What is the state of our groundwater?

State of US groundwater: NYT: Uncharted Waters Investigation

Pre-generative AI US aquifer water quality: USGS Overview of water quality in principal aquifers, 2013-2021

Global freshwater scarcity: Forbes: AI Is Accelerating the Loss of Our Scarcest Natural Resource: Water

State of International Aquifers: Nature: Rapid groundwater decline and some cases of recovery in aquifers globally

Real-time US water dashboard: USGS National Water Dashboard

How is water used for Generative AI?

Intro to data center water usage: PCMag: Big Tech Had a Water Problem Long Before ChatGPT

Deep dive into data center water usage: Dgtl Infra: Data Center Water Usage: A Comprehensive Guide

5% of data center energy powers compute: Villanova University COE: Proposing Solutions to Data Center Inefficiency

The electricity v. water conundrum: Fluence: Water’s Growing Importance in the Data Center Sector

How much water does Generative AI use?

Data transparency: Tech Policy Press: Why We Don’t Know AI's True Water Footprint

Data transparency: OECD.AI: How much water does AI consume? The public deserves to know

Generative AI water usage: UC Riverside News: AI programs consume large volumes of scarce water

ChatGPT water usage: Rolling Stone: AI Technology Guzzles Water: Enough to Fill 2,500 Olympic-Sized Pools

Estimating GenAI water footprint: Making AI Less "Thirsty": Uncovering and Addressing the Secret Water Footprint of AI Models

Measuring data center water consumption (2021): Nature: Data centre water consumption