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Water, wastewater, microscopy, biology, science, Twain...a little bit of photography. Photos are my own unless giving credit.

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High Country News @highcountrynews.org · 22h
When people thought infrastructure could solve the arid West’s water problems. buff.ly/5UgYj2d
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The massive infrastructure projects of the 1960s wouldn’t work today - High Country News
When people thought infrastructure could solve the arid West’s water problems.
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 23h
Las Vegas HOAs, businesses soon to be fined if they water ‘nonfunctional’ grass. #Nevada #water #fines www.reviewjournal.com/news/environ...
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Las Vegas HOAs, businesses soon to be fined if they water ‘nonfunctional’ grass
Las Vegas Valley businesses and HOAs could face fines in 2027 for using Colorado River water to irrigate nonfunctional or decorative grass under Nevada’s turf removal law.
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 23h
Water is precious – this Swedish city separates different waste sources (black, grey, and third--water pipeline which takes food waste from the kitchen sink directly into biogas production) to reuse more of it. #water #Sweden #reuse #reclamation theconversation.com/water-is-pre...
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Water is precious – this Swedish city separates different waste sources to reuse more of it
In Oceanhamnen, wastewater is collected through three separate pipelines, making the processing and reuse of black and greywater more efficient.
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Brownsville City Commission has advanced two major water infrastructure projects eligible for up to $220 million from SpaceX. #water #infrastructure #reclamation #reuse #Texas #SpaceX texasborderbusiness.com/spacex-backe...
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SpaceX-Backed Water Projects Could Add 18 Million Gallons Daily in Brownsville
The Brownsville City Commission has advanced two major water infrastructure projects eligible for up to $220 million from SpaceX, moving a closely watched public-private agreement toward implementatio...
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Missouri Department of Natural Resources is issuing a $5.5 million loan to the City of Sedalia to cover the initial costs of their project to update their Central Wastewater Treatment Plant. #infrastructure #wastewater #finance #Missouri www.kmmo.com/2026/09/29/5...
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$5.5m DNR LOAN TO COVER ENGINEERING COSTS FOR SEDALIA’S CENTRAL WASTEWATER PLANT IMPROVEMENTS
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is issuing a $5.5 million loan to the City of Sedalia to cover the initial costs of their project to update their Central Wastewater Treatment Plant. The l...
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Inferring nitrifying taxa abundance in activated sludge from treated wastewater: a data-driven approach. #wastewater #nitrification #NextGenerationSequencing #NGS www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Inferring nitrifying taxa abundance in activated sludge from treated wastewater: a data-driven approach - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Inferring nitrifying taxa abundance in activated sludge from treated wastewater: a data-driven approach
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
US wastewater sector could power nearly 2 million homes through biogas. #wastewater #biogas #anaerobicdigestion #electricity www.bioenergy-news.com/news/us-wast...
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US wastewater sector could power nearly 2 million homes through biogas - Bioenergy Insight Magazine
America's wastewater treatment plants are capturing only a fraction of their renewable energy potential, according to new figures from the American Biogas Council, which estimates the sector could gen...
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New Glenpool wastewater plant enters final testing. #wastewater #infrastructure #Oklahoma www.newson6.com/tulsa-oklaho...
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New Glenpool wastewater plant enters final testing
The $59 million upgrade adds greater treatment capacity and modern controls, while the city warns temporary odors are possible during the transition.
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#Mexico breaks ground on new #desalination plant in Rosarito: officials are touting as the largest desalination plant in Latin America, an $850 million project that aims to bolster the #water supply for the cities of Tijuana, Rosarito and Ensenada. enewspaper.sandiegouniontribune.com/infinity/art...
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Mexico breaks ground on new desalination plant in Rosarito
Mexico breaks ground on new desalination plant in Rosarito
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Massive algae bloom exposes fragility of Israel’s advanced water system. #eutrophication #algalbloom #Israel #desalination #watersecurity www.nbcnews.com/world/israel...
