Water Use Law Archives - Prairie Rivers Network https://prairierivers.org/tag/water-use-law/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:58:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://prairierivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cropped-new-PRN-favicon-32x32.png Water Use Law Archives - Prairie Rivers Network https://prairierivers.org/tag/water-use-law/ 32 32 114651131 Watt’s Up With Data Centers? Community Strategies for Responding to Data Center Development https://prairierivers.org/front-page/2026/03/watts-up-with-data-centers-community-strategies-for-responding-to-data-center-development/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 20:33:29 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=48381 March 13, 2026 | Blog Post
Part 3 of the Watt’s Up with Data Centers series, “Community Strategies for Responding to Data Center Development” covered environmental justice community concerns about data centers, and gave insight into new research on data center energy demand.

The post Watt’s Up With Data Centers? Community Strategies for Responding to Data Center Development appeared first on Prairie Rivers Network.

]]> 48381 Watt’s Up with Data Centers? Community and Utility Perspectives https://prairierivers.org/front-page/2026/02/watts-up-with-data-centers-community-and-utility-perspectives/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 18:24:28 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=48177 February 19, 2026 | Blog Post
Part 2 of the Watt’s Up with Data Centers series, “Community and Utility Perspectives” covered community leaders’ and utilities’ perspectives on large scale data center projects.

The post Watt’s Up with Data Centers? Community and Utility Perspectives appeared first on Prairie Rivers Network.

]]> 48177 Watt’s Up with Data Centers? Understanding Energy and Water Use https://prairierivers.org/front-page/2026/02/watts-up-with-data-centers-part-i/ Thu, 05 Feb 2026 16:34:59 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=48146 February 5, 2026 | Blog Post
Part I of the Watt’s Up with Data Centers series, “Understanding Energy and Water Use” covered water and energy use concerns about large scale data center projects.

The post Watt’s Up with Data Centers? Understanding Energy and Water Use appeared first on Prairie Rivers Network.

]]> 48146 Factory Farm vs. Property Owner in Dispute over Lamoine River Water https://prairierivers.org/articles/2012/08/factory-farm-vs-property-owner-in-dispute-over-lamoine-river-water/ Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:00:30 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=11637 Scott Schauble, who owns a farm bordering the Lamoine River, came home one day to find water lines running across his driveway. These lines were being used to draw water from the river to replenish the water reserves of a neighboring hog factory farm. Schauble had recently been approached by his neighbor who offered him […]

The post Factory Farm vs. Property Owner in Dispute over Lamoine River Water appeared first on Prairie Rivers Network.

]]> 11637