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minus-squareNalivai@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 hours agoIn the US it’s definetely not true. https://css.umich.edu/publications/factsheets/water/us-water-supply-and-distribution-factsheet https://www.epa.gov/watersense/how-we-use-water Pre-datacenters numbers are ~35% irrigation, ~45% thermoelectric power plant cooling, 12% residential, 5% industry, and then other usages. I don’t know how much datacenters changed this equation.
minus-squareNalivai@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 hours agoFor the global statistics, not to be a US-centric the numbers are a different, https://www.fao.org/aquastat/en/overview/methodology/water-use still only 70% overall in the world, with huuuge discrepancy between countries.
In the US it’s definetely not true.
https://css.umich.edu/publications/factsheets/water/us-water-supply-and-distribution-factsheet
https://www.epa.gov/watersense/how-we-use-water
Pre-datacenters numbers are ~35% irrigation, ~45% thermoelectric power plant cooling, 12% residential, 5% industry, and then other usages.
I don’t know how much datacenters changed this equation.
For the global statistics, not to be a US-centric the numbers are a different, https://www.fao.org/aquastat/en/overview/methodology/water-use
still only 70% overall in the world, with huuuge discrepancy between countries.