#water-quality — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #water-quality, aggregated by home.social.
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This should be more widely known
Years and years ago Munich realised that paying farmers to transition to organic agriculture was much, much cheaper than building filtration plants to remove agrochemicals from the water supply
Why don’t we all do it?
#waterQuality #agrochemicals #organicFarming #waterSupply #pollution #waterFiltration #Munich #economics
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🧪 Aquatic zinc speciation modeling across the Inhulets River (September 2025) highlights why total metal concentrations fail to reflect true ecotoxicity:
☝️ Key Hydrogeochemical Trends:
🔹 Free aqua-ion (Zn²⁺): Dominates at most stations (57–64%). This fraction is the most bioavailable and drives aquatic toxicity.
🔹 Carbonate complex (ZnCO₃⁰): Secondary background form (18–24%), facilitating conservative transit migration.
🔹 Sulfate complex (ZnSO₄⁰): Consistently 6–11% due to elevated background sulfate mineralization.
🔹 Shift at Sample Point 6_1 (pH 8.66): Alkaline buffering radically alters speciation—free Zn²⁺ drops to 32%, while ZnCO₃⁰ becomes dominant (49%) alongside rising ZnOH⁺ (8%).Methodology:
⚙️ Speciation: PHREEQC (Thermoddem database)
⚙️ Pipeline & Dataviz: R (tidyverse, ggplot2)
⚙️ Minor species (<0.5%) aggregated into "Other" (Інші форми).#Hydrogeochemistry #PHREEQC #RStats #WaterQuality #EnvironmentalDataScience #InhuletsRiver #KryvyiRih #Geochemistry #OpenScience #Mining #IronOreMining
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For my PhD I coupled remotely sensed water quality with a WASP model of the Shenandoah, fusing the two to predict nutrient loads better than either alone. Data fusion beats data loyalty.
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Anthropogenic River Flows
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https://doi.org/10.1088/3033-4942/ae94a0 <-- shared technical perspective
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H/T @Homero Paltán | Water, Energy, Land & Infrastructure Systemic Risks | Lecturer
“Are global river flows no longer natural? Can we really talk about natural rivers? [The authors] started asking ourselves these questions a few years ago over wonderful discussion sessions.
[They] argue that global river systems have entered a new phase, one of Anthropogenic River Flows, where flow regimes arise from the persistent interaction of:
• the physical alteration of river systems,
• the institutional and socio-technical organisation of water use and allocation
• broader global and systemic processes operating across scales.
In the Anthropocene, these domains do not operate independently because a change in one alters how the other two function. Global water risks and river flow properties then become an emergent property of these interactions.
As a result, [the authors] call for a rethinking of how we study, understand, and manage river flows to better reflect this new reality…”
#water #hydrology #Anthropogenic #River #Flow #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #flowregimes #risk #waterrisk #global #climatechange #watersecurity #baseline #humanimpacts #magnitude, #seasonality #variability #waterquality #sociohydrology #hydroclimate #regulation #waterresources #engineering #governance #pumping #alteration -
Why swimming in the Rhine is allowed in Switzerland but banned in Germany.
Basel has spent decades making the Rhine safe for swimmers, while German cities are imposing bans.
Could a growing European push to reclaim urban waterways change that?
#Rhine #River #Swimming #Switzerland #Germany #WildSwimming #WaterQuality #Basel
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Recent "action shot" while undertaking river water sample analysis for Tyne Rivers Trust's "Adopt a Stream" survey. All information and survey data at https://data.waterrangers.com/datasets/adopt-a-stream-survey
#citizenscience #ouseburn #tyne #newcastle #pollution #sewage #waterquality #rivers
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Two-thirds of the world’s population will soon have to contend with too little water or poor quality water https://www.earth.com/environment/water-pollution-could-leave-billions-without-enough-clean-water/
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Lawrence Times: Lawrence High student builds prototype to monitor river conditions in real time. “In May, Liam Sturm had an idea, a box of electronics, and a plan to create a network of low-cost water monitors for Lawrence rivers. By late July, the Lawrence High School senior had a working prototype that could measure water temperature, acidity (pH), water clarity (turbidity) and dissolved […]
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ICYMI (published May 8, 2025)
,"This population-based case-control study provides evidence in support of an association between living within proximity to #golf courses and the risk of developing PD [Parkinson Disease]. Shorter distances from golf courses were associated with an increased risk of PD compared with those living farther away. Associations with the largest increase in odds was found in individuals living within #water service areas with a golf course and in vulnerable #GroundWater regions.” — "Proximity to Golf Courses and Risk of Parkinson Disease,” Brittany Krzyzanowski, PhD1]; Aidan F. Mullan, MA; E. Ray Dorsey, MD, et al. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2833716https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2833716 #WaterQuality #water #groundwater #rotenone #pesticides #paraquat #RayDorsey #ParkinsonsResearch #Parkinsons #JAMA #MedicalResearch
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Low water reveals ancient bridge in Rome’s Tiber River
ROME (AP) — The remains of an ancient bridge have emerged in Rome’s Tiber River, near St. Peter’s…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Archaeologyandanthropology #Climate #Climateandenvironment #Europe #Generalnews #GiovanniGiganti #Italy #Oddities #Rome #Waterquality #World #Worldnews
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Where does nitrogen and phosphorus runoff risk concentrate across North Dakota? I screened every HUC-12 watershed in the state and put it in a dashboard a manager can actually read.
