Ongoing Water Shortage in Donetsk Causes Severe Access Issues for Residents

The city of Donetsk is experiencing a severe water shortage crisis due to prolonged conflict and infrastructure damage. Residents face daily struggles to access clean drinking water as key water supply facilities have been disrupted. The ongoing conflict has damaged pipelines and pumping stations, l... [More info]

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The great Swedish finance journalist Andreas Cervenka has recently published a newspaper article on recent extreme water shortages in Sweden; the main thing, however, is his focus on how these water shortages is nothing compared with how AI use affects water shortages, droughts, and lives perishing as a result.

'At the same time, more water is needed than ever. One reason is AI. The production of the advanced chips required demands enormous amounts of water, and all the new data centers that are about to be built also need water for cooling.

Christophe Beck, CEO of Ecolabs, says in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that a single query to ChatGPT or any other AI tool indirectly corresponds to the consumption of a bottle of water.

And that by 2030, AI will consume as much water as all of India, the world's most populous country. It is often said that access to energy is a crucial issue, but it is also closely linked to water. A large part of all energy consumed is used to pump, transport, heat, or purify water. Not least the latter is a growing factor. Water scarcity has forced many countries to invest in the expansion of energy-intensive facilities that make salty seawater drinkable.'

#AndreasCervenka #Sweden #ClimateCatastrophe #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #water #WaterShortage #thirst #death #grift

Across #occupied #Ukraine, Russia caused a devastating #water #crisis it cannot fix

Years of neglect and #war damage have left #Russian-occupied areas of #Luhansk and #Donetsk oblasts with barely functioning infrastructure, while in the more recently occupied areas of #Kherson and #Zaporizhzhia oblasts, the destruction of the Kahovka Dam by Russian forces in June 2023 has left reservoirs nearly empty.

https://kyivindependent.com/its-poison-across-occupied-ukraine-russia-has-caused-a-devastating-water-crisis-it-cannot-fix/

#RussianAggression #WaterShortage #RussiaInvadedUkraine #HumanRights

Thursday, August 28, 2025

Admission of guilt: Ukraine blasts Russia’s planned withdrawal from torture prevention convention — Powerful explosion rocks Russian oil pipeline supplying Moscow — Across occupied Ukraine, Russia has caused a devastating water crisis it cannot fix — [vlog] Why Russia’s war won’t end yet … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/08/thursday-august-28-2025/

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme has warned that the rapid growth of Herat over the past four decades could lead to serious urban crises. The agency emphasized that without proper urban planning, issues such as overcrowding, unsafe housing, and a lack of basic services will increase.
#Afghanistan #Herat #Urbanization #UrbanCrisis #UN #WaterShortage 🏙️🚱🌍

https://kokcha.news/7268/un-unprecedented-expansion-of-herat-over-four-decades-and-warning-of-urban-crisis-in-afghanistan/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

What idiocy https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/ai-unemployed-job-applications-5Hjd9X9_2/

#LLMs
#watershortage

#Iran #WaterShortage #AllOfUs #Water

Already happening in Australia as well.

https://www.newsweek.com/iran-tehran-water-crisis-satellite-image-2112832