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💧 How we talk about water matters.
We put together a visual guide with reminders for communicating across divides, grounded in research and informed by real-world conversations.
From word choice to framing, these tips can help your messages land. (1/2)
We put together a visual guide with reminders for communicating across divides, grounded in research and informed by real-world conversations.
From word choice to framing, these tips can help your messages land. (1/2)
🚰 Join us on December 11 for the launch of our new Water Utility-Community Communications Guide, with insights from Alicia Smith of Junction Coalition and Chelsea Boozer of Rogue Water Lab.
Register here: na2.hubs.ly/H020-L00
Register here: na2.hubs.ly/H020-L00
December 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
🚰 Join us on December 11 for the launch of our new Water Utility-Community Communications Guide, with insights from Alicia Smith of Junction Coalition and Chelsea Boozer of Rogue Water Lab.
Register here: na2.hubs.ly/H020-L00
Register here: na2.hubs.ly/H020-L00
Our webinar is kicking off! Follow along to learn about our message testing insights on disaster resilience 👇
How does the public view government’s role in disaster resilience — and which messages about nature-based solutions resonate? Next week, we’re sharing new research with @climateadvocacylab.bsky.social.
Join us on Dec 9! Register: na2.hubs.ly/H020XM-0
Join us on Dec 9! Register: na2.hubs.ly/H020XM-0
December 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Our webinar is kicking off! Follow along to learn about our message testing insights on disaster resilience 👇
More cities are turning to #NatureBasedSolutions to manage #Flooding. San Jose is restoring the upstream Coyote Valley to protect downstream communities, and Milwaukee is giving the Kinnickinnic River room to slow and spread.
📰 @ericagies.bsky.social in @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
📰 @ericagies.bsky.social in @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Cities are embracing nature for flood defence
As losses owing to flooding rise, some urban centres are ditching the concrete and making space for natural wetlands. As losses owing to flooding rise, some urban centres are ditching the concrete and making space for natural wetlands.
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
More cities are turning to #NatureBasedSolutions to manage #Flooding. San Jose is restoring the upstream Coyote Valley to protect downstream communities, and Milwaukee is giving the Kinnickinnic River room to slow and spread.
📰 @ericagies.bsky.social in @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
📰 @ericagies.bsky.social in @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
RSVP for tomorrow’s webinar! na2.hubs.ly/H020XM-0
How does the public view government’s role in disaster resilience — and which messages about nature-based solutions resonate? Next week, we’re sharing new research with @climateadvocacylab.bsky.social.
Join us on Dec 9! Register: na2.hubs.ly/H020XM-0
Join us on Dec 9! Register: na2.hubs.ly/H020XM-0
December 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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🚰 Good communication between utilities & communities can help build public support, avoid conflict, prevent crises, and ensure smoother implementation of projects.
Join us for the launch of the new Water Utility-Community Comms Guide!
📅 December 11, 10am PT / 1pm ET
Register: na2.hubs.ly/H020-L00
Join us for the launch of the new Water Utility-Community Comms Guide!
📅 December 11, 10am PT / 1pm ET
Register: na2.hubs.ly/H020-L00
December 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🚰 Good communication between utilities & communities can help build public support, avoid conflict, prevent crises, and ensure smoother implementation of projects.
Join us for the launch of the new Water Utility-Community Comms Guide!
📅 December 11, 10am PT / 1pm ET
Register: na2.hubs.ly/H020-L00
Join us for the launch of the new Water Utility-Community Comms Guide!
📅 December 11, 10am PT / 1pm ET
Register: na2.hubs.ly/H020-L00
California is pushing back on a federal plan to pump more Delta water by weakening fish protections. Scientists warn it could harm threatened species and create new uncertainty for the millions who rely on Delta supplies.
📰 @ianjames.bsky.social for @latimes.com: www.latimes.com/environment/...
📰 @ianjames.bsky.social for @latimes.com: www.latimes.com/environment/...
California strongly objects to Trump's plan to pump more Delta water south
The Trump administration plans to send more water to Central Valley farmlands. California is objecting, saying that poses multiple threats.
www.latimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
California is pushing back on a federal plan to pump more Delta water by weakening fish protections. Scientists warn it could harm threatened species and create new uncertainty for the millions who rely on Delta supplies.