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Drought can affect your drinking water long after the rain returns :: WRAL.com
Recent rain has eased drought conditions across much of North Carolina, but experts say the effects of months…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #climatechange #drinkingwater #Drought #Science #water #waterquality #WRALspecialists
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#SanfordME City Council extends #DatacenterMoratorium 180 days amid resident concerns
by WGME Staff
Tue, August 4, 2026SANFORD (WGME) -- "Sanford city councilors have voted to extend the city's moratorium on new #datacenters for another 180 days.
"The previous moratorium was approved in May and was set to expire.
"The extension comes as a developer proposes building a 1,000-acre data center along the #MousamRiver.
"City leaders and residents have raised concerns about potential impacts on #WaterQuality, #LandUse, #ElectricityDemand and other #Environmental issues.
" 'We have the chance to protect the #community, #wildlife and the legacy of the Mousam River, not diminish its value by allowing harmful projects of this scale to be built along the river,' said Eve Dumont-Wilson, who opposes the project."
#MainePol #MaineResists #SandfordResists #ResistDataCenters #Datacentres #DatacentreMoratorium
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Illinois researchers are building 64 one-acre test plots to study crop systems with real water-quality monitoring. The long-term project is designed to give farmers practical evidence for healthier soil and cleaner runoff.
Read more: https://www.newswise.com/articles/envisioning-the-next-150-years-of-crop-research-with-the-alma-mater-plots#GoodNews #SustainableFarming #WaterQuality #Agriculture #SoilHealth
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Smarter Water Sanitation for Sustainable Agriculture 💧🌱
https://zurl.co/BKQa4
#SMIDMART #HornerAutomation #X7Controller #WaterSanitation #AgricultureAutomation #WaterQuality #PLC #HMI #IndustrialAutomation #SustainableFarming -
📰 NC Coastal Habitat Protection Plan Update Begins
🌊 North Carolina environmental officials have started updating the state's Coastal Habitat Protection Plan (CHPP), a long-term strategy focused on protecting coastal habitats that support fisheries, water quality, and the seafood industry.
🌿 The 2026 update is centered on three priorities: ecosystem-based habitat management, seagrass protection and restoration, and planning for long-term wetland changes along the coast.
🤝 State agencies and stakeholders are helping develop draft recommendations that will eventually be released for public review, shaping future coastal conservation and resource management efforts.
🔗 https://coastalreview.org/2026/07/work-begins-for-periodic-update-of-state-coastal-habitat-plan/
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(Best to have a robust profile and toots.)#CoastalConservation #WaterQuality
#Fisheries #ClimateResilience
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Coupled Hydrological And Public Health Risks From Urban Flooding - Integrated Remote Sensing, Machine Learning, And Hydrodynamic–Ecological Modelling
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2026.135999 <-- shared paper
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https://youtu.be/VHzYLvSYR7k?si=5oGGPeH6T0dFusfY <-- recent overview video created about the research
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wroa.2025.100396 <-- share (earlier) paper
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H/T @RAHUL DEOPA | Research Scholar (IIT Roorkee)
“… [U]rban floods are not merely hydraulic events; they also transport sewage, pathogens, and other contaminants across streets and communities, leading to significant public health risks…
How do we quantify microbial contamination in near real time during a flood event, when emergency conditions make field sampling unsafe, sparse, or even impossible?...
[The authors] explored whether Earth observation data, combined with machine learning, could bridge this critical monitoring gap. By combining Landsat-derived water surface temperature, machine learning, a coupled MIKE+ Flood–ECO Lab hydrodynamic–ecological model, and Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment (QMRA), [they] estimated microbial concentrations (𝘌. 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘪), simulated their fate and transport during floods, and quantified the associated human health risks.
The takeaway: predicting flood risk isn't just about where the water goes; it's about what it's carrying and who it puts in harm's way. Earth observation and machine learning can help close that gap when it matters most, during the emergency, not weeks after…”
#publichealth #risk #hazard #watersecurity #Floodrisk #Humanhealthrisk #Urbanflooding #Hydrodynamicmodelling #waterquality #model #modeling #SupportVectorRegression #flood #flooding #urban #city #sewage #pathogens #contaminant #disease #streets #community #quantification #remotesensing #GIS #spatial #mapping #earthobservation #spatialanalysis #water #hydrology #climatechange #extremeweather #spatiotemporal #AI #machineleraning #fateandtransport #hydrodynamic #microbial #rainfall #drainage #streamflow #topography #hydrogeomorphology #Delhi #India #floodplain -
The Red River of the North floods differently — it flows north into ice, across a lakebed-flat valley. I've been studying its floods and, lately, how spring cryo-pulses move PFAS through the system.
