#sewagepollution — Public Fediverse posts

In a major win for South Bay creeks, a federal judge has ruled that Mountain View and Sunnyvale violated the Clean Water Act by allowing raw sewage to flow into Stevens and Calabazas creeks--and that they must take steps to fix the problem.

"There were persistent high levels of bacteria and human fecal matter in their stormwater discharges throughout the system," as Baykeeper managing attorney Eric Buescher told NBC Bay Area News.

Now, Baykeeper and the cities will present the judge with suggestions about how to address the problem. The judge is expected to issue a decision on that some time this summer.

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/south-bay-cities-fined-sewage-creeks/4065134/

#sfbay #sanfranciscobay #bayarea #southbay #stevenscreek #calabazascreek #waterpollution #sewagepollution #mountainview #sunnyvale

In a major win for South Bay creeks, a federal judge has ruled that Mountain View and Sunnyvale violated the Clean Water Act by allowing raw sewage to flow into Stevens and Calabazas creeks--and that they must take steps to fix the problem.

"There were persistent high levels of bacteria and human fecal matter in their stormwater discharges throughout the system," as Baykeeper managing attorney Eric Buescher told NBC Bay Area News.

Now, Baykeeper and the cities will present the judge with suggestions about how to address the problem. The judge is expected to issue a decision on that some time this summer.

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/south-bay-cities-fined-sewage-creeks/4065134/

#sfbay #sanfranciscobay #bayarea #southbay #stevenscreek #calabazascreek #waterpollution #sewagepollution #mountainview #sunnyvale

There are now many flood warnings across the South West Peninsula of England.

Another unfortunate side effect of the recent rain is #SewagePollution all around our coast.

Our local big beach break at Widemouth Bay has been suffering since 6:38 PM last night.

#WaterQuality

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Four Bay Area beaches are among 10 of the dirtiest in CA, as our partners at Heal the Bay report.

And San Francisco accounts for A LOT of coastal California's sewage spills.

Last year, the EPA & CA joined us in suing SFPUC for its 500+ Clean Water Act violations, including bypassing treatment systems and failing to maintain required treatment capacity during storms.

https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/four-bay-area-beaches-ranked-among-dirtiest-21073825.php

#sewage #sewagepollution #sanfrancisco #sfpuc #sf #cleanwateract #waterpollution #bayarea #sfbay #sanfranciscobay @sfgate

Four Bay Area beaches are among 10 of the dirtiest in CA, as our partners at Heal the Bay report.

And San Francisco accounts for A LOT of coastal California's sewage spills.

Last year, the EPA & CA joined us in suing SFPUC for its 500+ Clean Water Act violations, including bypassing treatment systems and failing to maintain required treatment capacity during storms.

https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/four-bay-area-beaches-ranked-among-dirtiest-21073825.php

#sewage #sewagepollution #sanfrancisco #sfpuc #sf #cleanwateract #waterpollution #bayarea #sfbay #sanfranciscobay @sfgate

There are many problems with Trump's plan to re-open #Alcatraz as a prison but one of the main issues is... poop.

Water & sewage have always been a problem on Alcatraz, contributing to its high operating costs that were a major reason the prison closed in 1963.

There's also the issue of SF's already overtaxed sewage and stormwater system, which often overflows during heavy rain. Adding a huge residential prison population to the mix would just make things worse.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/alcatraz-trump-reopen-wastewater-20774648.php

#sf #sanfrancisco #pollution #waterpolllution #alcatraz #sewage #sewagepollution

There are many problems with Trump's plan to re-open #Alcatraz as a prison but one of the main issues is... poop.

Water & sewage have always been a problem on Alcatraz, contributing to its high operating costs that were a major reason the prison closed in 1963.

There's also the issue of SF's already overtaxed sewage and stormwater system, which often overflows during heavy rain. Adding a huge residential prison population to the mix would just make things worse.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/alcatraz-trump-reopen-wastewater-20774648.php

#sf #sanfrancisco #pollution #waterpolllution #alcatraz #sewage #sewagepollution

Serious water pollution incidents up 60% in #England, Environment Agency says

Esme Stallard, July 18, 2025

Excerpt: "Every year the Environment Agency records the number of times pollution such as untreated sewage is released from water company sites such as treatment works into the country's waterways.

Just three companies were responsible for the vast majority of the most serious incidents - #ThamesWater (33), #SouthernWater (15) and #YorkshireWater (13).

