● Water levels in Lake Powell, on the Colorado River, are projected to be 34 feet lower at the beginning of next year compared to 2025, increasing the risk of a hydropower shutdown. ● A major San Antonio-area aquifer has fallen significantly below its average levels, forcing water-use restrictions for the Texas metro area’s utilities. ● Pakistan’s abnormally strong monsoon season has continued with devastating weekend floods and landslides, killing more than 300 people. ● The construction of a new hydropower dam in North Sumatra, Indonesia, threatens to push the world’s rarest great ape, the Tapanuli orangutan, to extinction.
