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#waterpollution — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #waterpollution, aggregated by home.social.

  1. More curious fur seals are getting trapped in discarded fishing gear
    By Toby Hemmings and Alasdair McDonald

    Data 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.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-05-15/ent

    #WaterPollution #MarineBiology #AnimalBehaviour #RecreationalFishing #TobyHemmings #AlasdairMcDonald

  2. 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: eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-wi

  3. 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
    newsbeep.com/au/659274/

  4. Webinar: MT DEQ’s Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment for Subsurface Wastewater Treatment System April 27th
    #Montana #MTPol #WaterPollution
    us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist

  5. ...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.

    texastribune.org/2026/04/21/te

    #Tesla #waterpollution #lithiumionbatteries

  6. ...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.

    texastribune.org/2026/04/21/te

    #Tesla #waterpollution #lithiumionbatteries

  7. ...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.

    texastribune.org/2026/04/21/te

    #Tesla #waterpollution #lithiumionbatteries

  8. ...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.

    texastribune.org/2026/04/21/te

    #Tesla #waterpollution #lithiumionbatteries

  9. ...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.

    texastribune.org/2026/04/21/te

    #Tesla #waterpollution #lithiumionbatteries

  10. "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.

    #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.”

    montereyherald.com/2026/04/17/

  11. "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.

    #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.”

    montereyherald.com/2026/04/17/

  12. "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.

    #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.”

    montereyherald.com/2026/04/17/

  13. "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.

    #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.”

    montereyherald.com/2026/04/17/

  14. "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.

    #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.”

    montereyherald.com/2026/04/17/

  15. 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.

    nbcbayarea.com/news/local/sout

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

  16. 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.

    nbcbayarea.com/news/local/sout

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

  17. 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.

    nbcbayarea.com/news/local/sout

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

  18. 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.

    nbcbayarea.com/news/local/sout

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

  19. 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.

    nbcbayarea.com/news/local/sout

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

  20. 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: baykeeper.org/press_release/co

    #sunnyvale #mountainview #waterpollution #bacteria #bacteriapollution #cleanwateract #southbay #stevenscreek #calabazascreek

  21. 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: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask- 📝

  22. 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: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask- 📝 #UKPol #UKPolitics #Petition #DirtyBusiness #Sewage #WaterPollution

  23. 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: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask- 📝 #UKPol #UKPolitics #Petition #DirtyBusiness #Sewage #WaterPollution

  24. 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: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask- 📝 #UKPol #UKPolitics #Petition #DirtyBusiness #Sewage #WaterPollution

  25. 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: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask- 📝 #UKPol #UKPolitics #Petition #DirtyBusiness #Sewage #WaterPollution

  26. "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

    rnz.co.nz/news/national/584563

    #conservation #sharks #WaterQuality #WaterPollution

  27. Utah State University: Fluvial Fingerprints: Major New Database Tracks Sediment Across Mississippi River Basin. “Tracking the sources of excessive sediment in the Mississippi River Basin (MRB) has proven to be a vexing and economically important question for the last few decades … Now, the first basin-wide sediment fingerprinting database makes it possible to track where sediment is coming […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/21/utah-state-university-fluvial-fingerprints-major-new-database-tracks-sediment-across-mississippi-river-basin/
  28. #SvystunovaGully
    888 downloads!
    Looks like I’ve created something that people actually find interesting.

    But here’s the real question: with a daily rate of 30–40 downloads... what are the odds of catching such a perfectly round number by accident? 🤣

    (Maybe the Universe has a soft spot for hydrogeochemistry!) 😁

    #OpenScience #Zenodo #Geochemistry #Hydrogeology #MineWater #DataScience #ResearchLife #ScienceHumor #Groundwater #EnvironmentalScience #Contamination #PHREEQC #RStats #LaTeX #QGIS #FOSS #WaterPollution

  29. #SvystunovaGully
    888 downloads!
    Looks like I’ve created something that people actually find interesting.

    But here’s the real question: with a daily rate of 30–40 downloads... what are the odds of catching such a perfectly round number by accident? 🤣

    (Maybe the Universe has a soft spot for hydrogeochemistry!) 😁

    #OpenScience #Zenodo #Geochemistry #Hydrogeology #MineWater #DataScience #ResearchLife #ScienceHumor #Groundwater #EnvironmentalScience #Contamination #PHREEQC #RStats #LaTeX #QGIS #FOSS #WaterPollution

  30. #SvystunovaGully
    888 downloads!
    Looks like I’ve created something that people actually find interesting.

