Restoring Ecosystems through Water Stewardship

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Water is also used throughout our value chain, in the manufacturing of both consumer hardware products and data center equipment.</p> <p>We work to drive water efficiency and reuse across our global operations. From reducing our potable water use intensity at our San Francisco Bay Area headquarters to exploring ways to incorporate circularity strategies, we’ve worked to drive water efficiency and reuse across our global operations.</p> <p>Our <a href="https://www.gstatic.com/gumdrop/sustainability/google-water-stewardship.pdf" target="_blank">water stewardship strategy</a> is centered on enhancing responsible water resource management across our data centers and offices, sharing tools and technology that can help address water challenges, and improving watershed health and ecosystems in water-stressed communities. In 2021, <a href="https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/sustainability/replenishing-water/" target="_blank">we announced our goal</a> to replenish 120% of the freshwater volume we consume, on average, across our offices and data centers by 2030, and help restore and improve the quality of water and health of ecosystems in the communities where we operate.</p> <p>When it comes to addressing shared water challenges, technology can be a useful tool to bring visibility to these challenges to enable smarter, more informed decision-making. We’re building tools to make water data and technology universally accessible, enabling effective water stewardship and improving the resilience of watersheds and ecosystems.</p> </div> </div> </div> <h2 class="glue-headline glue-headline--headline-3 scroll-header-text"> Our key efforts </h2> </div> </div> <div class="js-section vertical-gap sust-vertical-gap-bottom"> <div class="section-with-intro" data-sub-section-size="small"> <div class="section-side-bar"> <div class="scroll-header sus-gutter-left"> <h2 class="glue-headline glue-headline--headline-3 scroll-heading"> Our key efforts </h2> </div> <div class="section-links"> <button class="section-link active" data-link="operating-within-google_2" data-ga-event="in_page_navigation" data-ga-section-name="our key efforts" data-ga-content-type="in_page_navigation" data-ga-item-id="operating-within-google_2"> Advancing responsible water use </button> <button class="section-link" data-link="supporting-communities-and-ecosystems" data-ga-event="in_page_navigation" data-ga-section-name="our key efforts" data-ga-content-type="in_page_navigation" data-ga-item-id="supporting-communities-and-ecosystems"> Benefiting watersheds and communities </button> <button class="section-link" data-link="enabling-everyone" data-ga-event="in_page_navigation" data-ga-section-name="our key efforts" data-ga-content-type="in_page_navigation" data-ga-item-id="enabling-everyone"> Supporting water security with technology </button> </div> </div> <div class="section-content"> <div class="glue-jumplinks"> <button class="glue-jumplinks__button glue-jumplinks__button--prev" title="Previous Arrow" aria-label="Previous Arrow"></button> <ul class="glue-jumplinks__list" data-glue-jumplink-label="Jump to section within page"> <li class="glue-jumplinks__list-item"> <a class="glue-jumplinks__link" href="#operating-within-google_2" aria-label="Advancing responsible water use"> Advancing responsible water use </a> </li> <li class="glue-jumplinks__list-item"> <a class="glue-jumplinks__link" href="#supporting-communities-and-ecosystems" aria-label="Benefiting watersheds and communities"> Benefiting watersheds and communities </a> </li> <li class="glue-jumplinks__list-item"> <a class="glue-jumplinks__link" href="#enabling-everyone" aria-label="Supporting water security with technology"> Supporting water security with technology </a> </li> </ul> <button class="glue-jumplinks__button glue-jumplinks__button--next" title="Next Arrow" aria-label="Next Arrow"></button> </div> <div class="mobile-link-container"> <div class="section-mobile-links hide-scrollbars"> <div class="mobile-link-item"> <button id="operating-within-google_2-mobile-link" class="section-mobile-link" data-link="operating-within-google_2" data-ga-event="in_page_navigation" data-ga-section-name="our key efforts" data-ga-content-type="in_page_navigation" data-ga-item-id="operating-within-google_2"> Advancing responsible water use </button> </div> <div class="mobile-link-item"> <button id="supporting-communities-and-ecosystems-mobile-link" class="section-mobile-link" data-link="supporting-communities-and-ecosystems" data-ga-event="in_page_navigation" data-ga-section-name="our key efforts" data-ga-content-type="in_page_navigation" data-ga-item-id="supporting-communities-and-ecosystems"> Benefiting watersheds and communities </button> </div> <div class="mobile-link-item"> <button id="enabling-everyone-mobile-link" class="section-mobile-link" data-link="enabling-everyone" data-ga-event="in_page_navigation" data-ga-section-name="our key efforts" data-ga-content-type="in_page_navigation" data-ga-item-id="enabling-everyone"> Supporting water security with technology </button> </div> </div> </div> <div class="section-article-container hide-scrollbars"> <div class="section-card-container"> <div class="scroll-content"> <div class="subsection"> <div class="subsection-content"> <h2 class="subsection-content-heading"> Aiming to replenish more water than we consume and help improve water quality and ecosystem health in the communities where we operate </h2> <div class="subsection-content-para glue-spacer-3-top"> <p>At Google, we utilize water to help cool our data centers and in our offices around the world. 