal to pipe desalinated seawater to Kalgoorlie flew under the radar.
Sam Tomlin (ABC News)
#Water #StateandTerritoryGovernment #regionalcommunities #watersupply #governmentandpolitics

Happy to help debunk the disinformation peddled by Trump and his administration about California water.

"Peter Gleick, water systems expert and a senior fellow at the Pacific Institute, a nonprofit research center, labeled the claim as the president's latest "fact-free, confusing, and fantastical comments" about California's water systems. "Zero water from the Pacific Northwest comes to California -- there are no pipelines, aqueducts or water transfers. That claim is just another example of Trump's complete ignorance about how western #water systems work," Gleick told AFP.

Good article here:
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/trump-falsely-claims-military-restored-190540112.html

Trump falsely claims military restored water to California

No water supply from the Pacific Northwest connects into California's systems, contrary to claims from US President Donald Trump. Federal and state agencies ...
Manon JACOB / AFP USA (Yahoo News)
#Water

Trump continues to spread misinformation about the LA wildfires to distract people from his real goal: to divert water to wealthy corporate cattle ranchers & nut farms.

"Ultimately, environmental laws protect people and communities. Increasing water diversions beyond levels that are already unsustainable will harm communities that rely on San Francisco Bay’s water quality and fisheries. We call on Governor Newsom to help the people of Los Angeles recover, quickly, while defending California’s waters, wildlife, and vulnerable communities from the Trump's radical anti-environmental agenda," as our science director @jarosenfield told Courthouse News https://www.courthousenews.com/california-leaders-condemn-trump-executive-order-tying-water-policy-to-wildfire-relief/

#cawater #californiawater #sfbay #sanfranciscobay #water #lafires #losangeles
#Water #losangeles #lafires #cawater #californiawater #sfbay #sanfranciscobay @jarosenfield

X-ray of the earth: Confidential oil data shows where vital water sources lie in Africa

https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/01/26/x-ray-of-the-earth-confidential-oil-data-shows-where-vital-water-sources-lie-in-africa

KEWL🌀NEWS

#AFRICA #WATER #OIL #PRESS
#oil #press #Water #Africa

And one might reflect on why English Water companies (and some of 'their' - whoops your product as well) stink

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jan/26/anglian-water-passed-thousands-of-pollution-tests-at-sewage-plants-that-werent-carried-out

Regulation that is not worth the paper that they flush down their khazis, and all aided and avetted by SUCCESSIVE Westminster governments. No Labour, you don't get to avoid the blame for regulatory collapse.

Now Reeves will carry on elsewhere!

#Water #Pollution #UkPolitics #Regulation #Criminality
#pollution #Water #regulation #ukpolitics #criminality

Israeli soldiers have destroyed the only desalination plant serving water needs in besieged north Gaza.

This was part of efforts to systematically destroy Gaza’s water sector.

The plant provided clean water to the northern and western neighbourhoods of Gaza City.

@palestine
#Gaza
#water
Palestinian children wait to collect water, before a ceasefire set to take effect on Sunday, in Gaza City, January 16, 2025 [Mahmoud Issa/Reuters]
#Water #gaza @palestine

Here's one thing I can do as a scientist. All of the data/publications that www.pacinst.org generates on #climate, #water, #science & #publicpolicy, will forever be available free. As will everything on my personal site, www.gleick.com. If there are peer-reviewed publications of mine behind a paywall, simply email me. I'll send it to you free.
#science #climate #Water #publicpolicy

Volunteers distribute water in Rafah

“Rafah, like other areas in Gaza, is truly ravished and war-stricken, all the infrastructure has been destroyed, there’s no water, electricity or sewage system.”

“We took the initiative to provide fresh water to help displaced citizens returning to what’s left of their homes in Rafah.”

volunteer Wael Abu Mohsen

@palestine
#Gaza
#water
A girl pushing a wheelchair with a water container, Hatem Khaled
#Water #gaza @palestine

Things may be about to get interesting at Thames Water.

The Govt. is having talks with restructuring specialists about the process of (temporary) nationalisation of TW (after bankruptcy?) and its reorganisation...

but, one might wonder whether investors will launch an Investor State Dispute Settlement case (using investment treaty arbitration) to argue that the Govt. has rendered their investments worthless by such actions....

The case could go on for years....

#investment #Water
#Water #investment

When clean drinking #water becomes more scarce than oil #Canada will be as wealthy per capita as UAE, only 1000s of times bigger.

@AlisonCreekside
#canada #Water @Alison Creekside

Here is a globular springtail (around 2 or 3mm in size) floating on water and cleaning themselves with a water droplet. They use the water droplet to clean but also to moisten their skin as a way to retain water. As they are so small, losing too much water from their body is a danger. They are often found in damp and moist environments. This one was filmed in my garden a couple of days ago on a barrel which had filmed with rainwater.

