Three classic examples of not only a United States only matter, but a global phenomenon.
And with the increasing of AI data centers, the burden and infrastructure toll on the municipal systems is seemingly heading for a state of eventual collapse.
Several times, I have sent information from your email to our Rep. Celeste Maloy here in Utah. There is a major problem with the Colorado River slowing down, which provides water to seven states. There has been a drought in the South West for the last ten years. Lake Mead and Lake Powell are at extremely low levels water-wise. Water power from dams creates electricity and turbines won't turn without sufficient water. This is a major concern. I told her that we need water more than AI data centers, which use billions of gallons of water and take a lot of POWER.. Water is critical for daily human life and for agriculture to grow food.. Arizona and California's crops feed the nation. No water! No food! Thanks for all you do in order to awaken people.
Much of the United State’s sewer and water infrastructure was built in the 1950-60s using concrete abestos pipes. To the tune of over 600,000 miles worth. It’s all well past its useful life and structural collapses are common. It’s a been a know for 20 years, yet so many municipalities have made no plans to replace. Instead they call in contractors to replace individual pipes as they fail, costing taxpayers millions of dollars annually. Sad that the richest country in the world no longer wants to invest in its own infrastructure.
In our area, American Water waited almost TWO MONTHS to tell us that we had a leak in our pipes. It cost us over $1000 to THAT company to replace the errant pipe. I did a lot of research about HOW this happened. In 2024, the Indiana State Legislature signed off on funding a NEW system for American Water, such that it would supposedly let a customer know IN REAL TIME when a pipe fails. Turns out, they're using their new system all right. TO MAKE MONEY FOR AMERICAN WATER & also to mislead customers & that they should buy into ANOTHER part of their company, the "non-municipal part" that sells "insurance." THAT would have saved very little IF we had gone that route because you're REQUIRED to use whatever company American Water wants to send, now matter how long it takes. THAT WAY, who knows how long it would be? In our case, we already had a plumbing firm who could fix our system. WE also got the "right" to open the meter cover at the easement even though that's ILLEGAL. OTHERWISE we would have paid American Water EVEN MORE for the excess water that would have drifted into nowhere from THEIR pipes. What the heck else can we do when the state legislature signed off on something where American Water NEVER DID keep up THEIR END of a "bargain," UNLESS both signers were AWARE that American Water never intended to give customers feedback in real time after all?
What stood out to me is how much of this is ultimately a coordination and accountability problem — utilities, governments, funders, communities, and industry all hold different pieces of the solution. The community checklist is especially useful because it gives people a concrete starting point for asking better questions before a crisis occurs.
Water is and has been a commodity and luxury item for years and the situation's only getting worse each year which is scary, esp for the most vulnerable populations but also a sizable problem here in the U.S.
Why are we not talking about Iowa Water and the crisis going on there? Iowa ranks second in the nation for overall cancer incidence rates and is one of the few states where cancer rates are actively increasing. Recent comprehensive reports by the Iowa Environmental Council and the Harkin Institute link this public health issue heavily to agricultural runoff, finding correlated risks from elevated drinking water contaminants like nitrates and pesticides, alongside environmental factors like radon and other environmental contaminants, including nitrates due to fertilizer, livestock manure, pesticides, and PFAS.
It's all about the cost. The billionaires who control that power aren't going to invest their money in fixing the problem because they know that they are not going to be alive in a hundred years when the Earth becomes unlivable.
If you ask a billionaire how much saving the planet and all humanity is worth, the answer would be, "Nothing to me."
News flash: while “data” (spy) centers annually use billions of gallons of fresh water for NO justifiable reason, so-called animal agriculture uses TRILLIONS OF GALLONS OF WATER annually. Who is pointing their greasy fingers in this direction? Almost non one, other than well-informed Vegans. Pure genius. 😒
Erin has 1.5 million subscribers on Facebook, X, and TikTok. I'm pretty sure that they are not keeping their mouths shut.