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In 2021, <a href="https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/sustainability/replenishing-water/" target="_blank">we announced our goal</a> to replenish 120% of the freshwater volume we consume, on average, across our offices and data centers by 2030, and help restore and improve the quality of water and health of ecosystems in the communities where we operate.</p> <p>When it comes to addressing shared water challenges, technology can be a useful tool to bring visibility to these challenges to enable smarter, more informed decision-making. We’re building tools to make water data and technology universally accessible, enabling effective water stewardship and improving the resilience of watersheds and ecosystems.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="subsection-cards"> <div class="subsection-cards-flex section-article js-section" id="operating-within-google_2"> <p class="glue-eyebrow subsection-cards-eyebrow"> Advancing responsible water use </p> <div class="subsection-cards-container"> <div class="subsection-cards-items"> <div class="subsection-cards-image-container"> <div class="image-wrapper"> <img class="subsection-cards-img hide-image" data-src="https://www.gstatic.com/marketing-cms/assets/images/e5/0a/fb3145314d0b983a62f4d39323f4/advance-responsible-water-card-one-large.webp=w300" alt="These colorful pipes in our Douglas County, Georgia data center send and receive water for cooling our facility."> </div> </div> <p class="subsection-cards-decs"> Data centers </p> <div class="subsection-cards-cta preview-pane" 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class="glue-grid caption"> <div class="glue-grid__col--span-6"> <p class="image-caption-text"> These colorful pipes in our Douglas County, Georgia data center send and receive water for cooling our facility </p> </div> </div> <div class="caption-text"> <p>To minimize the net-climate impact at each of our data center campuses, both today and in the future, we consult with local experts and make regionally appropriate cooling technology decisions that balance the availability of carbon-free energy<sup>1</sup> and responsibly sourced water.</p> <p>In many places, water is the most efficient means of cooling. When used responsibly, water cooling can play an important role in reducing emissions.</p> <p>In 2023, we shared our <a href="https://www.gstatic.com/gumdrop/sustainability/2023-data-center-water-risk-framework-whitepaper.pdf" target="_blank"><u>water risk framework</u></a>, which describes our data-driven approach to responsible water use in our Google-owned data centers. Building on our <a href="https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/sustainability/our-commitment-to-climate-conscious-data-center-cooling/" target="_blank"><u>climate-conscious approach</u></a> to data center cooling, this framework provides an actionable and repeatable process for evaluating local watershed health and water risks across our portfolio, focusing on water scarcity and the risk of a freshwater source being depleted.</p> <p>At our data centers, we aim to implement technologies and solutions that reduce freshwater consumption when feasible, and utilize alternative sources such as reclaimed wastewater and even seawater. In 2023, 22% of our total data center water withdrawal (excluding seawater) was reclaimed wastewater and other non-potable water, and roughly one-third of our data center campuses used air cooling or non-potable water sources.</p> <p>For example, at our data center in Douglas County, Georgia, we redirect local sewer water that would otherwise be discharged in the Chattahoochee River and use it to cool our facility. Additionally, at our data center in Eemshaven, the Netherlands, we partnered with the community to bring in <a href="https://blog.google/inside-google/infrastructure/a-sustainable-solution-helped-a-small-town-cool-its-data-center/" target="_blank">industrial canal water</a> to cool our data center, leaving potable water for other uses.</p> </div> </div> </section> <section class="card-section js-section"> <div class="card-container"> <p class="subsection-title">Related resources</p> <ul class="resource-card-container-main"> <li class="resource-sub-card-container"> <div class="card-link"> <div class="card-link-main"> <div class="image-wrapper"> <img class="card-link-image hide-image" data-src="https://www.gstatic.com/marketing-cms/assets/images/9e/f2/3a0aa4784cd583805e87e0877487/image5-bmarkbn-width-1600-format-webp.webp" alt="Thousands of feet of pipe line the inside of our Douglas County, Georgia data center."> </div> </div> <p class="card-link-copy glue-headline glue-headline--headline-5"> Our commitment to climate-conscious data center cooling</p> <div class="card-link-cta"> <div class="link-story"> <a href="https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/sustainability/our-commitment-to-climate-conscious-data-center-cooling/" class="sus-link" title="View story: Our commitment to climate-conscious data center cooling" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-ga-event="section_content" data-ga-cta-url="https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/sustainability/our-commitment-to-climate-conscious-data-center-cooling/" data-ga-section-name="Related resources" data-ga-content-type="story"> View story </a> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="resource-sub-card-container"> <div class="card-link"> <div class="card-link-main"> <div class="image-wrapper"> <img class="card-link-image