"The most important planning question is not simply how much water AI uses. It is where, when, and under what hydrologic conditions that water is used. Aggregate water use figures can obscure local risk. The same volume of water may be manageable in one basin but damaging in another. In a watershed already facing drought, groundwater decline, ecological flow constraints, additional withdrawals can carry real consequences." https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/JWRMD5.WRENG-7706