New partnership to advance PFAS treatment technology
A new partnership between WSP and pro aqua brings a groundbreaking, durable solution for the on-site elimination of…
#Environment #André-MartinBouchard #EnvironmentJournal #PFAS #proaqua #REMEDIATION #ValérieLéveillé #wsp #WSPinCanada
https://www.europesays.com/2195701/
#Okra and #Fenugreek Extracts Safely Remove #Microplastics From Water in New Texas Research
May 10, 2025
Excerpt: "[T]he researchers tested the plant extracts on real microplastic-polluted water. They collected samples from waterbodies around Texas and brought them to the lab. The plant extract removal efficiency changed depending on the original water source.
"Okra worked best in ocean water (80%), fenugreek in groundwater (80-90%), and the 1:1 combination of okra and fenugreek in freshwater (77%).
"The researchers hypothesize that the natural polymers had different efficiencies because each water sample had different types, sizes and shapes of microplastics.
"Polyacrylamide, which is currently used to remove contaminants during wastewater treatment, has low toxicity, but its precursor acrylamide is considered toxic. Okra and fenugreek extracts could serve as biodegradable and nontoxic alternatives.
" 'Utilizing these plant-based extracts in water treatment will remove microplastics and other pollutants without introducing additional toxic substances to the treated water,' said Srinivasan in a media release, 'thus reducing long-term health risks to the population.' "
Fungi can be effective at degrading petroleum and taking up metals from contaminated sites, including post-urban-wildfire areas.
https://atmos.earth/how-toxin-munching-mushrooms-are-restoring-polluted-brownfields/
Remember the Urunga wetlands waste tailings rich in antimony, arsenic, lead and cyanide?
"For five years in the 1960s and 1970s, antimony and other heavy metals leached from an ore processing plant into the melaleuca wetlands. The wetlands used to open up into a moonscape of light grey sand with not a single bit of vegetation."
>>
https://www.crownland.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-07/Urunga-Wetlands-fact-sheet.pdf
https://majorprojects.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/prweb/PRRestService/mp/01/getContent?AttachRef=SSD-5357%2120190227T035916.488%20GMT
Now they want to go for Wild Cattle Creek 'high-grade and high-tonnage' antimony-gold mining >>
https://www.listcorp.com/asx/tmg/trigg-minerals-limited/news/acquisition-of-globally-significant-antimony-project-3091939.html
A Clarence Catchment Alliance community meeting
is being hosted by the Bellingen Environment Centre,
with Blicks River Guardians and Lock the Gate Nambucca,
from 2pm on Friday May 31 at 16 Cudgery St, Dorrigo.
>>
https://clarencevalleynews.com.au/clarence-catchment-alliance-community-meeting/
#NSW #Dorrigo #Urunga #remediation #CoffsHarbour #mining #antimony #gold #extractivism #harm #WildCattleCreek #WCC #water #contamination #wetlands #rivers #waterways #freshwater #MarineWater #platypus #biodiversity #BellingenShire
We are looking forward to #EGU25 next week: VEGAS is involved in four presentations and a session:
"Investigation of the transformation products formed during thermal desorption of #PFAS", poster by Anna Burkhardt
when: Thu, 1 May, 10:45–12:30, Hall A
"Large #Temperature in Water Distribution Pipes as a #Water #Quality Threat: Measurements and Modelling", poster by @planetwater
when: Thu, 1 May, 10:45–12:30, Hall X4
"Field Application of Activated Carbon for #PFAS Immobilization in Agricultural Soil", presentation by Hue Nguyen
when: Thu, 1 May, 17:00–17:10pm, room 2.44
"From Contaminant to Current: Enhancing Large Scale Microbial Fuel Cells for #Groundwater #Remediation" , presentation by Tobias Junginger
when: Fri, 2 May, 08:35–08:45am , room -2.20
"Advanced Geostatistical Methods and Uncertainty Analysis in Hydrological and Environmental Sciences" , session co-organized by Claus Haslauer
when: Fri, 02 May, 14:00–15:45pm, Room 2.17 (Presentations)
Fri, 02 May, 14:00–18:00 pm , posters, Hall A
#Geostatistics
Scientists break down plastic using simple/inexpensive catalyst & air
https://phys.org/news/2025-03-scientists-plastic-simple-inexpensive-catalyst.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43440321
Thermodynamically leveraged solventless aerobic deconstruction of polyethylene-terephthalate molybdenum-dioxo catalyst
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/gc/d4gc05916f
Learn all about Automatic Code #remediation from Arshan Dabirsiaghi on April 5th! Buy your ticket at www.basconf.org #owasp #basc2025 #appsec #owaspboston
Hey Mastodon, we need some expertise on #soil #remediation for a story. Have you ever done any hand-on #fieldwork inoculating dirt with a new #microbiome? Do you know anyone who has?