hide-image" data-src="https://www.gstatic.com/marketing-cms/assets/images/be/f8/182db8e748d78bb51884f9188639/solar.webp" alt="A photo of solar panels in front of a background of mountains and a blue sky"> </div> </div> <p class="card-link-copy glue-headline glue-headline--headline-5"> Our work to build a more sustainable future in Arizona</p> <div class="card-link-cta"> <div class="link-story"> <a href="https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/sustainability/google-carbon-free-data-center-arizona-/" class="sus-link" title="View story: A sustainable solution helped a small town cool its data center" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-ga-event="section_content" data-ga-cta-url="https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/sustainability/google-carbon-free-data-center-arizona-/" data-ga-section-name="Related resources" data-ga-content-type="story"> View story </a> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="resource-sub-card-container"> <div class="card-link"> <div class="card-link-main"> <div class="image-wrapper"> <img class="card-link-image hide-image" data-src="https://www.gstatic.com/marketing-cms/assets/images/21/88/4ad9ed2945c4922271fdff111198/report.webp" alt="Cover image of a white paper titled: Google's Water Risk Framework: Assessing watershed health in data center communities"> </div> </div> <p class="card-link-copy glue-headline glue-headline--headline-5"> Google’s Water Risk Framework: Assessing watershed health in data center communities</p> <div class="card-link-cta"> <div class="link-story"> <a href="https://www.gstatic.com/gumdrop/sustainability/2023-data-center-water-risk-framework-whitepaper.pdf" class="sus-link" title="View report: Google’s Water Risk Framework: Assessing watershed health in data center communities" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-ga-event="section_content" data-ga-cta-url="https://www.gstatic.com/gumdrop/sustainability/2023-data-center-water-risk-framework-whitepaper.pdf" data-ga-section-name="Related resources" data-ga-content-type="report"> View report </a> </div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </section> <section class="card-section module-bottom-spacer"> <div class="footnotes-section"> <div class="note-text"> <sup>1</sup> Carbon-free energy is any type of electricity generation that doesn’t directly emit carbon dioxide, including (but not limited to) solar, wind, geothermal, hydropower, and nuclear. Sustainable biomass and carbon capture and storage (CCS) are special cases considered on a case-by-case basis, but are often also considered carbon-free energy sources. </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="glue-modal modal-parent report-modal-parent" role="dialog" aria-modal="true" aria-labelledby="modal-label" aria-describedby="modal-content-offices" data-preview-id="offices"> <div class="preview-dialog" data-ga-page-view="page_view" data-ga-preview-text="preview/" data-ga-scroll-event="scroll" data-ga-scroll-depth="25,50,75,100"> <button class="glue-modal__close-btn offices close-button sus-icon-button" title="Close the modal" tabindex="0" aria-label="Close the modal"></button> <div id="modal-content-offices" class="preview-content"> <div class="commitment-model" id="modal-page"> <section> <div class="navigation-menu"> <span class="navigation-menu-text">Operating sustainably</span> <span class="material-symbols-outlined nav-icon navigation-menu-icon-font"> chevron_right</span> <span> <a href="../../operating-sustainably/water-stewardship/" class="sus-link navigation-menu-text" title="Water stewardship" data-ga-event="select_content" data-ga-cta-url="https://sustainability.google/operating-sustainably/water-stewardship/" data-ga-section-name="water stewardship" data-ga-content-type="cta"> Water stewardship </a> </span> </div> </section> <section class="main-content"> <h3 class="glue-spacer-3-top modal-title-text">Offices</h3> <div class="glue-grid__col glue-grid__col--span-4-sm glue-grid__col--span-8-md glue-grid__col--span-6-lg glue-grid__col--span-8-xl glue-order-1 glue-order-2-md glue-order-2-xl scroll-section-img"> <img class="scroll-section-img-main commitment-overview-image" loading="lazy" src="https://www.gstatic.com/marketing-cms/assets/images/8b/0b/c31f6b744e6dbc6139a8a5319df1/advance-responsible-card-two-large.webp" alt="View of Bay View campus at night."> <div class="glue-grid caption"> <div class="glue-grid__col--span-6"> <p class="image-caption-text"> Our Bay View campus at night. Photo by Iwan Baanis </p> </div> </div> <div class="caption-text"> <p>Around the world, our offices use water for a variety of needs from preparing food for workers and sanitation, to irrigating campus landscapes, and keeping our workspaces cool. We take a variety of approaches to manage water responsibly and drive responsible water use in our real estate operations through increased efficiency and by sourcing water from non-potable supplies.</p> <p>One of the main ways we conserve water in Google workplaces is by adopting sustainability design standards aligned with leading third-party certifications, including the Living Building Challenge (LBC). Our building design requirements for new construction include the incorporation of water-efficient fixtures, such as faucets, toilets, and irrigation systems. For existing buildings, our design standards also include replacing old fixtures with highly efficient ones in any space we move into and installing water meters with automatic leak detection.