#water-pollution — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #water-pollution, aggregated by home.social.
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More curious fur seals are getting trapped in discarded fishing gear
By Toby Hemmings and Alasdair McDonaldData from the wildlife rescue group ORRCA shows an increase in the number of fur seal entanglements as they seek out fishing lines in attempts to find an easy meal.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-15/entangled-seals-fishing-gear/106674776
#WaterPollution #MarineBiology #AnimalBehaviour #RecreationalFishing #TobyHemmings #AlasdairMcDonald
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The River Dee is one of the UK's most iconic waterways, and the Dee Trust open evening in #Chester will highlight their work reversing the decline and tackling #pollution. Come along to this free event on 28 May at Chester Picturehouse. Talks start at 7pm and you can meet the team for an informal Q&A. #RiverDee #waterpollution #environment
Book your free place here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-the-dee-trust-tickets-1986409079028
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Oil Slick Is Detected Off Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf
A large oil slick is spreading in the Persian Gulf off Kharg Island, Iran’s primary crude oil export…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #AU #Australia #CoastalAreas #FishandOtherMarineLife #Iran #KhargIsland(Iran) #Oil(Petroleum)andGasoline #PersianGulf #Science #straitofhormuz #Waterpollution
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Oil Slick Is Detected Off Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf
A large oil slick is spreading in the Persian Gulf off Kharg Island, Iran’s primary crude oil export…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #CoastalAreas #environment #FishandOtherMarineLife #Iran #KhargIsland(Iran) #Oil(Petroleum)andGasoline #PersianGulf #Science #straitofhormuz #UK #UnitedKingdom #WaterPollution
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Oil Slick Is Detected Off Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf
A large oil slick is spreading in the Persian Gulf off Kharg Island, Iran’s primary crude oil export…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #CA #Canada #CoastalAreas #FishandOtherMarineLife #Irán #KhargIsland(Iran) #Oil(Petroleum)andGasoline #PersianGulf #Science #StraitofHormuz #WaterPollution
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How smart fabrics can help clean up, and produce power too
#Environment #CleanEnergy #Innovation #WaterPollution #Sustainability #GreenTech #Fabrics #TextileIndustry #Power #CircularEconomy #ClimateSolutions #SmartFabrics #Science #CleanUp #ProducePower
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Webinar: MT DEQ’s Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment for Subsurface Wastewater Treatment System April 27th
#Montana #MTPol #WaterPollution
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/k4Eo4IumRkuH6Rsdowguog -
Tell MT DEQ to Protect Montana’s Water from Wastewater Pollution
#WaterPollution #MTPol #Montana
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...In the wastewater sample Eurofins tested, the concentrations of lithium, strontium and vanadium were abnormally high compared to levels in rainwater or groundwater, according to Lazarte, the attorney. “The three metals/chemicals act like a chemical signature pointing back to the battery processing facility,” he wrote...
Apparently it is below federal levels, but not below their attention. Cease and desist issued.
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Venezuela’s fragile environment faces rising risks as US pushes for oil and critical minerals and illegal gold mining spreads. #Criticalminerals #Environment #FARC #Forests #Gold #Goldmining #Mining #NicolaMaduro #Oil #TrumpAdministration #Venezuela #Waterpollution #Wilderness
https://iwpost.com/venezuelas-fragile-environment-faces-rising-risks-as-us-pushes-for-oil-and-critical-minerals-and-illegal-gold-mining-spreads/?fsp_sid=6502 -
"Bay Area construction company illegally polluted river, lawsuit alleges.” Rpt by Paul Rogers, #MontereyHerald.
Graniterock, "based in Watsonville, has more than 20 offices and locations, incl in San Jose, Concord, Redwood City, South San Francisco, Santa Cruz and Salinas….Lawsuit...stated that the company has been fined four times since 2018 by state #WaterPollution regulators at #CentralCoast Regional Water Quality Control Board. In those cases, settlements required #Graniterock to pay a total of $138K in penalties for water quality violations at the quarry.
"For each of the 46 incidents involved, the board imposed the minimum penalty of $3K, the lawsuit noted, calling it 'tantamount to a #PayToPollute system' for a company with millions of $ in annual revenue.