    But here’s the real question: with a daily rate of 30–40 downloads... what are the odds of catching such a perfectly round number by accident? 🤣

    (Maybe the Universe has a soft spot for hydrogeochemistry!) 😁

    #OpenScience #Zenodo #Geochemistry #Hydrogeology #MineWater #DataScience #ResearchLife #ScienceHumor #Groundwater #EnvironmentalScience #Contamination #PHREEQC #RStats #LaTeX #QGIS #FOSS #WaterPollution

  31. #SvystunovaGully
    888 downloads!
    Looks like I’ve created something that people actually find interesting.

    But here’s the real question: with a daily rate of 30–40 downloads... what are the odds of catching such a perfectly round number by accident? 🤣

    (Maybe the Universe has a soft spot for hydrogeochemistry!) 😁

    #OpenScience #Zenodo #Geochemistry #Hydrogeology #MineWater #DataScience #ResearchLife #ScienceHumor #Groundwater #EnvironmentalScience #Contamination #PHREEQC #RStats #LaTeX #QGIS #FOSS #WaterPollution

  32. 🎉 A small milestone for my hydrogeochemistry monograph about #SvystunovaGully

    Today, my Zenodo record passed 1,500 downloads across both released versions — something I never expected when I began this project as a personal, curiosity-driven exploration.

    It’s an independent study on groundwater–rock interaction, technogenic metasomatism, and carbonate–water equilibria, based largely on PHREEQC thermodynamic modelling and geospatial data.

    I’m grateful to everyone who took an interest, skimmed, downloaded, or shared it.
    Your attention gives this work a life I didn’t imagine it would ever have.

    ❗ And one more thing: in the monograph’s preamble I explicitly thank the developers of free and open-source software. Without their tools — R, PHREEQC, QGIS, LaTeX, Linux, JabRef and many others — this research would simply not have been possible.

    #Hydrogeochemistry #Geochemistry #Groundwater #PHREEQC #FOSS #OpenScience #RStats #QGIS #Zenodo #EnvironmentalScience #Carbonates #Metasomatism #GeoData #WaterPollution

  33. 🎉 A small milestone for my hydrogeochemistry monograph about #SvystunovaGully

    Today, my Zenodo record passed 1,500 downloads across both released versions — something I never expected when I began this project as a personal, curiosity-driven exploration.

    It’s an independent study on groundwater–rock interaction, technogenic metasomatism, and carbonate–water equilibria, based largely on PHREEQC thermodynamic modelling and geospatial data.

    I’m grateful to everyone who took an interest, skimmed, downloaded, or shared it.
    Your attention gives this work a life I didn’t imagine it would ever have.

    ❗ And one more thing: in the monograph’s preamble I explicitly thank the developers of free and open-source software. Without their tools — R, PHREEQC, QGIS, LaTeX, Linux, JabRef and many others — this research would simply not have been possible.

    #Hydrogeochemistry #Geochemistry #Groundwater #PHREEQC #FOSS #OpenScience #RStats #QGIS #Zenodo #EnvironmentalScience #Carbonates #Metasomatism #GeoData #WaterPollution

  34. 🎉 A small milestone for my hydrogeochemistry monograph about #SvystunovaGully

    Today, my Zenodo record passed 1,500 downloads across both released versions — something I never expected when I began this project as a personal, curiosity-driven exploration.

    It’s an independent study on groundwater–rock interaction, technogenic metasomatism, and carbonate–water equilibria, based largely on PHREEQC thermodynamic modelling and geospatial data.

    I’m grateful to everyone who took an interest, skimmed, downloaded, or shared it.
    Your attention gives this work a life I didn’t imagine it would ever have.

    ❗ And one more thing: in the monograph’s preamble I explicitly thank the developers of free and open-source software. Without their tools — R, PHREEQC, QGIS, LaTeX, Linux, JabRef and many others — this research would simply not have been possible.

    #Hydrogeochemistry #Geochemistry #Groundwater #PHREEQC #FOSS #OpenScience #RStats #QGIS #Zenodo #EnvironmentalScience #Carbonates #Metasomatism #GeoData #WaterPollution