</p> <p>Beyond these standards, we drive water stewardship in our workplaces by developing innovative solutions that strive to be replicable and scalable. For example, our new <a href="https://realestate.withgoogle.com/bayview/?utm_source=keyword&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=bayview" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>Bay View campus</u></a>, which <a href="https://blog.google/inside-google/life-at-google/bay-view-campus-grand-opening/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>opened</u></a> in 2022, is on track to be the largest development project in the world to achieve Water Petal certification from the LBC, aiming to <a href="https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/sustainability/ask-a-techspert-bay-view-water-positive/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>produce more non-potable water</u></a> than there is demand for at the site.</p> <p>Additionally, we advance water stewardship on our campuses by designing landscapes with native plants and drought-tolerant species. We’re also using non-freshwater supplies where available and extending municipal reclaimed source water lines to serve more of our facilities.</p> </div> </div> </section> <section class="card-section js-section"> <div class="card-container"> <p class="subsection-title">Related resources</p> <ul class="resource-card-container-main"> <li class="resource-sub-card-container"> <div class="card-link"> <div class="card-link-main"> <div class="image-wrapper"> <img class="card-link-image hide-image" data-src="https://www.gstatic.com/marketing-cms/assets/images/03/8f/a50467c044b2be28f1cb726a0eee/google-bay-view-22-02-big-tha-02-width-1600-format-webp.webp" alt="An aerial photo of three large canopies that are covered in solar panels."> </div> </div> <p class="card-link-copy glue-headline glue-headline--headline-5"> Bay View is open: The first campus built by Google</p> <div class="card-link-cta"> <div class="link-story"> <a 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“water positive”?</p> <div class="card-link-cta"> <div class="link-story"> <a href="https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/sustainability/ask-a-techspert-bay-view-water-positive/" class="sus-link" title="View story: Ask a Techspert: How does a building become “water positive”?" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-ga-event="select_content" data-ga-cta-url="https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/sustainability/ask-a-techspert-bay-view-water-positive/" data-ga-section-name="Related resources" data-ga-content-type="story"> View story </a> </div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </section> <section class="card-section"> <div class="card-container"> <p class="subsection-title">Did you know?</p> <ul class="resource-card-container-main"> <li class="resource-sub-card-container"> <div class="card-link"> <div class="card-bulb-cta"> <p class="sus-button-bulb-icon"> <span class="material-symbols-outlined">wb_incandescent</span> </p> </div> <div class="card-link-copy glue-headline frame-sub-heading"> <p>Predictive models estimate that Bay View’s geothermal energy system eliminates about 90% of the water needed for cooling, and the campus treats stormwater and wastewater for reuse in toilet flushing and irrigation.</p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="resource-sub-card-container"> <div class="card-link"> <div class="card-bulb-cta"> <p class="sus-button-bulb-icon"> <span class="material-symbols-outlined">wb_incandescent</span> </p> </div> <div class="card-link-copy glue-headline frame-sub-heading"> <p>“Water positive” at Bay View means we will produce more non-potable water than we have demand for at the Bay View site.</p> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="glue-modal modal-parent report-modal-parent" role="dialog" aria-modal="true" aria-labelledby="modal-label" aria-describedby="modal-content-supply-chain" data-preview-id="supply-chain"> <div class="preview-dialog" data-ga-page-view="page_view" data-ga-preview-text="preview/" data-ga-scroll-event="scroll" data-ga-scroll-depth="25,50,75,100"> <button class="glue-modal__close-btn supply-chain close-button sus-icon-button" title="Close the modal" tabindex="0" aria-label="Close the modal"></button> <div id="modal-content-supply-chain" class="preview-content"> <div class="commitment-model" id="modal-page"> <section> <div class="navigation-menu"> <span class="navigation-menu-text">Operating sustainably</span> <span class="material-symbols-outlined nav-icon navigation-menu-icon-font"> chevron_right</span> <span> <a href="../../operating-sustainably/water-stewardship/" class="sus-link navigation-menu-text" title="Water stewardship" data-ga-event="select_content" data-ga-cta-url="https://sustainability.google/operating-sustainably/water-stewardship/" data-ga-section-name="water stewardship" data-ga-content-type="cta"> Water stewardship </a> </span> </div> </section> <section class="main-content"> <h3 class="glue-spacer-3-top modal-title-text">Supply chain</h3> <div class="glue-grid__col glue-grid__col--span-4-sm glue-grid__col--span-8-md glue-grid__col--span-6-lg glue-grid__col--span-8-xl glue-order-1 glue-order-2-md glue-order-2-xl scroll-section-img"> <img class="scroll-section-img-main commitment-overview-image" loading="lazy" src="https://www.gstatic.com/marketing-cms/assets/images/cb/43/8dce9dd84cd8b8e2e1123ef21054/advance-responsible-card-three-large.webp" alt="A worker tightens a valve coupling in our Hamina, Finland data center"> <div class="glue-grid caption"> <div class="glue-grid__col--span-6"> <p class="image-caption-text"> Tightening a valve coupling in our Hamina, Finland data center to ensure we keep seawater from the Gulf of Finland in the appropriate cooling pipes </p> </div> </div> <div class="caption-text"> <p>Addressing water challenges throughout our supply chain requires high-quality water data. That’s why we ask suppliers to disclose water-related data via the CDP supply chain platform.