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Ailene Voisin, an information officer for the State Water Resources Control Board, told The Sacramento Bee that the agency does not track water use specifically by AI data centers, that the board only monitors water used by water rights holders and public water systems.
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Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 18 Nov. 2025
The rule of capture, once an obscure provision of Texas law, is now on more people’s radar after a fight over water rights in East Texas went public earlier this year.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2025
The move is one of the first of many that will likely become the next phase of controversy over Great Lakes water rights as more tech companies look to the region for its seemingly endless supply of water.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 13 Nov. 2025
Gila River and the Colorado River Indian Tribes, with 719,000 acre-feet of first priority water rights, are the state’s largest tribal rights holders.
—Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 12 Nov. 2025
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Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 18 Nov. 2025
The rule of capture, once an obscure provision of Texas law, is now on more people’s radar after a fight over water rights in East Texas went public earlier this year.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2025
The move is one of the first of many that will likely become the next phase of controversy over Great Lakes water rights as more tech companies look to the region for its seemingly endless supply of water.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 13 Nov. 2025
Gila River and the Colorado River Indian Tribes, with 719,000 acre-feet of first priority water rights, are the state’s largest tribal rights holders.
—Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 12 Nov. 2025
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“Water right.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20right. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.
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