📰 @ianjames.bsky.social for @latimes.com: www.latimes.com/environment/...
📰 @ianjames.bsky.social for @latimes.com: www.latimes.com/environment/...
A new report shows that for the first time in years, more Americans are moving out of flood-prone neighborhoods. Climate risks and rising costs are shaping where people can live and how communities change.
📰 @leslieatlarge.bsky.social for @latimes.com: www.latimes.com/environment/...
📰 @leslieatlarge.bsky.social for @latimes.com: www.latimes.com/environment/...
Americans are moving out of flood-prone neighborhoods
For the first time since 2019, more residents are leaving high-flood-risk counties than entering them, though the exodus is still being offset somewhat by immigration.
www.latimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:57 PM
A new report shows that for the first time in years, more Americans are moving out of flood-prone neighborhoods. Climate risks and rising costs are shaping where people can live and how communities change.
📰 @leslieatlarge.bsky.social for @latimes.com: www.latimes.com/environment/...
📰 @leslieatlarge.bsky.social for @latimes.com: www.latimes.com/environment/...
Need a break from the news?
Here are a few quiet moments from our shoot in Laredo, Texas. We’ve been working on a new documentary about water, community, and the infrastructure that shapes life along the border.
More soon, but for now enjoy the zen!
Here are a few quiet moments from our shoot in Laredo, Texas. We’ve been working on a new documentary about water, community, and the infrastructure that shapes life along the border.
More soon, but for now enjoy the zen!
December 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Need a break from the news?
Here are a few quiet moments from our shoot in Laredo, Texas. We’ve been working on a new documentary about water, community, and the infrastructure that shapes life along the border.
More soon, but for now enjoy the zen!
Here are a few quiet moments from our shoot in Laredo, Texas. We’ve been working on a new documentary about water, community, and the infrastructure that shapes life along the border.
More soon, but for now enjoy the zen!
How does the public view government’s role in disaster resilience — and which messages about nature-based solutions resonate? Next week, we’re sharing new research with @climateadvocacylab.bsky.social.
Join us on Dec 9! Register: na2.hubs.ly/H020XM-0
Join us on Dec 9! Register: na2.hubs.ly/H020XM-0
December 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
How does the public view government’s role in disaster resilience — and which messages about nature-based solutions resonate? Next week, we’re sharing new research with @climateadvocacylab.bsky.social.
Join us on Dec 9! Register: na2.hubs.ly/H020XM-0
Join us on Dec 9! Register: na2.hubs.ly/H020XM-0
Utah’s drying Great Salt Lake is exposing lake bed dust that winds are carrying into the Wasatch Front. A new report warns the health risks could come with billions in cleanup costs, and emphasizes the need to restore the lake.
📰 Leia Larsen for @grist.org and @sltrib.com: grist.org/health/dust-...
📰 Leia Larsen for @grist.org and @sltrib.com: grist.org/health/dust-...
A drying Great Salt Lake is spewing toxic dust. It could cost Utah billions.
A new report from two environmental groups says elected officials and scientists aren't taking the problem seriously enough.
grist.org
December 1, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Utah’s drying Great Salt Lake is exposing lake bed dust that winds are carrying into the Wasatch Front. A new report warns the health risks could come with billions in cleanup costs, and emphasizes the need to restore the lake.
📰 Leia Larsen for @grist.org and @sltrib.com: grist.org/health/dust-...
📰 Leia Larsen for @grist.org and @sltrib.com: grist.org/health/dust-...
For #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth, we're celebrating #ColorOfWater member Briana Muñoz! She supports water treatment projects at Pacific Coast Carbon & wrote Matriarchy: Sacred Poems to honor Mother Earth.
See her profile: colorofwater.waterhub.org/experts/bria...
More experts at colorofwater.info
See her profile: colorofwater.waterhub.org/experts/bria...
More experts at colorofwater.info
November 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
For #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth, we're celebrating #ColorOfWater member Briana Muñoz! She supports water treatment projects at Pacific Coast Carbon & wrote Matriarchy: Sacred Poems to honor Mother Earth.
See her profile: colorofwater.waterhub.org/experts/bria...