</p> <p>This reporting includes data on water withdrawal from all sources, the portion of water permanently lost in withdrawal, and water effluents discharged, among other metrics. In 2023, we received a 87% response rate (108 out of 124) from suppliers that we invited to participate in the Water Security survey via the CDP Supply Chain program.</p> </div> </div> </section> <section class="card-section js-section"> <div class="card-container"> <p class="subsection-title">Related resources </p> <ul class="resource-card-container-main"> <li class="resource-sub-card-container"> <div class="card-link"> <div class="card-link-main"> <div class="image-wrapper"> <img class="card-link-image hide-image" data-src="https://www.gstatic.com/marketing-cms/assets/images/e0/7e/1201d7cb40f99c881142bed1b367/7gafx67fbaltk7medium.webp" alt="Cover image of 2024 Environmental Report"> </div> </div> <p class="card-link-copy glue-headline glue-headline--headline-5"> Governance and engagement: Water-related risks</p> <div class="card-link-cta"> <div class="link-story"> <a href="https://www.gstatic.com/gumdrop/sustainability/google-2024-environmental-report.pdf" class="sus-link" title="See report: Governance and engagement: Water-related risks" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-ga-event="select_content" data-ga-cta-url="https://www.gstatic.com/gumdrop/sustainability/google-2024-environmental-report.pdf" data-ga-section-name="Related resources" data-ga-content-type="report"> See report </a> </div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="glue-modal modal-parent report-modal-parent" role="dialog" aria-modal="true" aria-labelledby="modal-label" aria-describedby="modal-content-our-goal-to-replenish-more-water-than-we-consume" data-preview-id="our-goal-to-replenish-more-water-than-we-consume"> <div class="preview-dialog" data-ga-page-view="page_view" data-ga-preview-text="preview/" data-ga-scroll-event="scroll" data-ga-scroll-depth="25,50,75,100"> <button class="glue-modal__close-btn our-goal-to-replenish-more-water-than-we-consume close-button sus-icon-button" title="Close the modal" tabindex="0" aria-label="Close the modal"></button> <div id="modal-content-our-goal-to-replenish-more-water-than-we-consume" class="preview-content"> <div class="commitment-model" id="modal-page"> <section> <div class="navigation-menu"> <span class="navigation-menu-text">Operating sustainably</span> <span class="material-symbols-outlined nav-icon navigation-menu-icon-font"> chevron_right</span> <span> <a href="../../operating-sustainably/water-stewardship/" class="sus-link navigation-menu-text" title="Water stewardship" data-ga-event="select_content" data-ga-cta-url="https://sustainability.google/operating-sustainably/water-stewardship/" data-ga-section-name="water stewardship" data-ga-content-type="cta"> Water stewardship </a> </span> </div> </section> <section class="main-content"> <h3 class="glue-spacer-3-top modal-title-text">Our goal to replenish more water than we consume</h3> <div class="glue-grid__col glue-grid__col--span-4-sm glue-grid__col--span-8-md glue-grid__col--span-6-lg glue-grid__col--span-8-xl glue-order-1 glue-order-2-md glue-order-2-xl scroll-section-img"> <img class="scroll-section-img-main commitment-overview-image" loading="lazy" src="https://www.gstatic.com/marketing-cms/assets/images/c9/1e/7dea751e413898c71b66d00f54cd/benifiting-watersheds-card-one-large.webp" alt="Cooling towers at a data center in Belgium"> <div class="glue-grid caption"> <div class="glue-grid__col--span-6"> <p class="image-caption-text"> Cooling towers at our data center in St. Ghislain, Belgium </p> </div> </div> <div class="caption-text"> <p>In 2021, we <a href="https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/sustainability/replenishing-water/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">announced</a> our goal to replenish more water than we consume by 2030. We aim to replenish 120% of the freshwater<sup>1</sup> volume we consume, on average, across our offices and data centers, and help restore and improve the quality of water and health of ecosystems in the communities where we operate.</p> <p>This ambition is bold, particularly when considering both the growth of our business and the challenges and complexities of global water stewardship work—understanding the most impactful intervention requires local context related to shared water challenges, and water replenishment is still a maturing community with some limitations to identifying ready-to-implement project opportunities.</p> <p>We aim to achieve this replenishment target through continued and scaled investments in projects that are located within the watersheds we rely on to provide water to our data centers and offices. We work with external partners to implement these projects, which deliver both volumetric water benefits and improve other locally relevant aspects of watershed health, such as water quality, community water access, and biodiversity.</p> <p>While we still have a long way to go to meet our 2030 target, we’re proud of our progress this year—replenishing 18% of our 2023 freshwater consumption.</p> </div> </div> </section> <section class="card-section"> <div class="card-container target-grid-section"> <p class="subsection-title">Tracking our progress</p> <div class="glue-grid card-container-main target-main-section"> <div class="glue-grid__col glue-grid__col--span-6 glue-grid__col--span-6-md target-sub-section label-text"> <p>Target</p> <h2 class="label-heading">Replenish 120% of the freshwater volume we consume, on average, across our offices and data centers by 2030.