" 'These figures expose a brutal truth. Serious #pollution incidents are rising, #sewage discharges remain rampant, and our rivers are spiralling toward #EcologicalCollapse. This is not just regulatory failure; it is a national disgrace,' said #RiverAction CEO James Wallace."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg5zl75dmm0o

#WaterIsLife #WaterPollution #SewagePollution #RiversInEngland

Serious water pollution incidents up 60% in #England, Environment Agency says

Esme Stallard, July 18, 2025

Excerpt: "Every year the Environment Agency records the number of times pollution such as untreated sewage is released from water company sites such as treatment works into the country's waterways.

Just three companies were responsible for the vast majority of the most serious incidents - #ThamesWater (33), #SouthernWater (15) and #YorkshireWater (13).

" 'These figures expose a brutal truth. Serious #pollution incidents are rising, #sewage discharges remain rampant, and our rivers are spiralling toward #EcologicalCollapse. This is not just regulatory failure; it is a national disgrace,' said #RiverAction CEO James Wallace."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg5zl75dmm0o

#WaterIsLife #WaterPollution #SewagePollution #RiversInEngland

Beach day? NOT! Eeeeewwww!

#Pathogen risk found at 78% of #Maine coastal #beaches tested in 2024, report finds

July 8, 2025

"The report noted Maine beaches with persistent pollution problems last year included #GoodiesBeach in #RockportME, #GoochsBeach in #KennebunkME, #CapeNeddick Beach, #LaiteBeach in #CamdenME, Little Beach in #OgunquitME, #FerryBeach in #ScarboroughME, #WillardBeach in #SouthPortlandME, #MothersBeach in Kennebunk, and #GooseRocksBeach in #KennebunkportME ."

Source:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/pathogen-risk-found-at-78-of-maine-coastal-beaches-tested-in-2024-report-finds/ar-AA1Icy9m?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=d56d1d887b4b43bb9d10ee87215742d4&ei=8

#WaterIsLife #MaineBeaches #SewagePollution #OceansAreLife

Beach day? NOT! Eeeeewwww!

#Pathogen risk found at 78% of #Maine coastal #beaches tested in 2024, report finds

July 8, 2025

"The report noted Maine beaches with persistent pollution problems last year included #GoodiesBeach in #RockportME, #GoochsBeach in #KennebunkME, #CapeNeddick Beach, #LaiteBeach in #CamdenME, Little Beach in #OgunquitME, #FerryBeach in #ScarboroughME, #WillardBeach in #SouthPortlandME, #MothersBeach in Kennebunk, and #GooseRocksBeach in #KennebunkportME ."

Source:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/pathogen-risk-found-at-78-of-maine-coastal-beaches-tested-in-2024-report-finds/ar-AA1Icy9m?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=d56d1d887b4b43bb9d10ee87215742d4&ei=8

#WaterIsLife #MaineBeaches #SewagePollution #OceansAreLife

Hi @Doug_Bostrom , commenting about another of my assorted soap boxes!

Meanwhile there's #SewagePollution around the coast of soggy SW England even as we speak:

Hi @Doug_Bostrom , commenting about another of my assorted soap boxes!

Meanwhile there's #SewagePollution around the coast of soggy SW England even as we speak:

SF dumps millions of gallons of sewage during big storms -- not cool, guys!! 💩 ⛈️ ☔️

As our executive director Sejal Choksi-Chugh told KQED, discharge areas are sacrifice zones where the city has nowhere else to release polluted water.

"They're not allowed to be discharging this much bacteria and pollution into the Bay, yet they are doing it."

https://www.kqed.org/science/1996145/sf-dumps-millions-of-gallons-of-sewage-during-big-storms-surfers-say-that-needs-to-stop #sf #sanfrancisco #sfpuc #sewage #sewagepollution #sfbay #sanfraciscobay

SF dumps millions of gallons of sewage during big storms -- not cool, guys!! 💩 ⛈️ ☔️

As our executive director Sejal Choksi-Chugh told KQED, discharge areas are sacrifice zones where the city has nowhere else to release polluted water.

"They're not allowed to be discharging this much bacteria and pollution into the Bay, yet they are doing it."

https://www.kqed.org/science/1996145/sf-dumps-millions-of-gallons-of-sewage-during-big-storms-surfers-say-that-needs-to-stop #sf #sanfrancisco #sfpuc #sewage #sewagepollution #sfbay #sanfraciscobay

A #sewage leak of 20 million gallons of wastewater into a #ContraCostaCounty wetland could have considerable ecological consequences for fish & wildlife.

