#runoff — Public Fediverse posts

The City of Santa Fe is initiating a rain water runoff program to capture and purify roadway and other nonpermeable surface runoff. It's a cool idea that I hope is successful and embraced throughout the city.

#SantaFe #NewMexico #rain #runoff #conservation #water #stormwater

https://www.stormwatersantafe.com/greenstormwater/runofftoroots?utm_source=City+of+Santa+Fe&utm_campaign=374e1e340b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_18_03_31_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-07567444d0-258246941

Idyllic rural NSW is a hotspot for motor neurone disease

"Our recent mortality paper shows that if you live in rural and regional Australia, you are 40 per cent more likely to die from motor neurone disease. This cannot be genetic."
"Much attention will be focused on MND hotspots which include regional centres such as Griffith, Leeton, Wagga Wagga and Narrandera in the Riverina where rates of the degenerative illness are estimated to be five to seven times the national average. Other areas of concern include Tamworth, Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-01/mnd-notifiable-disease-starts/107097432
#environment #diseases #MDN #NSW #CoffsHarbour #PortMacquarie #RuralNSW #MidNorthCoast #water #pollution #ExtremeHeat #runoff #HABs #pesticides #epidemiology

Idyllic rural NSW is a hotspot for motor neurone disease

"Our recent mortality paper shows that if you live in rural and regional Australia, you are 40 per cent more likely to die from motor neurone disease. This cannot be genetic."
"Much attention will be focused on MND hotspots which include regional centres such as Griffith, Leeton, Wagga Wagga and Narrandera in the Riverina where rates of the degenerative illness are estimated to be five to seven times the national average. Other areas of concern include Tamworth, Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-01/mnd-notifiable-disease-starts/107097432
#environment #diseases #MDN #NSW #CoffsHarbour #PortMacquarie #RuralNSW #MidNorthCoast #water #pollution #ExtremeHeat #runoff #HABs #pesticides #epidemiology

Idyllic rural NSW is a hotspot for motor neurone disease

"Our recent mortality paper shows that if you live in rural and regional Australia, you are 40 per cent more likely to die from motor neurone disease. This cannot be genetic."
"Much attention will be focused on MND hotspots which include regional centres such as Griffith, Leeton, Wagga Wagga and Narrandera in the Riverina where rates of the degenerative illness are estimated to be five to seven times the national average. Other areas of concern include Tamworth, Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-01/mnd-notifiable-disease-starts/107097432
#environment #diseases #MDN #NSW #CoffsHarbour #PortMacquarie #RuralNSW #MidNorthCoast #water #pollution #ExtremeHeat #runoff #HABs #pesticides #epidemiology

Idyllic rural NSW is a hotspot for motor neurone disease

"Our recent mortality paper shows that if you live in rural and regional Australia, you are 40 per cent more likely to die from motor neurone disease. This cannot be genetic."
"Much attention will be focused on MND hotspots which include regional centres such as Griffith, Leeton, Wagga Wagga and Narrandera in the Riverina where rates of the degenerative illness are estimated to be five to seven times the national average. Other areas of concern include Tamworth, Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-01/mnd-notifiable-disease-starts/107097432
#environment #diseases #MDN #NSW #CoffsHarbour #PortMacquarie #RuralNSW #MidNorthCoast #water #pollution #ExtremeHeat #runoff #HABs #pesticides #epidemiology

Idyllic rural NSW is a hotspot for motor neurone disease

"Our recent mortality paper shows that if you live in rural and regional Australia, you are 40 per cent more likely to die from motor neurone disease. This cannot be genetic."
"Much attention will be focused on MND hotspots which include regional centres such as Griffith, Leeton, Wagga Wagga and Narrandera in the Riverina where rates of the degenerative illness are estimated to be five to seven times the national average. Other areas of concern include Tamworth, Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-01/mnd-notifiable-disease-starts/107097432
#environment #diseases #MDN #NSW #CoffsHarbour #PortMacquarie #RuralNSW #MidNorthCoast #water #pollution #ExtremeHeat #runoff #HABs #pesticides #epidemiology

There will be a high-pitched, continuous hum on NSW ocean beaches from shark surveillance drones

* "Shark-spotting drones will provide year-round coverage at about 70 beaches along the NSW coast as part of an expanded surveillance program announced after a Sydney mother was attacked by a suspected white shark."