More experts at colorofwater.info
See her profile: colorofwater.waterhub.org/experts/bria...
More experts at colorofwater.info
Rewilding isn't just for remote places. Cities like Denver, Chicago, Atlanta, and Minneapolis are reshaping their streets, rivers, and parks to bring green spaces into daily life.
🌲 Stephanie Pearson for @outsidemag.bsky.social: www.outsideonline.com/adventure-tr...
🌲 Stephanie Pearson for @outsidemag.bsky.social: www.outsideonline.com/adventure-tr...
11 Cities Rewilding the Future
By 2050, 89 percent of the U.S. population is projected to live in an urban area. Here are 11 innovative cities blending nature into their DNA.
www.outsideonline.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Rewilding isn't just for remote places. Cities like Denver, Chicago, Atlanta, and Minneapolis are reshaping their streets, rivers, and parks to bring green spaces into daily life.
🌲 Stephanie Pearson for @outsidemag.bsky.social: www.outsideonline.com/adventure-tr...
🌲 Stephanie Pearson for @outsidemag.bsky.social: www.outsideonline.com/adventure-tr...
Extreme weather is worsening while public trust in government is declining. So, how do we build support to invest in natural defenses to flooding and fire? Join us + @climateadvocacylab.bsky.social on Dec 9 for a new research review!
Register: na2.hubs.ly/H020XM-0
Register: na2.hubs.ly/H020XM-0
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Extreme weather is worsening while public trust in government is declining. So, how do we build support to invest in natural defenses to flooding and fire? Join us + @climateadvocacylab.bsky.social on Dec 9 for a new research review!
Register: na2.hubs.ly/H020XM-0
Register: na2.hubs.ly/H020XM-0
The border wall is coming to Laredo, threatening people and nature.
A USDA-funded $2M habitat restoration project is at risk, which supported walking paths and invasive species removal to protect a drying Rio Grande.
@poojasalhotra.bsky.social ✍️ for @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
A USDA-funded $2M habitat restoration project is at risk, which supported walking paths and invasive species removal to protect a drying Rio Grande.
@poojasalhotra.bsky.social ✍️ for @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
Trump’s All-but-Forgotten Border Wall Reaches an Angry Laredo, Texas
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The border wall is coming to Laredo, threatening people and nature.
A USDA-funded $2M habitat restoration project is at risk, which supported walking paths and invasive species removal to protect a drying Rio Grande.
@poojasalhotra.bsky.social ✍️ for @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
A USDA-funded $2M habitat restoration project is at risk, which supported walking paths and invasive species removal to protect a drying Rio Grande.
@poojasalhotra.bsky.social ✍️ for @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
Reposted by Water Hub
Hundreds of CA & Bay Area Hazardous Sites Could Face Future Flooding
Power plants. Sewage plants. Fossil fuel ports. Radioactively contaminated sites. These are a few of the 249 sites across the Bay Area that could flood.
@kqednews.kqed.org @kqedscience.bsky.social
www.kqed.org/science/1999...
Power plants. Sewage plants. Fossil fuel ports. Radioactively contaminated sites. These are a few of the 249 sites across the Bay Area that could flood.
@kqednews.kqed.org @kqedscience.bsky.social
www.kqed.org/science/1999...
Hundreds of California and Bay Area Hazardous Sites Could Face Future Flooding | KQED
A new study warns that rising seas could flood nearly 250 Bay Area Hazardous sites, putting already vulnerable communities at greater risk of toxic exposure.
www.kqed.org
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Hundreds of CA & Bay Area Hazardous Sites Could Face Future Flooding
Power plants. Sewage plants. Fossil fuel ports. Radioactively contaminated sites. These are a few of the 249 sites across the Bay Area that could flood.
@kqednews.kqed.org @kqedscience.bsky.social
www.kqed.org/science/1999...
Power plants. Sewage plants. Fossil fuel ports. Radioactively contaminated sites. These are a few of the 249 sites across the Bay Area that could flood.
@kqednews.kqed.org @kqedscience.bsky.social
www.kqed.org/science/1999...
ICYMI, our Water Cooler newsletter hit inboxes this morning 🚀 Some of this edition's content:
1️⃣ Two new trainings
2️⃣ Data center issue briefing
3️⃣ A new creator collab with @bayoucitywk.bsky.social
Read more: waterhub.org/november-wat...
