Jackie Schuster
@jackieschuster.bsky.social
Anthropology student studying intersections of water, culture, and politics in California's Central Valley 🌾 🐄 💦
Reporting from Tulare County to say that it has been an absolutely miserable few weeks and I am sick of it
Central California is currently experiencing one of the most remarkable temperature inversions I've ever seen in this part of the world. The Central Valley remains miserably damp & chilly under dense fog layer, but it's balmily warm & sunny just 2,000ft up nearby mountain slopes!
December 12, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Reporting from Tulare County to say that it has been an absolutely miserable few weeks and I am sick of it
“When that tainted water moves through the data centers to absorb heat from the server systems, some of the water is evaporated, but the nitrates remain… when the polluted water has moved through the data centers and back into the wastewater system, it’s even more contaminated.” 😵💫
“One man about 60 years old had his voice box taken out because of a cancer only smokers get, but that guy hadn’t smoked a day of his life.”
'The Precedent Is Flint': How Oregon's Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
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December 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
“When that tainted water moves through the data centers to absorb heat from the server systems, some of the water is evaporated, but the nitrates remain… when the polluted water has moved through the data centers and back into the wastewater system, it’s even more contaminated.” 😵💫
Reposted by Jackie Schuster
Small towns in the Great Lakes are confronting the hidden water costs of AI’s data center boom.
Read @CircleofBlue’s latest investigation: buff.ly/z9mxevn
#GreatLakes #WaterCrisis #AI #DataCenters #Environment #Journalism #WaterNews #WaterandEnergy #WI
Read @CircleofBlue’s latest investigation: buff.ly/z9mxevn
#GreatLakes #WaterCrisis #AI #DataCenters #Environment #Journalism #WaterNews #WaterandEnergy #WI
November 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Small towns in the Great Lakes are confronting the hidden water costs of AI’s data center boom.
Read @CircleofBlue’s latest investigation: buff.ly/z9mxevn
#GreatLakes #WaterCrisis #AI #DataCenters #Environment #Journalism #WaterNews #WaterandEnergy #WI
Read @CircleofBlue’s latest investigation: buff.ly/z9mxevn
#GreatLakes #WaterCrisis #AI #DataCenters #Environment #Journalism #WaterNews #WaterandEnergy #WI
“Few details on how the center would look are yet available, but it would include at least five large buildings on what is currently farmland and wetlands, according to plans. The center may consume 1 million gallons of water daily” 🙃
A Michigan town hopes to stop a data center with a 2026 ballot initiative.
grist.org/elections/a-...
#DataCenter #Michigan #MI #AI #Computers
grist.org/elections/a-...
#DataCenter #Michigan #MI #AI #Computers
A Michigan town hopes to stop a data center with a 2026 ballot initiative
Local officials see millions of dollars in tax revenue, but more than 950 residents who signed ballot petitions fear endless noise, pollution and higher electric rates.
grist.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:15 AM
“Few details on how the center would look are yet available, but it would include at least five large buildings on what is currently farmland and wetlands, according to plans. The center may consume 1 million gallons of water daily” 🙃
“The dysfunction in the Tule subbasin has gotten to the point that Department of Water Resources mediators have been holding private monthly meetings with managers to help move conversations forward.” Lots of finger-pointing happening in the Tule subbasin right now!
sjvwater.org/eric-r-quinl...
sjvwater.org/eric-r-quinl...
Eric R. Quinley: The most hated man in the Tule subbasin? – SJV Water
He’s either simply telling it like it is, or, he’s a sanctimonious know-it-all stirring the pot. Either way, Eric R. Quinley has emerged as, quite
sjvwater.org
October 15, 2025 at 11:31 PM
“The dysfunction in the Tule subbasin has gotten to the point that Department of Water Resources mediators have been holding private monthly meetings with managers to help move conversations forward.” Lots of finger-pointing happening in the Tule subbasin right now!
sjvwater.org/eric-r-quinl...
sjvwater.org/eric-r-quinl...
Especially important to understand moving forward in the CV as CA already has a lot of data centers and more want to move in! fresnoland.org/2025/08/26/c...
October 6, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Especially important to understand moving forward in the CV as CA already has a lot of data centers and more want to move in! fresnoland.org/2025/08/26/c...