The majority of people who read social media are not subscribers to the website they are reading. Just because I said that she is reporting it doesn't mean nobody else is reporting it. I mentioned Erin because she have corresponded.
To say "only" vegans are reporting it is untethered to the truth as it most often is when someone uses an absolute. It implies that you know what all 8.3 billion people on the planet are talking about. Vegans are only 3% of the population. You're missing 97% of what's out there.
Most people in a niche community know little outside their community because groups tend to get their information from sources that report what they already believe to be true. It's called confirmation bias.
Pal of mine, and comrade in arms, you will forgive me (or not) if I may doubt that the very beings whose dietary choices (I.e., non Vegans) are serving to destroy the biosphere and to make life on Earth no longer viable also are acutely aware of the consequences of their exceedingly poor decisions. The non-Vegan world is chewing its way to global destruction one bite at a time, and I suspect relatively few consumers of murdered cows, murdered pigs, murdered chickens, murdered lambs, etc. are even remotely aware of the extraordinary dangers their dismal diets cause to life on Earth.
Keep up the good work. Maybe the next Congress will investigate this.
Three classic examples of not only a United States only matter, but a global phenomenon.
And with the increasing of AI data centers, the burden and infrastructure toll on the municipal systems is seemingly heading for a state of eventual collapse.
The checklist is definitely worth acting upon.
Several times, I have sent information from your email to our Rep. Celeste Maloy here in Utah. There is a major problem with the Colorado River slowing down, which provides water to seven states. There has been a drought in the South West for the last ten years. Lake Mead and Lake Powell are at extremely low levels water-wise. Water power from dams creates electricity and turbines won't turn without sufficient water. This is a major concern. I told her that we need water more than AI data centers, which use billions of gallons of water and take a lot of POWER.. Water is critical for daily human life and for agriculture to grow food.. Arizona and California's crops feed the nation. No water! No food! Thanks for all you do in order to awaken people.
Much of the United State’s sewer and water infrastructure was built in the 1950-60s using concrete abestos pipes. To the tune of over 600,000 miles worth. It’s all well past its useful life and structural collapses are common. It’s a been a know for 20 years, yet so many municipalities have made no plans to replace. Instead they call in contractors to replace individual pipes as they fail, costing taxpayers millions of dollars annually. Sad that the richest country in the world no longer wants to invest in its own infrastructure.
In our area, American Water waited almost TWO MONTHS to tell us that we had a leak in our pipes. It cost us over $1000 to THAT company to replace the errant pipe. I did a lot of research about HOW this happened. In 2024, the Indiana State Legislature signed off on funding a NEW system for American Water, such that it would supposedly let a customer know IN REAL TIME when a pipe fails. Turns out, they're using their new system all right. TO MAKE MONEY FOR AMERICAN WATER & also to mislead customers & that they should buy into ANOTHER part of their company, the "non-municipal part" that sells "insurance." THAT would have saved very little IF we had gone that route because you're REQUIRED to use whatever company American Water wants to send, now matter how long it takes. THAT WAY, who knows how long it would be? In our case, we already had a plumbing firm who could fix our system. WE also got the "right" to open the meter cover at the easement even though that's ILLEGAL. OTHERWISE we would have paid American Water EVEN MORE for the excess water that would have drifted into nowhere from THEIR pipes. What the heck else can we do when the state legislature signed off on something where American Water NEVER DID keep up THEIR END of a "bargain," UNLESS both signers were AWARE that American Water never intended to give customers feedback in real time after all?
What stood out to me is how much of this is ultimately a coordination and accountability problem — utilities, governments, funders, communities, and industry all hold different pieces of the solution. The community checklist is especially useful because it gives people a concrete starting point for asking better questions before a crisis occurs.
Thank you for this wonderful reporting.
Thank you. Appreciate you.
