r/everythingaboutwater

This looked so wrong on so many levels

AI infrastructure is finding the water constraint.

Newsweek says proposed data-center sites over the Ogallala Aquifer are raising water-security concerns. The aquifer is framed in the headline as the largest underground water reservoir in the U.S., which makes the location more than a zoning footnote. It puts AI growth into the same conversation as cooling, groundwater, local permits, and who gets priority when industrial demand meets a stressed physical resource.

The diligence screen is basic:

• How much water does the campus need?
• Who else depends on the aquifer?
• Is cooling demand matched with real power and water planning?
• Can local permits survive the public fight once the site is named?

Gunnison Copper (OTC: GCUMF) ties directly to both sides of this topic: data centers require copper-intensive electrical infrastructure for substations, transformers, backup systems, cooling equipment, and power distribution, while copper mine development itself must handle water, power, and permitting constraints. Company materials place Gunnison's copper assets in Arizona, a region where resource projects cannot ignore water and infrastructure math.

Data centers may be digital demand, but their bottlenecks are physical. Water is one of the least forgiving ones.

Some of the greatest accomplishments of the Biden Administration were in getting clean, safe water for America’s families. The chemical industry was not happy, and with many of its employees now in leadership positions in the administration their work is being torn up.

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed unraveling key protections against unsafe levels of four types of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS or “forever chemicals,” in drinking water. It also allows water systems to delay compliance with standards for two more. These new rules are a handout to polluters disguised as public protection and if implemented would threaten the health of more than 100 million Americans.

These rules are currently open for public comment on the Federal Register through July 20th. 📝 Let’s make our voices heard against this giveaway to polluters and for safe drinking water. We can submit our comments here, find guidance on how to write an effective public comment here, and find talking points and sample language to use from the Plastic Pollution Coalition here, from the National Resources Defense Council here, from Food & Water Watch here, from Earthjustice here and from the EPA itself here and here. 📝

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🎤 There will also be a virtual public hearing on this proposal on July 7th, where the public will be able to provide verbal comments. We can register to attend and comment by July 1st here. 🎤

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