</h2> </div> <div class="glue-grid__col glue-grid__col--span-6 glue-grid__col--span-6-md target-sub-section"> <div class="tracking-section"> <div class="tracking-subsection deadline label-text"> <p>Target year</p> <p>2030</p> </div> <div class="tracking-subsection status label-text"> <p>Status</p> <p class="progress-button"> Ongoing </p> </div> </div> <div class="progress-section"> <p class="frame-heading"> 2023</p> <p class="frame-sub-heading"> As of the end of 2023, our contracted watershed projects have replenished an estimated 1 billion gallons<sup>2</sup> of water, or 18% of our 2023 freshwater<sup>3</sup> consumption. </p> <div class="text card-link-cta"> <a class="glue-cta glue-button--inline-links sus-link" href="https://www.gstatic.com/gumdrop/sustainability/google-2024-environmental-report.pdf" title="View report: Replenish 120% of the freshwater volume we consume, on average, across our offices and data centers by 2030." target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-ga-event="select_content" data-ga-cta-url="https://www.gstatic.com/gumdrop/sustainability/google-2024-environmental-report.pdf" data-ga-section-name="tracking-our-progress" data-ga-content-type="report"> View report </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="card-section js-section"> <div class="card-container"> <p class="subsection-title">Related resources</p> <ul class="resource-card-container-main"> <li class="resource-sub-card-container"> <div class="card-link"> <div class="card-link-main"> <div class="image-wrapper"> <img class="card-link-image hide-image" data-src="https://www.gstatic.com/marketing-cms/assets/images/e2/27/8d8478754b66ac477a147610387f/copy-of-copy-of-grq-apw-092317-6-width-1600-format-webp.webp" alt="Our Eemshaven, Netherlands data center reflected in water"> </div> </div> <p class="card-link-copy glue-headline glue-headline--headline-5"> Our commitment to water stewardship</p> <div class="card-link-cta"> <div class="link-story"> <a href="https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/sustainability/replenishing-water/" class="sus-link" title="View story: Our commitment to water stewardship" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-ga-event="select_content" data-ga-cta-url="https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/sustainability/replenishing-water/" data-ga-section-name="Tracking our progress" data-ga-content-type="story"> View story </a> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="resource-sub-card-container"> <div class="card-link"> <div class="card-link-main"> <div class="image-wrapper"> <img class="card-link-image hide-image" data-src="https://www.gstatic.com/marketing-cms/assets/images/ff/8d/87bf457d4776a5c7a9b6344725aa/india-water-hero-width-1600-format-webp.webp" alt="Three people clean the bottom of a water well."> </div> </div> <p class="card-link-copy glue-headline glue-headline--headline-5"> 3 ways we’re tackling water challenges in India</p> <div class="card-link-cta"> <div class="link-story"> <a href="https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/sustainability/3-ways-were-tackling-water-challenges-in-india/" class="sus-link" title="View story: 3 ways we’re tackling water challenges in India" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-ga-event="select_content" data-ga-cta-url="https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/sustainability/3-ways-were-tackling-water-challenges-in-india/" data-ga-section-name="Related resources" data-ga-content-type="story"> View story </a> </div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </section> <section class="card-section"> <div class="card-container"> <p class="subsection-title">Did you know?</p> <ul class="resource-card-container-main"> <li class="resource-sub-card-container"> <div class="card-link"> <div class="card-bulb-cta"> <p class="sus-button-bulb-icon"> <span class="material-symbols-outlined">wb_incandescent</span> </p> </div> <div class="card-link-copy glue-headline frame-sub-heading"> <p>Once fully implemented, we estimate our 74 projects will have the capacity to replenish more than 2.8 billion gallons of water annually.<sup>2</sup></p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="resource-sub-card-container"> <div class="card-link"> <div class="card-bulb-cta"> <p class="sus-button-bulb-icon"> <span class="material-symbols-outlined">wb_incandescent</span> </p> </div> <div class="card-link-copy glue-headline frame-sub-heading"> <p>As of the end of 2023, the 74 water stewardship projects we’ve supported span 46 watersheds. In 2023 alone, we added 36 new watershed projects across Chile, Japan, India, the United States, and more.</p> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </section> <section class="card-section module-bottom-spacer"> <div class="footnotes-section"> <div class="note-text"> <sup>1</sup> Scope: Annual freshwater replenished at our offices and Google-owned and -operated data centers, excluding seawater and reclaimed wastewater. </div> <div class="note-text"> <sup>2</sup> We contracted a third-party to estimate replenishment benefits using the Volumetric Water Benefit Accounting (VWBA) methodology (<a href="https://www.wri.org/research/volumetric-water-benefit-accounting-vwba-method-implementing-and-valuing-water-stewardship" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Reig et al., 2019</a>). </div> <div class="note-text"> <sup>3</sup> We define freshwater as naturally occurring water from surface or groundwater sources that is not salty, and is suitable for