Sign up for next month's send: waterhub.org/signup/
1️⃣ Two new trainings
2️⃣ Data center issue briefing
3️⃣ A new creator collab with @bayoucitywk.bsky.social
Read more: waterhub.org/november-wat...
Sign up for next month's send: waterhub.org/signup/
November Water Cooler: Forest Days > Data Centers
Jos Aranda writes about data centers, Houston’s green solutions, and upcoming workshops with the Water Hub.
waterhub.org
November 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
ICYMI, our Water Cooler newsletter hit inboxes this morning 🚀 Some of this edition's content:
1️⃣ Two new trainings
2️⃣ Data center issue briefing
3️⃣ A new creator collab with @bayoucitywk.bsky.social
Read more: waterhub.org/november-wat...
Sign up for next month's send: waterhub.org/signup/
1️⃣ Two new trainings
2️⃣ Data center issue briefing
3️⃣ A new creator collab with @bayoucitywk.bsky.social
Read more: waterhub.org/november-wat...
Sign up for next month's send: waterhub.org/signup/
🌊 Our Water Cooler newsletter hits inboxes tomorrow! Inside, we're breaking down the water footprint of data centers, celebrating #NatureBasedSolutions in Houston, and sharing upcoming trainings.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🌊 Our Water Cooler newsletter hits inboxes tomorrow! Inside, we're breaking down the water footprint of data centers, celebrating #NatureBasedSolutions in Houston, and sharing upcoming trainings.
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🚰 Join us for the launch of the new Water Utility-Community Communications Guide! Learn directly from Alicia Smith from Junction Coalition and Chelsea Boozer from Rogue Water Lab on communication best practices.
📅 December 11, 10am PT / 1pm ET
Register here: na2.hubs.ly/H020-L00
📅 December 11, 10am PT / 1pm ET
Register here: na2.hubs.ly/H020-L00
November 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
🚰 Join us for the launch of the new Water Utility-Community Communications Guide! Learn directly from Alicia Smith from Junction Coalition and Chelsea Boozer from Rogue Water Lab on communication best practices.
📅 December 11, 10am PT / 1pm ET
Register here: na2.hubs.ly/H020-L00
📅 December 11, 10am PT / 1pm ET
Register here: na2.hubs.ly/H020-L00
Hey #WaterSky, need a little good water news? 🌊
Communities in Atlanta, Texas, Los Angeles, and Tule River homelands made real progress this month to protect water, restore land, and support long term care. 🧵
Communities in Atlanta, Texas, Los Angeles, and Tule River homelands made real progress this month to protect water, restore land, and support long term care. 🧵
November 14, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Hey #WaterSky, need a little good water news? 🌊
Communities in Atlanta, Texas, Los Angeles, and Tule River homelands made real progress this month to protect water, restore land, and support long term care. 🧵
Communities in Atlanta, Texas, Los Angeles, and Tule River homelands made real progress this month to protect water, restore land, and support long term care. 🧵
As social media surpasses TV as the top news source, people are turning to creators they trust for information.
Read the recap of our convo with @isaiashernandez.bsky.social & @climateadvocacylab.bsky.social on working with creators for water & climate storytelling: waterhub.org/lessons-from...
Read the recap of our convo with @isaiashernandez.bsky.social & @climateadvocacylab.bsky.social on working with creators for water & climate storytelling: waterhub.org/lessons-from...
Lessons from Queer Brown Vegan on how to work with creators
Environmental educator Isaias Hernandez (Queer Brown Vegan) breaks down best practices for climate orgs: pay creators, build relationships, give creative freedom.
waterhub.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
As social media surpasses TV as the top news source, people are turning to creators they trust for information.
Read the recap of our convo with @isaiashernandez.bsky.social & @climateadvocacylab.bsky.social on working with creators for water & climate storytelling: waterhub.org/lessons-from...
Read the recap of our convo with @isaiashernandez.bsky.social & @climateadvocacylab.bsky.social on working with creators for water & climate storytelling: waterhub.org/lessons-from...