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“#Pajaro #River, which drains a watershed that extends across parts of #SantaClara, #Monterey, #SanBenito & #SantaCruz counties, meanders through strawberry and other farm fields before emptying into #MontereyBay.” -
South Africa’s farmers aren’t yet replacing chemical fertilisers with sustainable alternatives – this is why
#Africa #SouthAfrica #Environment
#Agriculture #Farming #SoilHealth #Agroecology #Fertilizer #Legumes #FoodSecurity #WaterPollution #EcoSolutions
https://the-14.com/south-africas-farmers-arent-yet-replacing-chemical-fertilisers-with-sustainable-alternatives-this-is-why/ -
Five warning signs that rivers are polluted – even when they look clean
#WaterPollution #Environment #Sewage #ClimateCrisis #Nature #PublicHealth #Rivers #EcoJustice #PollutionAwareness #Sustainability #EnvironmentalProtection #WaterUse
https://the-14.com/five-warning-signs-that-rivers-are-polluted-even-when-they-look-clean/ -
**Tell Congress and the EPA to reject polluters’ bidding: no backsliding on toxic coal ash **
**#MTPol #Montana #Colstrip #BillingsMT #WaterPollution #CoalAsh **
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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
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BREAKING: After a multi-year court battle, we've won a major case over bacteria pollution in the South Bay!
A court has ruled that Sunnyvale and Mountain View are responsible for over 1,200 Clean Water Act violations--and must stop pollution from reaching local creeks: https://baykeeper.org/press_release/court-rules-that-cities-pollution-of-local-creeks-violated-clean-water-act/
#sunnyvale #mountainview #waterpollution #bacteria #bacteriapollution #cleanwateract #southbay #stevenscreek #calabazascreek
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Artist zack mennell caught Weil’s disease while doing a performance art piece on dirty water. That's commitment.
Also noted is The Guardian's commitment to using the artists preference to an all lower case name (as somebody who stylizes their name as sparkes in online circles frequently I know how odd it looks with the wrong capitalisation) and their they/them pronouns.
Considering some of the editorials over the last 20 years that's worth celebrating.
#waterpollution
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/mar/09/artist-24-nappies-sewage-pollution-zack-mennell -
Dirty Business exposed the human cost of profit before public health. Our water system won’t be fixed with tinkering. It needs public ownership. I’ve asked my MP to attend the MP drop-in on 17th March & hear that message directly from sewage campaigners, please do likewise: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-your-mp-to-meet-with-dirty-business-activists 📝 #UKPol #UKPolitics #Petition #DirtyBusiness #Sewage #WaterPollution
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Mining giant Glencore—which operates mountaintop removal coal mines in British Columbia, polluting downstream waterways in B.C., Montana, and Idaho—is hoping to gain approvals for a massive expansion. We need your help to stop it in its tracks! #Idaho #Montana #BC #WaterPollution
It’s Time to Hit Pause on Glen... -
Safe Drinking Water Is a Basic Human Right That Texas Prisons Fail to Respect
Imprisoned people are forced to drink and bathe with water they describe as over-chlorinated, slimy, and foul-smelling. -
University of Missouri: Lab-grown algae removes microplastics from water. “In a recent study, [Professor Susie] Dai used genetic engineering to create a new kind of algae that produces a volatile natural oil called limonene — the same chemical that gives oranges their refreshing scent. Limonene makes the new algae water-repellent. Because microplastics are also water-repellent, the two come […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/04/university-of-missouri-lab-grown-algae-removes-microplastics-from-water/ -
San Fernando Sun: CSUN Students’ Work Laying Groundwork for National Database on Water Quality Following SoCal’s Major Fires. “What they learn will go into a national database to help researchers better understand the impact the 2025 fires had on critical environmental characteristics, such as water turbidity. The database will serve as a baseline of information that can be used for future […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/23/san-fernando-sun-csun-students-work-laying-groundwork-for-national-database-on-water-quality-following-socals-major-fires/ -
"Sharks don't [hunt] people. Where they make mistakes is when they've been drawn into a food source, they're hungry, the visibility's poor and then people go in the mix.
Urbanisation, sedimentation, agriculture, all these things... our harbours used to be crystal clear, now they're muddy and gross.
These animals are trying to hunt in that poor visual environment."
#SharkMan Dr Riley Elliott, 2026
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Laundry is a top source of microplastic pollution – here’s how to clean your clothes more sustainably
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Indore deaths diarrhea: Contaminated drinking water causes chaos in Indore…
https://vaartha.com/national/indore-contaminated-water-deaths-sewer-bacteria/619336/
#Indore #DiarrheaOutbreak #ContaminatedWater #PublicHealth #WaterCrisis #IndoreNews #HealthAlert #WaterBorneDisease #MadhyaPradesh #BreakingNews #HealthEmergency #Sanitation #WaterSafety #DiseaseOutbreak #MPNews #PublicSafety #HealthCrisis #WaterPollution #MedicalEmergency #NewsUpdate