consumption if clean or processed. Freshwater excludes seawater and reclaimed wastewater. </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="glue-modal modal-parent report-modal-parent" role="dialog" aria-modal="true" aria-labelledby="modal-label" aria-describedby="modal-content-quantifying-and-visualizing-surface-water-changes" data-preview-id="quantifying-and-visualizing-surface-water-changes"> <div class="preview-dialog" data-ga-page-view="page_view" data-ga-preview-text="preview/" data-ga-scroll-event="scroll" data-ga-scroll-depth="25,50,75,100"> <button class="glue-modal__close-btn quantifying-and-visualizing-surface-water-changes close-button sus-icon-button" title="Close the modal" tabindex="0" aria-label="Close the modal"></button> <div id="modal-content-quantifying-and-visualizing-surface-water-changes" class="preview-content"> <div class="commitment-model" id="modal-page"> <section> <div class="navigation-menu"> <span class="navigation-menu-text">Operating sustainably</span> <span class="material-symbols-outlined nav-icon navigation-menu-icon-font"> chevron_right</span> <span> <a href="../../operating-sustainably/water-stewardship/" class="sus-link navigation-menu-text" title="Water stewardship" data-ga-event="select_content" data-ga-cta-url="https://sustainability.google/operating-sustainably/water-stewardship/" data-ga-section-name="water stewardship" data-ga-content-type="cta"> Water stewardship </a> </span> </div> </section> <section class="main-content"> <h3 class="glue-spacer-3-top modal-title-text">Quantifying and visualizing surface water changes</h3> <div class="glue-grid__col glue-grid__col--span-4-sm glue-grid__col--span-8-md glue-grid__col--span-6-lg glue-grid__col--span-8-xl glue-order-1 glue-order-2-md glue-order-2-xl scroll-section-img"> <img class="scroll-section-img-main commitment-overview-image" loading="lazy" src="https://www.gstatic.com/marketing-cms/assets/images/6b/f7/267f113742c89fd7fe46305a177e/supporting-watersecurity-card-one-large.webp" alt="An oblique aerial view overlooking Brisbane, Australia."> <div class="caption-text"> <p>Led by our <a href="https://www.google.com/earth/outreach/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>Google Earth Outreach </u></a>team, we’re supporting efforts to scale models and solutions that make water resource information visible and actionable. At the individual level, Google is working to provide people around the world with information and tools to manage water resources effectively and enhance water-related disaster preparedness.</p> <p>Following the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) requested that all 193 member states provide indicator 6.6.1 data on their water ecosystems. At that time, the majority of member states could not report on this metric. To fill this gap, UNEP and the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) partnered with Google to develop the <a href="https://www.sdg661.app/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>Freshwater Ecosystems Explorer</u></a> to quantify and visualize surface water changes over the course of decades. This free, easy-to-use geospatial platform and data product helps decision-makers access national, sub-national, and basin-level data on freshwater ecosystems.</p> <p>Together with academic and government research groups, Google also co-developed <a href="https://openetdata.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>OpenET</u></a> to help improve water management by supporting the development of evapotranspiration (ET) models. These models provide estimates of how much water is transferred from the land to the atmosphere, a crucial but difficult-to-measure process within the overall hydrological cycle. OpenET is making satellite-based ET data widely accessible to farmers, landowners, and water managers.</p> <p><a href="https://g.co/timelapse" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>Timelapse</u></a> in Google Earth is a global, zoomable time-lapse video of the planet, providing evidence of earth’s dynamic changes since 1984—from irrigation systems emerging in the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m611zMnUtR4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>deserts of Egypt</u></a> to meandering rivers shifting over time in the Amazon rainforest in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Rs5Xn0CXUQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pucallpa, Peru</a>.</p> </div> </div> </section> <section class="card-section js-section"> <div class="card-container"> <p class="subsection-title">Related resources</p> <ul class="resource-card-container-main"> <li class="resource-sub-card-container"> <div class="card-link"> <div class="card-link-main"> <div class="image-wrapper"> <img class="card-link-image hide-image" data-src="https://www.gstatic.com/marketing-cms/assets/images/c8/26/292f23cf4c4e942f8f7e760a45ba/world-water-day-hero-width-1600-format-webp.webp" alt="Article's hero media"> </div> </div> <p class="card-link-copy glue-headline glue-headline--headline-5"> A new app to map and monitor the world’s freshwater supply</p> <div class="card-link-cta"> <div class="link-story"> <a href="https://blog.google/products/earth/new-app-map-and-monitor-worlds-freshwater-supply/" class="sus-link" title="View story: A new app to map and monitor the world’s freshwater supply" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-ga-event="select_content" data-ga-cta-url="https://blog.google/products/earth/new-app-map-and-monitor-worlds-freshwater-supply/" data-ga-section-name="Related resources" data-ga-content-type="story"> View story </a> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="resource-sub-card-container"> <div class="card-link"> <div class="card-link-main"> <div class="image-wrapper"> <img class="card-link-image hide-image" data-src="https://www.gstatic.com/marketing-cms/assets/images/08/7f/88aef2754691b8c8c11ed9e2d715/brisbane3-cropped-1-width-1600-format-webp-2.webp" alt="An oblique aerial view overlooking Brisbane, Australia."