Daniel Salzler No. 1334 EnviroInsight.org Four Items November 28, 2025
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- Yavapai-Apache Nation Builds Water Reclamation Plant To protect Verde River. The Yavapai-Apache Nation is building a water reclamation facility to replace open sewage lagoons and protect the Verde River, a vital water source for Phoenix managed by the Salt River Project (SRP).
The project is critical for the tribe’s survival, according to Yavapai-Apache Nation Chairman Buddy Rocha Jr.
“The Verde River being the most important resource that we have in this Verde Valley and how critical it is to … contributors along the Verde River,” Rocha said.
He also said the facility near Middle Verde will help keep the river clean and sustainable.
The new facility will be one of the few large-scale wastewater treatment plants on the north side of the watershed. It will also benefit Camp Verde by reducing the number of septic tanks along the Verde River through a centralized system.
“We will have the capacity to potentially connect to other exterior residences so we can get rid of some of those septic tanks,” Rocha explained.
The goal of the reclamation plant is to replace outdated open sewage lagoons, a system that dates back to Roman times.
Rocha said they need to be replaced.
“We’re in a floodplain. And to have those lagoon systems near a floodplain is … irresponsible planning,” he said.
Water reclamation facility will also help with conservation efforts.
The reclamation plant will help conserve Verde River water by treating and repurposing it as high-quality reclaimed water for reuse.
This increased capacity will allow tribal leaders to expand development across the Nation by supporting housing, infrastructure, and economic growth.
“Growth is so important, residential growth, economic growth,” Rocha said. “It’s going to have so many various impacts where we can continue to sustain that growth.” Source: KTAR News Nov. 19,2025
2. Earth Has Tilted 31.5 Inches. That Shouldn’t Happen. Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:
- When humans pump groundwater, it has a substantial impact on the tilt of Earth’s rotation.
- Additionally, a study documents just how much of an influence groundwater pumping has on climate change.
- Understanding this relatively recent data may provide a better understanding of how to help stave off sea-level rise.
Water has power. So much power, in fact, that pumping Earth’s groundwater can change the planet’s tilt and rotation. It can also impact sea-level rise and other consequences of climate change.
Pumping groundwater appears to have a greater consequence than ever previously thought. But now—thanks to a study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters—we can see that, in less than two decades, Earth has tilted 31.5 inches as a result of pumping groundwater. This equates to.24 inches of sea level rise.
“Earth’s rotational pole actually changes a lot,” Ki-Weon Seo, a geophysicist at Seoul National University and study lead, says in a statement. “Our study shows that among climate-related causes, the redistribution of groundwater actually has the largest impact on the drift of the rotational pole.”
With the Earth moving on a rotational pole, the distribution of water on the planet impacts distribution of mass. “Like adding a tiny bit of weight to a spinning top,” authors say, “the Earth spins a little differently as water is moved around.”
NASA research published in 2016 alerted us to the fact that the distribution of water can change the Earth’s rotation. This study in Geophysical Research Letters attempts to add some hard figures to that realization. “I’m very glad to find the unexplained cause of the rotation pole drift,” Seo says. “On the other hand, as a resident of Earth and a father, I’m concerned and surprised to see that pumping groundwater is another source of sea-level rise.”
The study included data from 1993 through 2010, and showed that the pumping of as much as 2,150 gigatons of groundwater has caused a change in the Earth’s tilt of roughly 31.5 inches. The pumping is largely for irrigation and human use, with the groundwater eventually relocating to the oceans. [1 gigaton of water is equal to approximately 31,754,705,525.197 gallons.]
In the study, researchers modeled observed changes in the drift of Earth’s rotational pole and the movement of water. Across varying scenarios, the only model that matched the drift was one that included 2,150 gigatons [or 68,272,616,879,173.55 gallons of groundwater distribution.
Surendra Adhikari, a research scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory who was involved in the 2016 study, says the additional research is important. “They’ve quantified the role of groundwater pumping on polar motion,” he says in a news release, “and it’s pretty significant.”
Where the water moves from—and to—matters. Redistributing water from the midlatitudes makes the biggest difference, so our intense water movement from both western North America and northwestern India have played a key role in the tilt changes.
Now that the impact of water movement is known for such a short—and relatively recent—time, digging through historical data may help show trends and provide greater depth to the understanding of groundwater movement effects.
“Observing changes in Earth’s rotational pole is useful,” Seo says, “for understanding continent-scale water storage variations.” Source: Popular Mechanics, November 15, 2025.
3. Forty Five Things To be Grateful For This Thanksgiving. Here are some suggested things to be grateful for this Thanksgiving. Review the list and add you own things your grateful for.
- An amazing partner
- Our parents
- Our Cousins
- Aunts and Uncles Who are like Second Parents
- All of our wonderful memories with our parents brothers sisters and grandparents
- Our pets that make our days so memorable
- Our In-laws
- Friends
- Having a roof over our head and heat when it’s cold and AC when it’s hot
- Decent clothes to wear
- Having enough food to eat
- Having clean water to drink.
- For all of those things that make us laugh
- Days off
- Days off spent with someone special
- Day off spending it alone
- Getting lost in a good book
- Recognizing that reading expands our imagination, knowledge and word use
- Learning something new every day
- Recognizing that we can/do learn from our mistakes
- Having the courage to strive toward our goals
- Having faith in something/someone bigger than us
- Having a good laugh at something you think is funny
- Having a good cry when we’re sad or when we laugh hard
- A day on the beach, on the lake or on the river
- The warmth of the sun on our face on a cold day
- The relief of a cool breeze when it is hot outside
- The opportunity to travel
- Receiving a smile from a stranger
- Performing a random act of kindness
- Good music
- Chocolate
- Appreciating morning sun rises
- Appreciating evening sun sets
- Appreciating the wonder and beauty of blooming plants
- Time
- Those “ah ha” moments when something becomes clear
- Waking in the morning feeling well rested after a good night sleep
- Your ability to love
- Your eyesight
- Your ability to make a delicious food/snack that everyone loves
- Your health
- Your ability to think and create
- Finding a conclusion to a difficult puzzle
- Your ability to write/ compose
Source: https://www.creativehealthyfamily.com/things-to-be-thankful-for/ and the Editor
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