This Week in Water for June 20, 2021

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Water-Guzzling Data Centers Are Being Built in the Arizona Desert. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: Severe drought in the West is increasing the risk of electricity shortages, as water levels needed to generate hydropower fall. Mesa, Arizona, recently approved a massive new computer data center, which will require over one million gallons of water a day. Usually mosquitoes are only a summertime nuisance, but a new study shows they might bug us in the spring and fall, too. Antidepressants in streams and ponds are making crayfish cray-cray. The Michelin Man has taken up sailing.