Sorry IDF you can't 'blame malfunction' when dehydrated and starving kids are killed waiting to collect water during a genocide. Water is life, but obviously not for the Knesset and IDF when it comes to Palestine. Today @EUCommission meets to discuss possible actions/ sanctions on If the EU wants to be seen as credible and uphold the international rules-based order, it must impose sanctions on Israel.

#EU #Israel#Water#Gaza#Sanctions

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-missile-hits-gaza-children-collecting-water-idf-blames-malfunction-2025-07-13/

Despite the prospect of hosepipe bans the UK has actually been getting wetter in the last decades, as well as warmer.... also there've been higher water around the coasts than elsewhere (13.4cm against a global average 10.6cm since 1993); a different water water problems.

But even with increased rainfall out privatised water industry fails to store enough water, with leaks continuing to be a major issue; now more than ever our water infrastructure needs to work!

#water#ClimateChange
h/t FT

The modern web is built to overwhelm with ragebait, clickbait, and chaos. So we made something soothing.

It’s called OnlyFjords. And yes, it’s only fjords.

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#Fjord#OF#SocialMedia#Nature#Norway#Oslo#Water

"The total amount of rainfall is not really changing but it is being condensed into more of these short, high-intensity events and then longer periods of drought. So we’re basically getting more drought and more #floods because the rainfall is being condensed into these high-intensity events." https://www.texasobserver.org/hill-country-rural-texas-resources-floods/

#Texas #weather#ClimateChange #science #news #politics#USpol #environment #water #flooding#CentralTexas#Kerrville

Our top story: What happens after the flood and the waters have receded? What comes after all that is left are fractured memories and moldy floorboards? https://www.texasobserver.org/hill-country-flood-family-home-fourth-of-july-2002/

#history #floods #flooding#CentralTexas#KerrCounty#Kerrville #water#ClimateChange #environment #weather #news

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, in a speech at a U.N. event on water and disasters, urged people"to take new action" to tackle water-related issues around the world. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/09/japan/emperor-speech-water/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan#emperornaruhito #newyork#imperialfamily #un #water #earthquakes

Willow - a friend of the river.
Southern Poland. June 2025.

#Photography#Landscape#LandscapePhotography#Nature#Biodiversity#River#Water#Tree#Poland#MarekJedra#Fotografia#Krajobraz#FotografiaKrajobrazowa #Przyroda#Bioroznorodnosc#Rzeka#Woda#Drzewo#Polska

"Many told me they would fight for their water to the very last drop. Others, however, have already begun asking the existential question: Where will we go when the river runs dry?" https://www.texasobserver.org/rio-conchos-texas-mexico-water-treaty/

#water #politics#USpol #news #environment#Mexico#Texas #border#ClimateChange

Are UK water companies doing widespread campaigns to ask people to save water? Or is it just a few emails?

Genuinely interested as to how a society deals with issues like this. For research reasons or something.

#water

Charging people for water like it's a commodity will fix our water infrastructure issues! Oh wait ...

"The issue stems from Watercare's smart meters, which it told Checkpoint more than 13,000 of are not working.

The water supplier also said they've known about problems with one type of smart meter since October last year, and the fault has so far affected around one third of the 40,000 meters installed since 2022."

#RNZ, #Checkpoint, 2025

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/565150/problems-with-auckland-s-watercare-bills-after-more-than-13-000-smart-meters-not-working

#water#WaterMeters

The name is semi-circular bund.

See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semicircular_bund

#water
#bund
#Ethiopia