#SoilBiodiversity #solarpunk #bioremediation #ecology #microbiology
RT by @EU_MARE: #MissionOcean & Waters project #ProCleanLakes is looking for associated regions to demonstrate the feasibility and replicability of their solutions in #remediation and protection of natural lakes 💧!
🗓️ Deadline to apply: 31 March 2025
Learn more 👉 https://procleanlakes.eu/procleanlakes-open-call/
@cinea_EU @EUScienceInnov >@EU_MARE @EU_ENV @EUClimateAction @HorizonEU @HorizonMagEU @eli_balzi @BlueMissionAA @BlueMissionMed @MissionBanos
---
https://nitter.privacydev.net/OurMissionOcean/status/1894321439760609403#m
How Black Identity Changes Across Borders
Weyni Tesfai
#BlackMastodon #Culture #History #Identity #Intersectionality #Ethnicity #Racialization #Justice #Reconciliation #Remediation #Restoration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xpmo81gO5EQ
A new photocatalytic method using an organic catalyst operates under mild conditions (not requiring high temperature) to break the carbon-fluorine bonds in PFAS and other fluorochemicals.
Original paper (not open access): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08327-7
Depuis plus d'un an, on retrouve #MathALÉA dans @capytale pour le bonheur des élèves.
Une amélioration demandée par les professeurs apparaît ce jour : la copie visible par le professeur sera celle correspondant à la meilleure copie de l'élève et non plus à sa dernière copie.
#Remediation #Différenciation #ÉvaluationNumérique
Comme les autres #CAN 🏃♂️🏃♀️, celles de 2024 possèdent, depuis ce jour, la possibilité de choisir un nombre de questions.
Pratique pour la #remédiation ou le #rituel d'entrée en classe 👍.
Et on peut aussi choisir les questions à poser! Pratique dans sa progression 👍.
https://coopmaths.fr/alea
#maths #automatismes #libre #gratuit
The Housatonic Flats--a small but beautiful nature reserve on a site with a history industrial contamination: GE's dumping of PCBs into the Housatonic River. #nature #pollution #IndustrialContamination #remediation
The Town of Palisade is pursuing a federal grant that would help it fund the remediation and regrading of its sewer lagoons and turn a portion of that property into a constructed wetlands for migrating waterfowl. #wastewater #remediation #wetlands #water https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/palisade-sewer-lagoons-could-become-wetland-habitat-after-remediation/article_5945ee92-7b82-11ef-be75-8371f82a1593.html
The Town of Palisade is pursuing a federal grant that would help it fund the remediation and regrading of its sewer lagoons and turn a portion of that property into a constructed wetlands for migrating waterfowl. #wastewater #remediation #wetlands #water https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/palisade-sewer-lagoons-could-become-wetland-habitat-after-remediation/article_5945ee92-7b82-11ef-be75-8371f82a1593.html
Legacy Mercury Contamination From Historical Gold Mining - A Visualization Tool For Spatial Data On Sediment, Water, And Biota In The Sierra Nevada, California
--
https://ca.water.usgs.gov/sierra-mercury/ <-- shared technical article / storybook
--
https://doi.org/10.5066/P9EL0UN9 <-- shared USGS technical report
--
https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/earth-focus/mercury-in-our-waters-the-10-000-year-legacy-of-californias-gold-rush <-- shared media article
--
#GIS #spatial #mapping #water #hydrology #sediment #biota #ecosystems #spatialanalysis #sampling #mercury #gold #goldmining #history #SierraNevada #goldrush #California #USA #contamination #humanimpacts #waterquality #hydraulicmining #minewaste #environment #methylmercury #watersecurity #publichealth #transportation #uptake #bioaccumulation #landmanagement #hotspots #remediation #ecology #mining
@USGS
Est-ce que la loi de #Pareto peut s'appliquer à la mise en accessibilité ? Oui, à condition de ne pas s'arrêter en si bon chemin ! #Remédiation #A11y par @_marcusherrmann en anglais.
https://buff.ly/46WBN4X