#springtail #globularspringtail #nature #wildlife #ecology #water #surfacetension #floating #cleaning #selfcare #biodiversity #animal #arthropod #scotland #soilanimal #cuteanimals
#ecology #Nature #biodiversity #WildLife #animal #Water #scotland #cuteanimals #selfcare #cleaning #floating #surfacetension #arthropod #Springtail #globularspringtail #soilanimal

With the people of #Gaza, please remember the #Rohingya #genocide survivors in Cox's Bazar. We provide #water wells, #food, #medical care, #education, build shelters, and #masjids.

Please share and boost this post widely.

Donate at-
https://www.gofundme.com/f/life-saving-aid-for-rohingya-in-coxs-bazaar-rco/cl/s?lang=en_US&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link&attribution_id=sl%3Aef9e61ca-22e9-4597-830b-e8eb00594cb3

Donate to Life Saving Aid For Rohingya In Cox's Bazaar - RCO, organized by Matt Zavalick

Greetings friends, We are the Rohingya Charity Organization. We w… Matt Zavalick needs your support for Life Saving Aid For Rohingya In Cox's Bazaar - RCO
gofundme.com
#education #Water #food #medical #genocide #gaza #rohingya #Masjids

🌟Now on DP: Short Trip to Arroyo Pando!

https://drixpell.com/2025/01/19/short-trip-to-arroyo-pando/

#drixpell #drix #small #trip #arroyo #river #water #jetski #uruguay #pando #bicycle #relax #blog #life #lifestyle #blogger #love #photo #photography #travel #video

SHORT TRIP TO ARROYO PANDO

Yesterday on the afternoon, I wanted to clear my mind a bit, so I took my bicycle and headed to “Arroyo Pando”. It took me about 30 minutes to get there. Once there, I observed the river and how pe…
DrixPell
#travel #photography #love #Photo #River #Water #blog #blogger #bicycle #life #Video #uruguay #Arroyo #lifestyle #drixpell #drix #trip #small #jetski #pando #relax

"#Water is a #humanright. It will be up to citizens to demand and defend its free and equitable distribution." https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/15/la-california-fires-water-drought

#WaterisLife #LAFires #cdnpoli #uspoli #climateBreakdown
#cdnpoli #Water #climatebreakdown #uspoli #waterislife #lafires #humanright

“Stealing water: Israel's covert war on Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan”

by Mohamad Hasan Sweidan in The Cradle

“Taking advantage of the chaos following Damascus's fall, Israel's seizure of Syria's Al-Mantara Dam showcases the long-standing Zionist strategy to secure regional water dominance, exacerbating tensions across an already parched West Asia.”

https://thecradle.co/articles/stealing-water-israels-covert-war-on-syria-lebanon-and-jordan

#Press #Israel #Zionism #Syria #Lebanon #Jordan #Water #Dominance #Theft #Expansionism #SettlerColonialism #Imperialism

Stealing water: Israel's covert war on Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan

thecradle.co
#press #Water #israel #imperialism #zionism #theft #Syria #lebanon #jordan #settlercolonialism #expansionism #dominance

Leading scientists have criticised the UK government for failing to take stronger action to tackle “forever chemical” pollution and refusing to match moves in the EU to ban non-essential uses of the substances.

Prof Halsallrom Lancaster University wanted to know the basis for #DEFRA creating their own PFAS groupings. “Is that scientifically based or is it politically based?" Or just the right bribes been paid?

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/17/uk-failing-to-match-eu-in-fight-against-forever-chemicals-say-scientists

#Environment #Water #PFAs #TheyDontCare
Photo: someone pouts liquid from a plastic container into a glass bottle. Caption: A researcher pours a water sample for experimentation during drinking water and PFAS research. Photograph: Joshua A Bickel/AP
#environment #Water #PFAs #defra #theydontcare

Water industry calls for ban on PFAS after analysis of sampling data shows contamination across country

The problems associated with PFAs have been known to the industries that manufacture, use and improperly dispose of for decades. Another case of the UK (I know the artice refers to England) shitting in its own nest. The costs of 'fixing' this (if at all posssible) will be imense.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/16/the-forever-chemical-hotspots-polluting-england-drinking-water-sources

#environment #water #PFA #Pollution
#pollution #environment #Water #pfa

Gear:
• Sony α6400
• Sigma 56mm f/1.4 DC DN | C

#animal #aqua #art #black #blue #fish #jellyfish #nature #ocean #photography #photooftheday #portugal #sea #water #waves
A blue jellyfish on the black background
#Nature #art #photography #animal #sea #Ocean #fish #Water #photooftheday #blue #portugal #black #jellyfish #Aqua #waves

https://www.europesays.com/1767362/ The Geopolitics of Water: How Israel Leverages Water to Strengthen Its Influence in the Middle East #AlMuntarDam #Conflicts #egypt #ethiopia #geopolitics #GolanHeights #Israel #MiddleEast #Syria #water
The Geopolitics of Water: How Israel Leverages Water to Strengthen Its Influence in the Middle East

The Geopolitics of Water: How Israel Leverages Water to Strengthen Its Influence in the Middle East - EUROPE SAYS

Water scarcity in the Middle East stands as one of the region’s most pressing strategic challenges. As population
EUROPE SAYS (EUROPESAYS.COM)
#Water #israel #ethiopia #egypt #Syria #geopolitics #middleeast #conflicts #golanheights #almuntardam

On January 13, 2025, City announced an update to the Do-Not-Drink-Water Notification area. After urgent repair of several Eaton Fire-impacted facilities and extensive testing confirming drinking water quality, the Do-Not-Drink-Water Notification area was significantly reduced.