"The state government on Sunday announced it would allocate an additional $34 million for shark-spotting drones, providing coverage at every ocean beach from Palm Beach to Cronulla 365 days of the year."

"About 70 beaches across the state will have year-round drone surveillance, with all Sydney beaches covered from July 1.It will also trial artificial intelligence to improve shark detection." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-28/more-funding-for-nsw-shark-spotting-drone-program/106852096

* Restore confidence to beachgoers
"NSW beaches to get dawn-to-dusk drone patrols in $34m anti-shark program...We need to treat the beach like the bush. It’s the wild.” >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/28/nsw-beaches-to-get-dawn-to-dusk-drone-patrols-in-34m-anti-shark-program

* A deep dive on sharks and the law in NSW
https://lsj.com.au/articles/a-deep-dive-on-sharks-and-the-law-in-nsw/
#uavs #drones #beaches #swimming #surfing #NSW #sharks #habitat #surveillance #MarineLife #MarineHabitat #wildlife #conservation #sewage #SewerOverflow #pollution #runoff #SydneyHarbour #waterways #MarineEnvironment #noise #birds #SharingSpaces #TheWild #TheCivilised

A multi-stressor scenario for the ocean and waterway ecosystems:

* The ocean is 'cooked' by the combustion of fossil fuels.
* Add a generous heap of 'nutrient-rich' floodwaters (runoff) from farms and suburbia.
* Get a harmful algal bloom (HAB) disaster, killing bio-diverse marine life and threatening the hip pocket nerve of coastal dwellers.

"A survey found that Australians remained far more concerned about disasters such as bushfires and flooding than they did HABs, despite 22 million people living with seven kilometres of the coastline and climate change modelling predicting more frequent and severe blooms."

"The study also found Australians had a "relatively low prioritisation of disasters — and HABs in particular — when compared with everyday socio-economic concerns"...Cost of living and healthcare dominated respondents' concerns in Australia, while environmental and climate change-related risks were perceived as less pressing.' >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-25/sa-harmful-algal-bloom-public-understanding-survey-findings/106833676
#ocean #MarineLife #waterways #Biodiversity #FossilFuels #ClimateDisasters #disasters #MarineHeatwaves #ToxicBlooms #eutrophication #SystemicDisaster #MassMortalities #fish #hypoxia #FishKills #farms #fertiliser #Impervioussurfaces #runoff #pollution #Sewerage #Infrastructure #HipPocket #mindsets

https://www.europesays.com/be-fr/38057/ Pourquoi consomme-t-on? Pour tenir jusqu’au bout de la nuit, pousser la confiance en soi, oublier… #BE #BEFr #Belgique #Belgium #blockage #bollards #broken #burst #city #cold #DailyLife #damp #drain #drainage #emergency #failure #flood #INFRASTRUCTURE #Leak #legs #liquid #maintenance #manhole #outdoor #overflow #pavement #pedestrians #problem #PublicSpace #puddle #road #runoff #safety #sewage #shoes #sidewalk #splash #street #urban #utility #walking #water #wet #winter

PFAS contamination sites and dead platypus
Mapping "hazardous concentrations" of PFAS plumes on NSW waterways

A study "found alarmingly high levels of PFOS in the livers of eight dead platypuses, collected from waterways across NSW."

"…Due to the shape of the valley, groundwater from beneath the landfill "ultimately flows towards the Ourimbah Creek catchment”.

"When you look at some of the research that's coming through, clearly it's raw water, our waterways, that we also need to be concerned about because we know PFAS gets into wildlife."