As Baykeeper executive director Sejal Choksi-Chugh explained to KQED, "When you’ve got a lot of this wastewater discharging in concentrated levels in an area like that, we’re going to see some exposure to chemicals that are in wastewater. That's going to have an impact; whether or not we see that impact in this generation of fish and wildlife or in their next generation is something that we would have to see." https://www.kqed.org/news/12016804/how-major-east-bay-sewage-leak-could-harm-fish-wildlife

#SuisunBay #suisunmarsh #contracosta #sewagepollution #sfbay #sanfranciscobay #northbay

A #sewage leak of 20 million gallons of wastewater into a #ContraCostaCounty wetland could have considerable ecological consequences for fish & wildlife.

As Baykeeper executive director Sejal Choksi-Chugh explained to KQED, "When you’ve got a lot of this wastewater discharging in concentrated levels in an area like that, we’re going to see some exposure to chemicals that are in wastewater. That's going to have an impact; whether or not we see that impact in this generation of fish and wildlife or in their next generation is something that we would have to see." https://www.kqed.org/news/12016804/how-major-east-bay-sewage-leak-could-harm-fish-wildlife

#SuisunBay #suisunmarsh #contracosta #sewagepollution #sfbay #sanfranciscobay #northbay

Some new red "warnings against bathing" have appeared on the Environment Agency's
#SwimInfo map of South West England:

https://West-Devon.info/2024/11/november-sewage-pollution-in-south-west-england/#Nov-26

They are not due to recent
#SewagePollution, but because "The most recent classification is Poor, based on samples taken from 2024" at Coastguards Beach in the Erme Estuary, Steamer Quay in Totnes & Lyme Regis Church Cliff:

The forecast heavy rain has arrived in the West Country:

https://West-Devon.info/2024/09/september-sewage-pollution-in-south-west-england-2/#Sep-22

Consequently the Environment Agency's #SwimInfo map is now covered with #PollutionRisk warnings.

South West Water’s #WaterFitLive map now contains many #SewagePollution alerts along the south coast of #Devon & #Cornwall

WASTE LAND | How raw sewage pumped by West Rand municipality is killing rivers, farms, and business
by Sikonathi Mantshantsha
https://www.news24.com/news24/investigations/waste-land-how-raw-sewage-pumped-by-west-rand-municipality-is-killing-rivers-farms-and-business-20240913-2 #SouthAfrica #Gauteng #WestRand #polution #sewage #SewagePollution #environment

WASTE LAND | How raw sewage pumped by West Rand municipality is killing rivers, farms, and business
by Sikonathi Mantshantsha
https://www.news24.com/news24/investigations/waste-land-how-raw-sewage-pumped-by-west-rand-municipality-is-killing-rivers-farms-and-business-20240913-2 #SouthAfrica #Gauteng #WestRand #polution #sewage #SewagePollution #environment

San Francisco's cynical challenge of sewage pollution rules could harm our waters and those who use them, as we, our enviro partners, and AG Bonta told #SCOTUS:

“The decision in this case will … affect the State's ability to protect the San Francisco Bay, the Pacific Ocean, and other bodies of water in and around California,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office told the court this week.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/sf-epa-supreme-court-19748135.php

#sanfrancisco #SF #sfbay #sanfranciscobay #bayarea #sewage #sewagepollution #pollution #waterpollution #environment @Earthjustice

San Francisco's cynical challenge of sewage pollution rules could harm our waters and those who use them, as we, our enviro partners, and AG Bonta told #SCOTUS:

“The decision in this case will … affect the State's ability to protect the San Francisco Bay, the Pacific Ocean, and other bodies of water in and around California,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office told the court this week.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/sf-epa-supreme-court-19748135.php

#sanfrancisco #SF #sfbay #sanfranciscobay #bayarea #sewage #sewagepollution #pollution #waterpollution #environment @Earthjustice

Sewage dumping in our rivers has reached critical levels. Volunteers on the River Deben are leading the charge for clean water - testing, exposing, & fighting back.
Anna Damski reports.
#SaveOurRivers #SewagePollution

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/the-citizen-scientists-who-challenge-the-surge-in-sewage/

Sewage dumping in our rivers has reached critical levels. Volunteers on the River Deben are leading the charge for clean water - testing, exposing, & fighting back.
Anna Damski reports.
#SaveOurRivers #SewagePollution

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/the-citizen-scientists-who-challenge-the-surge-in-sewage/

"Anytime there is discharge from the #SFPUC gates, from the creek, these homes are exposed to anything that is in the water," said Baykeeper Director Sejal Choksi-Chugh. "It's a pretty sad situation. Anytime there is a heavy rainstorm there is massive amounts of discharge like trash and #sewage, syringes and condoms." https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/mission-creek-houseboat-resident-concerned-about-pollution-from-filthy-san-francisco-sewer-runoff/ #sfbay #sanfranciscobay #sewagepollution #sanfrancisco