Water is and has been a commodity and luxury item for years and the situation's only getting worse each year which is scary, esp for the most vulnerable populations but also a sizable problem here in the U.S.
Writing from Cayey, Puerto Rico. Thank you for helping share our truth 🙏🏼
Amazon: “Hold my Beer…”
Amazon backs power plant that may become top source of US climate pollution: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/amazon-funds-biggest-gas-power-plant-in-us-despite-climate-pledge/
Worth noting it’s in Texas, whose ERCOT grid is practically screaming for mercy at this point:
Texas halts data center connections to power grid amid overwhelming demand: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/08/texas-halts-data-center-connections-to-power-grid-amid-overwhelming-demand/
Why are we not talking about Iowa Water and the crisis going on there? Iowa ranks second in the nation for overall cancer incidence rates and is one of the few states where cancer rates are actively increasing. Recent comprehensive reports by the Iowa Environmental Council and the Harkin Institute link this public health issue heavily to agricultural runoff, finding correlated risks from elevated drinking water contaminants like nitrates and pesticides, alongside environmental factors like radon and other environmental contaminants, including nitrates due to fertilizer, livestock manure, pesticides, and PFAS.
Check the archives: https://www.thebrockovichreport.com/p/we-need-new-heroes-not-the-same-old, https://www.thebrockovichreport.com/p/sick-of-this-whiff-pollution-from, https://www.thebrockovichreport.com/p/how-to-plan-for-no-water, https://www.thebrockovichreport.com/p/the-industry-that-feeds-us-is-also
Erin does the reporting but legacy media is less inclined to pass it on. It's not in their fiscal interest.
Erin, they just want us deleted. We are parasites to them.
We infest their bloated bodies. Lol.
We live in a civilization powerful enough to alter the conditions of life on Earth,
yet still strangely unwilling to order that power around the protection of life itself.
This is one of the deepest contradictions of our time.
It's all about the cost. The billionaires who control that power aren't going to invest their money in fixing the problem because they know that they are not going to be alive in a hundred years when the Earth becomes unlivable.
If you ask a billionaire how much saving the planet and all humanity is worth, the answer would be, "Nothing to me."
News flash: while “data” (spy) centers annually use billions of gallons of fresh water for NO justifiable reason, so-called animal agriculture uses TRILLIONS OF GALLONS OF WATER annually. Who is pointing their greasy fingers in this direction? Almost non one, other than well-informed Vegans. Pure genius. 😒
Erin Brockovich is reporting it.
One whole person? 🤨😕
Erin has 1.5 million subscribers on Facebook, X, and TikTok. I'm pretty sure that they are not keeping their mouths shut.
The majority of people who read social media are not subscribers to the website they are reading. Just because I said that she is reporting it doesn't mean nobody else is reporting it. I mentioned Erin because she have corresponded.
To say "only" vegans are reporting it is untethered to the truth as it most often is when someone uses an absolute. It implies that you know what all 8.3 billion people on the planet are talking about. Vegans are only 3% of the population. You're missing 97% of what's out there.
Most people in a niche community know little outside their community because groups tend to get their information from sources that report what they already believe to be true. It's called confirmation bias.
Pal of mine, and comrade in arms, you will forgive me (or not) if I may doubt that the very beings whose dietary choices (I.e., non Vegans) are serving to destroy the biosphere and to make life on Earth no longer viable also are acutely aware of the consequences of their exceedingly poor decisions. The non-Vegan world is chewing its way to global destruction one bite at a time, and I suspect relatively few consumers of murdered cows, murdered pigs, murdered chickens, murdered lambs, etc. are even remotely aware of the extraordinary dangers their dismal diets cause to life on Earth.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/16JklX7gu9E_SjdO7O5Pb5sGSsR63u3ViJditXB4kpE0/edit?usp=drivesdk Data centers v factory farming.
More data centers ????
Let’s see how fucking STUPID Americans can be ?!?!?
We elected Donald Trump