Wastewater from oil fields is bubbling up across Oklahoma. Investigators found high-pressure injection wells are forcing waste through old unplugged wells, contaminating #Groundwater and farmland.
📰 Nick Bowlin for @readfrontier.bsky.social, @propublica.org, & @grist.org: grist.org/accountabili...
📰 Nick Bowlin for @readfrontier.bsky.social, @propublica.org, & @grist.org: grist.org/accountabili...
Toxic wastewater from oil fields keeps pouring out of the ground. Oklahoma regulators failed to stop it.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from Oklahoma oil wells.
grist.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Wastewater from oil fields is bubbling up across Oklahoma. Investigators found high-pressure injection wells are forcing waste through old unplugged wells, contaminating #Groundwater and farmland.
📰 Nick Bowlin for @readfrontier.bsky.social, @propublica.org, & @grist.org: grist.org/accountabili...
📰 Nick Bowlin for @readfrontier.bsky.social, @propublica.org, & @grist.org: grist.org/accountabili...
Reposted by Water Hub
The Colorado River Basin states blew past a Tuesday deadline to agree on a plan to cut water use. So far, the Trump administration is letting them keep negotiating without consequence: www.latimes.com/environment/... via @ianjames.bsky.social
The clock is ticking on the shrinking Colorado River as Western states miss a key deadline
Negotiators for seven states say they're making progress in negotiations aimed at addressing the Colorado River's chronic water shortages. But they missed an initial deadline.
www.latimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The Colorado River Basin states blew past a Tuesday deadline to agree on a plan to cut water use. So far, the Trump administration is letting them keep negotiating without consequence: www.latimes.com/environment/... via @ianjames.bsky.social
Reposted by Water Hub
No doubt about it: Climate change made Hurricane Melissa way worse.
grist.org/climate/no-d...
#Disaster #Hurricane #Climate #Science
grist.org/climate/no-d...
#Disaster #Hurricane #Climate #Science
No doubt about it: Climate change made Hurricane Melissa way worse
An analysis of the storm found “all aspects of this event were amplified by climate change, and that we'll see more of the same.”
grist.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
No doubt about it: Climate change made Hurricane Melissa way worse.
grist.org/climate/no-d...
#Disaster #Hurricane #Climate #Science
grist.org/climate/no-d...
#Disaster #Hurricane #Climate #Science
⚙️💧What’s the water footprint of AI data centers? Is it a lot? It depends.
Conversations about AI and data centers are bubbling to the top of public conversations. Get the full picture and learn more about ongoing discussions in our latest issue briefing:
Conversations about AI and data centers are bubbling to the top of public conversations. Get the full picture and learn more about ongoing discussions in our latest issue briefing:
Issue briefing: AI, data centers, and water
Conversations about AI and data centers are bubbling to the top of public conversations. Learn the facts and ongoing discussions about artificial intelligence and its water impacts.
waterhub.org
November 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
⚙️💧What’s the water footprint of AI data centers? Is it a lot? It depends.
Conversations about AI and data centers are bubbling to the top of public conversations. Get the full picture and learn more about ongoing discussions in our latest issue briefing:
Conversations about AI and data centers are bubbling to the top of public conversations. Get the full picture and learn more about ongoing discussions in our latest issue briefing:
The deadline for the seven states that share the #ColoradoRiver to agree on its future has passed. 30 Tribes, who hold rights to about a quarter of its flow, still can’t negotiate without cooperation from the states.
📰 Gabriel Pietrorazio for @kjzz.org: kjzz.org/tribal-natur...
📰 Gabriel Pietrorazio for @kjzz.org: kjzz.org/tribal-natur...
Tribes are stuck as Colorado River negotiation deadline nears with no deal
Beyond the bickering Upper and Lower Basin states, there are 30 federally recognized tribes stuck in the middle of a decades-old debate on how best to divvy the water while keeping the ever-dwindling river flowing.
kjzz.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The deadline for the seven states that share the #ColoradoRiver to agree on its future has passed. 30 Tribes, who hold rights to about a quarter of its flow, still can’t negotiate without cooperation from the states.
📰 Gabriel Pietrorazio for @kjzz.org: kjzz.org/tribal-natur...
📰 Gabriel Pietrorazio for @kjzz.org: kjzz.org/tribal-natur...