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water clarity
Coverage of water clarity in the Nexus archive.
- $30M will be spent to clear the water at scenic Grand Lake
$30 million will be allocated to the Three Lakes CLEAR Fund to maintain water clarity and temperature at Grand Lake while ensuring water delivery to Northern Colorado. The initiative follows 18 years of trial and error to balance environmental preservation with regional water needs.
- Show HN: Submarius – Global water clarity for divers
Submarius began as a diving conditions dashboard but evolved to address the lack of a water clarity API. The creator developed a state-augmented ensemble kalman filter to calculate water clarity, seeking feedback from the HN community on potential improvements. The project faces challenges with messy satellite data, including cloud misinterpretations and shallow reef reflections.