Water quality is where I started: my PhD fused hyperspectral remote sensing with in-situ data to estimate nutrient loads in the Shenandoah. Rivers keep handing me the best problems.
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Busy Beavers - The Turbidity Signature Of Ecosystem Engineers At Work
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https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.70661 <-- shared paper
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H/T @alan Puttock
“Beavers are the quintessential ecosystem engineers. In slow-flowing streams, they create complex wetlands with ponds by building dams and canals that can positively impact biodiversity, hydrology and water quality. These activities can interchangeably capture or release sediment along the watercourse. To date this has not been quantified at the resolution of rainfall events or beaver activity. This study used 15-min frequency, sustained monitoring upstream and downstream of a newly establishing beaver wetland to measure episodic changes in water turbidity at an event resolution. Monitoring showed no significant differences between upstream and downstream turbidity over 160 days when the first pair of beavers, known not to be building dams or canals, were resident. Shortly after introduction of another beaver pair, however, dam building, burrows and canal excavations were quickly observed, resulting in the creation of a complex beaver wetland between 2021 and 2024. Monitoring over 375 days during this period showed significant differences. Downstream turbidity was significantly higher overall than upstream: 13.1 Nephelometric Turbidity Units (NTU) compared to 4.2 NTU. Stochastic spikes in downstream turbidity during the study period not recorded upstream were associated with dam building and burrowing. Overall, there was no significant difference in turbidity loads, which was at least partially explained by a reduction in discharge downstream, particularly in higher flows, during the dam building period. This demonstrates a complex system with the trapping of influent sediment, the storing of water and the periodic release of beaver wetland sediment leading to net balance in loads. These results help provide context for other studies which have used temporally discrete sampling campaigns rather than continuous high-frequency monitoring. They provide a unique insight into the downstream impacts of a rapidly developing beaver wetland over its first three and a half years in a landscape that hasn't had beavers for over 400 years…"
#hydromorphic #water #hydrology #dam #beaverdam #waterquality #biodiversity #ecology #benefits #NatureBasedSolutions #Wetlands #Ecology #Biodiversity #EnvironmentalScience #Wildlife #Ecosystem #bioviversity #conservation #restoration #landscaperecovery #floodmanagement #FloodMitigation #flooding #energy #floodrisk #sustainability #wetlands #hydrography #dams #impoundment #deadwood #waterresources #landscapeengineer #benefits #vegetation #ecology #ecosystem #riversystemsstabilisation #naturalwaterregulation #resilience #valleysreborn #fisheries #invertebrates #extremeweather #floodflows #sediment #baseflow #drought #landmanagement #naturalsystems #landuse #monitoring #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal -
#Aotearoa / #NewZealand - The case for #WildlifeCorridors, bridges & belts
Connected networks of vegetated or aquatic spaces that enable movement of species across fragmented urban landscapes.
Excerpt: "#ClimateChange – #VegetatedCorridors contribute to #UrbanCooling and #microclimate regulation, supporting #ClimateAdaptation benefits alongside #biodiversity outcomes.
#HumanWellbeing – Access to connected, #biodiverse #GreenSpaces is associated with improved psychological wellbeing and restorative experiences.
#Freshwater security – Riparian and #BlueGreenCorridors can improve #stormwater attenuation, #WaterQuality, and #flood #resilience while supporting aquatic and terrestrial connectivity."Read more:
https://aotearoabiodivercity.org/design-strategies/green-wildlife-corridors-bridges-and-belts/#SolarPunkSunday #ClimateChangeAdaptation #GreenerCities #GreenCorridors #WildlifeCrossing #WaterIsLife #NatureHeals #SpendTimeInNature #Greenspaces
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LimaOhio.com: Ohio EPA will not finalize general permit for data centers. “After carefully reviewing a large volume of public comments on the draft National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System general permit for data centers, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency will not move forward with finalizing the general permit, according to a Tuesday press release from the agency.”
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There’s a DEADLY #WaterBacteria No One’s Talking About
#WaterQuality #Water
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9i5O-irrM2g&pp=0gcJCZsLAYcqIYzv -
This is not new. When will basic monitoring be employed here (and at other Scottish beaches)? What is there to hide - inadequate sewage treatment, unlawful discharges?
#Pollution #Water #WaterQuality #Swimming #Portobello #Edinburgh #Beach #Sewage #Effluent
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US hits bridges and a key port as its Iran campaign expands
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States expanded its attacks against Iran early Friday by hitting…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #Business #DonaldTrump #Generalnews #Iran #Irangovernment #iranwar #MiddleEast #Militaryanddefense #Religion #Warandunrest #Washingtonnews #Waterquality #Worldnews
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Iranian strikes hit Kuwait desalination plant, exposing Mideast water vulnerability
Iranian strikes on Friday hit a power and water desalination plant in Kuwait, damaging one of the key…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #Business #Generalnews #Iran #Irangovernment #iranwar #Kuwait #Kuwaitgovernment #Manufacturingsector #MiddleEast #PersianGulf #Strikes #UnitedStatesgovernment #Waterquality #Worldnews
https://www.newsbeep.com/648005/