"The research that I've seen, not just in platypus, but in some other species, is really frightening. If that isn't enough to get the government to act on looking at PFAS in waterways, not just drinking water, then I don't know what is."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-07/pfas-contamination-investigation-ourimbah-creek-catchment-nsw/106037472

"Scientists...have discovered PFOS in the livers of eight deceased platypuses collected from numerous eastern NSW rivers, from the north coast in Bellingen to the alps of Jindabyne." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-20/australia-forever-chemicals-pfas-drinking-water-platypus/104244072

#rivers #water #pollution #biodiversity #wildlife #platypus #wetlands #NSW #roads #crashes #spills #landfill #runoff #petrol #PFAS #PFOS #FirefightingFoam #OurimbahCreek #Bellingen #governance

Mobile Radar Provides Insights Into Hydrologic Responses In Burn Areas
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https://doi.org/10.1071/WF24163 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #radar #water #hydrology #engineeringgeology #risk #hazard #massmovement #landslide #debrisflow #mobileobservatory #postfire #rainfall #precipitation #estimation #RockyMountains #streamradar #weatherradar #extremeweather # metrology #wildfire #fire #impacts #monitoring #hydrometeorological #instrumentation #burnarea #burnt #soil #basin #runoff #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #remoteareas #planning #management #mitigation

Mobile Radar Provides Insights Into Hydrologic Responses In Burn Areas
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https://doi.org/10.1071/WF24163 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #radar #water #hydrology #engineeringgeology #risk #hazard #massmovement #landslide #debrisflow #mobileobservatory #postfire #rainfall #precipitation #estimation #RockyMountains #streamradar #weatherradar #extremeweather # metrology #wildfire #fire #impacts #monitoring #hydrometeorological #instrumentation #burnarea #burnt #soil #basin #runoff #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #remoteareas #planning #management #mitigation

Mobile Radar Provides Insights Into Hydrologic Responses In Burn Areas
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https://doi.org/10.1071/WF24163 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #radar #water #hydrology #engineeringgeology #risk #hazard #massmovement #landslide #debrisflow #mobileobservatory #postfire #rainfall #precipitation #estimation #RockyMountains #streamradar #weatherradar #extremeweather # metrology #wildfire #fire #impacts #monitoring #hydrometeorological #instrumentation #burnarea #burnt #soil #basin #runoff #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #remoteareas #planning #management #mitigation

Mobile Radar Provides Insights Into Hydrologic Responses In Burn Areas
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https://doi.org/10.1071/WF24163 <-- shared paper
--
#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #radar #water #hydrology #engineeringgeology #risk #hazard #massmovement #landslide #debrisflow #mobileobservatory #postfire #rainfall #precipitation #estimation #RockyMountains #streamradar #weatherradar #extremeweather # metrology #wildfire #fire #impacts #monitoring #hydrometeorological #instrumentation #burnarea #burnt #soil #basin #runoff #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #remoteareas #planning #management #mitigation

Mobile Radar Provides Insights Into Hydrologic Responses In Burn Areas
--
https://doi.org/10.1071/WF24163 <-- shared paper
--
#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #radar #water #hydrology #engineeringgeology #risk #hazard #massmovement #landslide #debrisflow #mobileobservatory #postfire #rainfall #precipitation #estimation #RockyMountains #streamradar #weatherradar #extremeweather # metrology #wildfire #fire #impacts #monitoring #hydrometeorological #instrumentation #burnarea #burnt #soil #basin #runoff #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #remoteareas #planning #management #mitigation

Aquatic ecosystems marinated in a mixture of toxic chemicals?

"Menindee fish kills: inconsistent pesticide levels sparks calls for review of water testing methods. Experts call for review after two sets of water samples from the Darling-Baaka River reported by the state’s top scientific bodies contained different results"

“Atrazine, simazine, tebuthiuron and metolachlor are no longer approved for use in the European Union and have been classified by the European Chemicals Agency as being “very toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects”, but they are still approved for use in Australia."

"Vincent Pettigrove, a professor of aquatic pollution at RMIT, said while the guideline values provided an indication of whether the chemicals of interest were at concentrations which may cause environmental harm, there were no national guidelines for “the majority of pesticides registered for use in Australia ...The guideline values are for one chemical and were therefore “unable to consider the total effects of a mixture of chemicals”.
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/27/menindee-fish-kills-pesticide-levels-testing-darling-baaka-river
#water #rivers #NSW #regulation #runoff #toxins #pesticide #pollution #harm #aquatic #ecosystems #fishkills #EPA #science #Menindee #MurrayDarling #DarlingBaakaRiver #Ecocide

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