> </div> </div> <p class="card-link-copy glue-headline glue-headline--headline-5"> See the planet change with new imagery in Google Earth Timelapse</p> <div class="card-link-cta"> <div class="link-story"> <a href="https://blog.google/products/earth/new-imagery-google-earth-timelapse-videos/" class="sus-link" title="View story: See the planet change with new imagery in Google Earth Timelapse" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-ga-event="select_content" data-ga-cta-url="https://blog.google/products/earth/new-imagery-google-earth-timelapse-videos/" data-ga-section-name="Related resource" data-ga-content-type="story"> View story </a> </div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </section> <section class="card-section"> <div class="card-container"> <p class="subsection-title">Did you know?</p> <ul class="resource-card-container-main"> <li class="resource-sub-card-container"> <div class="card-link"> <div class="card-bulb-cta"> <p class="sus-button-bulb-icon"> <span class="material-symbols-outlined">wb_incandescent</span> </p> </div> <div class="card-link-copy glue-headline frame-sub-heading"> <p>Timelapse in Google Earth is now updated with new imagery from 2021 and 2022. You can also view a library of over 800 Timelapse videos for more than 300 locations at <a href="https://g.co/TimelapseVideos" target="_blank">g.co/TimelapseVideos</a>.</p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="resource-sub-card-container"> <div class="card-link"> <div class="card-bulb-cta"> <p class="sus-button-bulb-icon"> <span class="material-symbols-outlined">wb_incandescent</span> </p> </div> <div class="card-link-copy glue-headline frame-sub-heading"> <p>By 2025, two-thirds of the world’s population could live in water-stressed conditions, and with the existing climate change scenario, almost half the world’s population will be living in areas of high water stress by 2030.</p> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="glue-modal modal-parent report-modal-parent" role="dialog" aria-modal="true" aria-labelledby="modal-label" aria-describedby="modal-content-predicting-and-preventing-water-stress" data-preview-id="predicting-and-preventing-water-stress"> <div class="preview-dialog" data-ga-page-view="page_view" data-ga-preview-text="preview/" data-ga-scroll-event="scroll" data-ga-scroll-depth="25,50,75,100"> <button class="glue-modal__close-btn predicting-and-preventing-water-stress close-button sus-icon-button" title="Close the modal" tabindex="0" aria-label="Close the modal"></button> <div id="modal-content-predicting-and-preventing-water-stress" class="preview-content"> <div class="commitment-model" id="modal-page"> <section> <div class="navigation-menu"> <span class="navigation-menu-text">Operating sustainably</span> <span class="material-symbols-outlined nav-icon navigation-menu-icon-font"> chevron_right</span> <span> <a href="../../operating-sustainably/water-stewardship/" class="sus-link navigation-menu-text" title="Water stewardship" data-ga-event="select_content" data-ga-cta-url="https://sustainability.google/operating-sustainably/water-stewardship/" data-ga-section-name="water stewardship" data-ga-content-type="cta"> Water stewardship </a> </span> </div> </section> <section class="main-content"> <h3 class="glue-spacer-3-top modal-title-text">Predicting and preventing water stress</h3> <div class="glue-grid__col glue-grid__col--span-4-sm glue-grid__col--span-8-md glue-grid__col--span-6-lg glue-grid__col--span-8-xl glue-order-1 glue-order-2-md glue-order-2-xl scroll-section-img"> <img class="scroll-section-img-main commitment-overview-image" loading="lazy" src="https://www.gstatic.com/marketing-cms/assets/images/ea/e8/e9104a86468b98ed282508fd53cf/water-img.jpeg" alt="Aerial photo of a brightly-colored river delta."> <div class="glue-grid caption"> <div class="glue-grid__col--span-6"> <p class="image-caption-text"> Image provided by CNES / Airbus, Maxar Technologies </p> </div> </div> <div class="caption-text"> <p>The <a href="https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/sustainability/flood-hub-ai-flood-forecasting-more-countries/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>Google Flood Forecasting Initiative</u></a>, launched in 2018, uses AI to predict when and where riverine flooding will occur—to help keep people safe and informed. These breakthroughs are a result of <a href="https://ai.googleblog.com/2020/09/the-technology-behind-our-recent.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>innovative modeling approaches</u></a> that utilize machine learning to create scalable models in real-world settings.</p> <p>In addition to flood alerts in certain countries, our <a href="https://sites.research.google/floods/l/0/0/3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>Flood Hub</u></a> platform displays the flood forecasts to help governments, aid organizations and communities at risk take timely action.</p> <p>We apply advanced <a href="https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/26/4013/2022/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>machine learning methods</u></a> on a broad range of publicly available data sets, such as satellite imagery, river data and weather data. 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