Link to map showing affected area

https://pwp.cityofpasadena.net/pasadena-drinking-water-system-impacted-by-eaton-fire/

#EatonFire #Water

UPDATED 1/13: Pasadena Drinking Water System Impacted by Eaton Fire

Pasadena Water and Power takes pride in providing safe, reliable, environmentally responsible water and power service at competitive rates. As a community-owned utility, PWP's first priority is to serve our customers.
Pasadena Water and Power
#Water #eatonfire

Water is the most precious resource we have, one without which life ceases to exist.

So let's let tech dudes waste it all on keeping their nonsensical AI data centres running.

You don't need a drink, do you? You don't need food, do you?

#water #ai
#ai #Water

For Pasadena Water and Power customers in the Eaton Fire impacted areas: The City of Pasadena and LA County Public Works will open a bottled water distribution center on Sunday, January 12 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 450 N. Lake Ave.
Enter heading North on Lake Avenue. Do not enter using Villa Street.

https://pwp.cityofpasadena.net/eaton-fire-bottled-water-distribution/

#Water #Pasadena #EatonFire

Bottled Water Distribution Center, January 11, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Pasadena Water and Power takes pride in providing safe, reliable, environmentally responsible water and power service at competitive rates. As a community-owned utility, PWP's first priority is to serve our customers.
Pasadena Water and Power
#Water #pasadena #eatonfire

BOTTLED WATER DISTRIBUTION TODAY

For Pasadena Water and Power customers in the Eaton Fire impacted areas: The City of Pasadena is opening a bottled water distribution center on Saturday, January 11 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 450 N. Lake Ave.
Enter heading North on Lake Avenue. Do not enter using Villa Street.

https://pwp.cityofpasadena.net/eaton-fire-bottled-water-distribution/

#EatonFire #water #Pasadena

Bottled Water Distribution Center, January 11, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Pasadena Water and Power takes pride in providing safe, reliable, environmentally responsible water and power service at competitive rates. As a community-owned utility, PWP's first priority is to serve our customers.
Pasadena Water and Power
#Water #pasadena #eatonfire

75 percent of water wells and more than 100,000 linear metres of water networks have been damaged due to Israeli attacks.

The municipality reported it is facing extreme difficulty in delivering water to displaced people due to the destruction of water and sewage networks.

On X, the municipality called on the international community to urgently intervene and provide the necessary equipment so that lives can be saved.

@palestine
#Gaza
#water

#Water #gaza @palestine

https://www.europesays.com/1758762/ Palisades fire forces new evacuations in Brentwood #america #area #DowntownL.A. #EatonFire #effort #gust #home #inch #LosAngelesTimes #nov. #official #P.M.Friday #PalisadesFire #SantaAnaWindEvent #thursday #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USNews #USTopics #USA #USANews #water
Palisades fire forces new evacuations in Brentwood

Palisades fire forces new evacuations in Brentwood - EUROPE SAYS

Los Angeles faces another tense night as the Palisades fire moved northeast, prompting new mandatory evacuations.The latest order
EUROPE SAYS (EUROPESAYS.COM)
#us #thursday #usa #Water #america #home #unitedstates #usnews #unitedstatesofamerica #usanews #losangelestimes #ustopics #effort #p #area #palisadesfire #eatonfire #downtownl #gust #inch #nov #official #santaanawindevent

I tend to do PSAs on occasion and this is one of those (because I've been thinking a lot about wildfires for the past couple days given my kiddo is on the edge of the evac zone for the #Palisadesfire )

Backup Power for Air Filters + Water
https://susankayequinn.com/2025/01/backup-power-for-air-filters-water.html

#climatecrisis #disaster #psa #airquality #wildfire #water
screen shot of Watch Duty with green traces of firefighting aircraft fighting the Palisades fire

Backup Power for Air Filters + Water

Learning From Climate Disasters You absolutely should get the Watch Duty app if you or anyone you love is in a wildfire zone. I paid for the annual fee upgrade because I want to support their impor…
SUSAN KAYE QUINN
#climatecrisis #Water #disaster #airquality #wildfire #psa #palisadesfire

No, #LosAngeles didn’t refuse to fill #waterreservoirs prior to #fires

#Firefighters were experiencing water shortages from hydrants because L.A.'s tanks couldn't be refilled as fast as #water was being used.

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/verify/extreme-weather-verify/palisades-los-angeles-fire-hydrants-water-fact-check/536-87045971-aacb-4319-9b39-8d999675eae1
#Water #losangeles #fires #firefighters #waterreservoirs

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