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also https://www.amazon.com/Coasts-Crisis-Challenge-Gary-Griggs/dp/0520293622 is a good book if you are interested in how some non indigenous environmental scientists view some of the issues https://californiawaterblog.com/2026/04/26/ai-water-use-distractions-and-lessons-for-california/ is a easy comparison some other issues I hope you are advocating for in similar fashion is how agriculture, papermill and refineries are actively poisoning water including that on many part of indigenous land. There is also of course the push towards resurrecting coal and uranium mining in many indigenous lands because of the taxes it brings for reserves despite the historical impact it has also had on communties. As I am sure you know those are the issues that in many places probabily will be a little more mixed within communties because many believe these are the option that will lead to satisfication(it is also why it is important to keep up comparison with say dcs versus these refineries and mines impact even if you dont like both). For an easy comparison look at how Buu Nygren was treated
please also read https://www.amazon.com/Coasts-Crisis-Challenge-Gary-Griggs/dp/0520293622 if you are interested in getting more to know about different aspects of the earth science also learn about how even your ac has the effect you mentioned earlier https://www.epa.gov/heatislands all of which we need to balance aganist other effects like the albedo
Also just randomily if you are interested in this subject https://a.co/d/00HCLT3C Is a great book on the subject. It especially gives focus on a key element i think people dont understand. That is intrusion and the good water act. Water comemption has actually stayed relatively baseline and gone down since the 90s and corporations are required to put a significant back in. And often pay for things like https://www.epa.gov/waterreuse/water-reuse-case-study-quincy-washington Currentily in fact getting your city to maintain and update ageing water system is much more.impactful than consumption alone though regulation still should be enforced