"Anytime there is discharge from the #SFPUC gates, from the creek, these homes are exposed to anything that is in the water," said Baykeeper Director Sejal Choksi-Chugh. "It's a pretty sad situation. Anytime there is a heavy rainstorm there is massive amounts of discharge like trash and #sewage, syringes and condoms." https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/mission-creek-houseboat-resident-concerned-about-pollution-from-filthy-san-francisco-sewer-runoff/ #sfbay #sanfranciscobay #sewagepollution #sanfrancisco

In the early 2000s, a frustrated Richmond resident called Baykeeper's pollution hotline reporting that a sewer main was spilling raw sewage into the street, nearby storm drains & her backyard. So our field team investigated and our legal team researched—and the "Sick of Sewage" campaign was born 💩

Learn more about our campaign and the affect of #sewagepollution on the #Bay: https://baykeeper.org/blog/making-waves-35-sick-sewage #waterpollution #sfbay #sanfranciscobay

In the early 2000s, a frustrated Richmond resident called Baykeeper's pollution hotline reporting that a sewer main was spilling raw sewage into the street, nearby storm drains & her backyard. So our field team investigated and our legal team researched—and the "Sick of Sewage" campaign was born 💩

Learn more about our campaign and the affect of #sewagepollution on the #Bay: https://baykeeper.org/blog/making-waves-35-sick-sewage #waterpollution #sfbay #sanfranciscobay

Great interview on KPFA about our new case against SFPUC for dumping sewage in the Bay: https://kpfa.org/episode/raw-sewage-in-the-bay-and-media-matters-annual-climate-coverage-stats/ #sfpuc #sewage #sewagepollution #sanfrancisco #waterpollution #kpfa

Great interview on KPFA about our new case against SFPUC for dumping sewage in the Bay: https://kpfa.org/episode/raw-sewage-in-the-bay-and-media-matters-annual-climate-coverage-stats/ #sfpuc #sewage #sewagepollution #sanfrancisco #waterpollution #kpfa

'27 new #BathingSites considered for #England as activists highlight #sewage dangers

#BathingWater status means government is obliged to test #WaterQuality throughout summer

Almost all of the new bathing sites – 22 out of the 27 – are in #Tory constituencies. Conservatives have recently suffered in the polls because of a perceived failure to act on #SewagePollution.' https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/26/new-bathing-sites-considered-england-campaigners-highlight-sewage-dangers
#ToryCynicism #Figleaf

'27 new #BathingSites considered for #England as activists highlight #sewage dangers

#BathingWater status means government is obliged to test #WaterQuality throughout summer

Almost all of the new bathing sites – 22 out of the 27 – are in #Tory constituencies. Conservatives have recently suffered in the polls because of a perceived failure to act on #SewagePollution.' https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/26/new-bathing-sites-considered-england-campaigners-highlight-sewage-dangers
#ToryCynicism #Figleaf

As UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak undertakes a whistle stop tour of South West England, and Water Minister Robbie Moore gaslights us about #SewagePollution on the beaches of #Devon & #Kernow, South West Water #sewage treatment works dump 💩 in our 🌊

#EndSewagePollution at #Election2024

https://west-devon.info/2024/02/conservative-general-election-campaign-kicks-off/

#Conservative ‘#failures’ have led to more #SewagePollution, say #water experts

Increased #flooding blamed on years of government delays over ‘#SpongeCities’ rules
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/10/conservative-failures-have-led-to-more-sewage-pollution-say-water-experts
#ToryPoliciesInAction #SewageScandal #ToryFailure #ProfitsBeforeEnvironment

What with one thing and another we decided not to go for a New Year's Day #surfing session:

https://West-Devon.info/2024/01/an-unhappy-new-year-for-south-west-surfers/

The continuing #SewagePollution around the coast of South West England suggested a gentle stroll would be infinitely preferable to potentially ingesting significant quantities of E. coli and/or intestinal enterococci!

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Of all the factors that lead to harmful algal blooms, we can only control one: #sewage pollution.

Tell the Water Board to take action now--before we experience another catastrophic fish kill in the Bay: https://baykeeper.org/action-alert/algae-blooms-new-normal #sewagepollution #algae #HABs

We've been known to have a paddle in the river at Bibury. Not anymore.
Well done to residents continued protest about the 'shameful' sewage pollution of River Coln.

https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2023-04-22/villagers-protest-shameful-sewage-releases-in-river

#Bylines #sewagepollution