Calls for more detail on coal mine water releases into reef catchment
By Katrina Beavan
There were 55 water releases from the region's coal mines in the month of January into the largest catchment draining to the Great Barrier Reef.
#EnvironmentalImpact #Floods #MiningandMetalsIndustry #Coal #WaterPollution #KatrinaBeavan
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/Algal bloom causing 'heartbreak' for parts of Yorke Peninsula
By Isabella Carbone
While Adelaide is largely having a reprieve from the algal bloom, it is a different story on the south-west tip of the Yorke Peninsula with locals reporting fish kills and discoloured water.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-01/yorke-peninsula-algal-bloom/106277644
#Oceans #WaterPollution #Pollution #MarineBiology #TravelandTourism #FishingandAquacultureIndustry #IsabellaCarbone
Sydney's worst hotspots for microplastic pollution revealed
By Declan Bowring
Microplastic pollution on Sydney's beaches and harbour shorelines has tripled in the past three years, according to a report, much of it from sources of "preventable losses".
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-28/microplastics-triple-in-sydney-waterways-report/106276988
#WaterPollution #EnvironmentalImpact #PlasticsPolymersandRubberManufacturing #DeclanBowring
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
Laundry is a top source of microplastic pollution – here’s how to clean your clothes more sustainably
$3bn wastewater overhaul after debris balls on Sydney beaches
By Miriah Davis and Ruby Ritchie
The NSW Environment Protection Authority identified the Malabar wastewater treatment system as the origin of the debris balls plaguing beaches in Sydney.
EPA Proposal Threatens Ability to Block Pipelines, Other Infrastructure Projects
Critics warn the changes would deprive states and tribes of their rights and weaken freshwater-quality protections.I took action to demand the UK government gets tough on #WaterPollution. Let’s make 2026 the year polluters clean up their act. Sign Friends of the Earth's petition telling the government to put #CleanWater above private profit, now:
https://foe.uk/ejj2l #pollution #ToxicSludge #agriculture
The Dee Trust have a great senior role available for a Head of Project Delivery and Monitoring. Based around Llangollen, the role will lead a dedicated and passionate team. #conservationjobs #waterpollution #conservationroles #enviroment #riverdee https://www.welshdeetrust.com/3536/
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
Which heavy metal is most commonly associated with water pollution in industrial areas?
A) Iron
B) Mercury
C) Calcium
D) Zinc
#waterpollution #heavymetals #chemistry #survey ... Continue to: https://www.facebook.com/1130092409221646/posts/1218688117028741
Oil and gas giant knowingly sheds plastic into the ocean
By Olivia Sanders
Documents reveal one of Australia's biggest oil and gas companies knowingly shed plastic into the ocean for two months before notifying the offshore regulator.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-31/woodside-knowingly-sheds-plastic-into-ocean/106184338
#OilandGas #EnvironmentalImpact #WaterPollution #EnvironmentalManagement #EnvironmentalPolicy #OliviaSanders
Millions Across Michigan May Be Exposed to PFAS in Private Water Wells
Ahead of the curve in testing city water for PFAS, Michigan is now urging residents to get their private water tested.Trump Tosses Lifelines to the Struggling Coal Industry
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/climate/coal-plant-closures-indiana.html
Power company found guilty of environmental offence over 2022 fish kill
By Bridget Murphy
A court rules a maintenance failure caused hundreds of fish to die near Delta Electricity's Vales Point coal-fired power station in September 2022, a month after another kill triggered by natural causes.
#Courts #ElectricityProductionandDistribution #WaterPollution #BridgetMurphy
Should I pour leftover liquids or foods down the sink?
Ever been about to pour rancid milk down the sink and thought, "Hmm, maybe I shouldn't…"? What about the tomato passata that's gone off? Or the water you washed the paint in? Or that pungent oil from a tuna can?
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/Commission hosts first Water Resilience Forum
The European Commission convenes the first Water Resilience Forum today (Dec 8), a high-level gathering of policymakers, scientists,…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #drinkingwater #Latvia #LV #Water #waterpolicy #waterpollution #waterprotection #watersupply #watercourse
https://www.newsbeep.com/296368/