Reposted by Jackie Schuster
California’s first solar-covered canal is now fully online www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol... via @mariagallucci.bsky.social
California's first solar-covered canal is now fully online
The 1.6-MW pilot system is among a growing number of initiatives to put solar over waterways. The approach could generate gigawatts of power nationwide.
www.canarymedia.com
September 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
California’s first solar-covered canal is now fully online www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol... via @mariagallucci.bsky.social
Reposted by Jackie Schuster
“I was enrolled in the bottled water program offered by Community Water Center...But I decided not to ask for help anymore because I know that most of these programs are funded by the government. I’m afraid that information could be used against me at some point”
www.circleofblue.org/2025/water-p...
www.circleofblue.org/2025/water-p...
ICE Raids in California Block Farmworker Access to Clean Water
Explore the critical issue of California farmworkers' water access amid concerns of immigration enforcement and contaminated water supplies.
www.circleofblue.org
September 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
“I was enrolled in the bottled water program offered by Community Water Center...But I decided not to ask for help anymore because I know that most of these programs are funded by the government. I’m afraid that information could be used against me at some point”
www.circleofblue.org/2025/water-p...
www.circleofblue.org/2025/water-p...
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“What it takes to grow food with less pollution isn’t a mystery. But the solution threatens the status quo. You can’t sell as much fertilizer, hybrid seeds or animal feed.”
Excellent deep-dive on water pollution and cancer rates in Iowa
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Excellent deep-dive on water pollution and cancer rates in Iowa
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Why Iowa Chooses Not to Clean Up Its Polluted Water
Runoff from fields and feedlots fills Iowa’s waterways with dangerous nitrates. It would be fixable if not for the political and economic power of Big Ag.
www.bloomberg.com
September 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
“What it takes to grow food with less pollution isn’t a mystery. But the solution threatens the status quo. You can’t sell as much fertilizer, hybrid seeds or animal feed.”
Excellent deep-dive on water pollution and cancer rates in Iowa
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Excellent deep-dive on water pollution and cancer rates in Iowa
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Reposted by Jackie Schuster
More new groundwater work from ASU colleague Jay Famiglietti & others, this time a global perspective.
“In the American Southwest & California, groundwater loss is a familiar story, but over the past two decades that hot spot has also spread dramatically.”
Paper at www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
“In the American Southwest & California, groundwater loss is a familiar story, but over the past two decades that hot spot has also spread dramatically.”
Paper at www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
July 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
More new groundwater work from ASU colleague Jay Famiglietti & others, this time a global perspective.
“In the American Southwest & California, groundwater loss is a familiar story, but over the past two decades that hot spot has also spread dramatically.”
Paper at www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
“In the American Southwest & California, groundwater loss is a familiar story, but over the past two decades that hot spot has also spread dramatically.”
Paper at www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
““I don’t know how we haven’t coordinated; we’re on our 11th year,” Verboon said in reference to SGMA’s passage in 2014…
It’s not just Boswell and the El Rico GSA, several GSAs aren’t comfortable with each other, he said.”
Tulare Lake subbasin once again being so😭messy😭
sjvwater.org/boswell-sile...
It’s not just Boswell and the El Rico GSA, several GSAs aren’t comfortable with each other, he said.”
Tulare Lake subbasin once again being so😭messy😭
sjvwater.org/boswell-sile...
Boswell silent and “blank” as the farming behemoth continues with plans to sink the Tulare Lake bed another 10 feet – SJV Water
Editor's note: Monserrat Solis covers Kings County water issues for SJV Water through the California Local News Fellowship initiative. While some
sjvwater.org
July 24, 2025 at 3:05 AM
““I don’t know how we haven’t coordinated; we’re on our 11th year,” Verboon said in reference to SGMA’s passage in 2014…
It’s not just Boswell and the El Rico GSA, several GSAs aren’t comfortable with each other, he said.”
Tulare Lake subbasin once again being so😭messy😭
sjvwater.org/boswell-sile...
It’s not just Boswell and the El Rico GSA, several GSAs aren’t comfortable with each other, he said.”
Tulare Lake subbasin once again being so😭messy😭
sjvwater.org/boswell-sile...