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Re:Mystery donor gives Japanese city $3.6M in gold bars to f... by sharkjacobs on Friday February 20, 2026 @01:49AM (#47084585)
Urban trees in Montreal (and presumably other cities) only survive through the summer because of the water they get from leaky pipes.

> Maple trees drink about 50 litres of water every day, and it seems some of their hydration is coming from Montreal’s crumbling infrastructure.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/montreals-leaky-pipe...

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Re:Mystery donor gives Japanese city $3.6M in gold bars to f... by Pay08 on Friday February 20, 2026 @07:40AM (#47087283)
I just realised I've never actually thought about how urban trees get water. I never see them get watered and I assume that would be an incredibly inefficient way to do it.
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Re:Mystery donor gives Japanese city $3.6M in gold bars to f... by dpkirchner on Friday February 20, 2026 @10:37AM (#47089350)
In Austin we saw water trucks roll up and water em with hoses out the back. It was weird to see after having lived in a wet climate my whole life.
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