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Massive algae bloom exposes fragility of Israel’s advanced water system
“We thought about a missile or a cyberattack, but we never thought about algae,” one analyst told NBC News.
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Scientists Blasted Water With Light 10 Billion Times Brighter Than Sunlight. It Still Didn't Evaporate Faster. #water #evaporation #science www.sciencealert.com/scientists-b...
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Scientists Blasted Water With Light 10 Billion Times Brighter Than Sunlight. It Still Didn't Evaporate Faster.
One of science's defining aspects is that its findings and ideas are open to empirical debate.  But with plate tectonics and feathered dinosaurs firmly entrenched, the next point of debate may hinge u...
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Africa’s most powerful military warns U.S. backed Ethiopia as Egypt vows to protect its Nile water security over controversial mega-dam. #Egypt #Nile #water #Ethiopia africa.businessinsider.com/local/market...
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Africa’s most powerful military warns U.S. backed Ethiopia as Egypt vows to protect its Nile water security over controversial mega-dam
Egypt has declared that safeguarding its access to Nile River water is an existential priority that allows for no compromise
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Binational Study of the Transboundary Santa Cruz Aquifer. #groundwater #aquifer #water #Mexico #US wrrc.arizona.edu/publication/...
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Binational Study of the Transboundary Santa Cruz Aquifer
The U.S. and Mexican Sections of the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) have published a Binational Study of the Transboundary Santa Cruz Aquifer, an important contribution to characte...
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The water crisis in England and Wales – which has seen the countries facing widespread drought and utility companies fined for polluting rivers and seas – has been decades in the making. #privatization #infrastructure #water #crisis theconversation.com/water-failur...
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Water failures in England and Wales are a warning for Canada and the US
Water services are too important to fail. If a utility becomes financially unstable, consequences are passed on to customers, regulators and governments.
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Decision Tool Charts a Circular Wastewater Future for a Zimbabwean Mining Town. #Zimbabwe #mining #water #circular #wastewater bioengineer.org/decision-too...
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Decision Tool Charts a Circular Wastewater Future for a Zimbabwean Mining
In the drought-prone mining town of Zvishavane, in Zimbabwe’s Midlands Province, the local wastewater treatment plant has long been a one-way street: sewage flows in, partially treated effluent f
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
NUHS’ Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, first to repurpose dialysis water for plants. #reclamation #dialysis #hospital #water #reuse www.straitstimes.com/singapore/en...
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NUHS’ Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, first to repurpose dialysis water for plants, given PUB award
37 organisations honoured at Singapore Watermark Awards 2026 for innovative water conservation and sustainability efforts across healthcare, industry, and education sectors. Read more at straitstimes....
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Barbados Water Authority announced on Wednesday $220m water treatment project to begin in October. #Barbados #water #infrastrucrure #finance barbadostoday.bb/2026/09/24/2...
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$220m water treatment project to begin in October - Barbados Today
The government is to begin construction next month on a $220 million project to reclaim irrigation water from wastewater in a bid to support farming and protect the environment, the Barbados Water Aut...
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Mary River proves Australia's most degraded catchments can be restored. #river #restoration #water #Australia www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2...
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Three decades of work to restore one of Australia's most degraded catchments
Community effort transforms a degraded waterway, reducing erosion, increasing fish breeding and improving the quality of water that flows into the Great Barrier Reef.
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Goodyear expands non-potable water use. #water #reclamation #reuse #irrigation #Arizona www.westvalleyview.com/news/goodyea...
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Goodyear expands non-potable water use
Goodyear could eventually irrigate about three-quarters of its park acreage with non-potable or alternative water as the city looks to conserve drinking water and control costs while expanding its par...
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New map reveals exactly where humans are adding and removing precious fresh water on Earth. #water #source #extraction www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
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'It has become very dire in a lot of places': New map reveals exactly where humans are adding and removing precious fresh water on Earth
A new high-resolution map of global freshwater trends between 2002 and 2025 has sharpened scientists' understanding of how humans are using and displacing our most precious resource.
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Michigan needs $85 billion in water, sewer infrastructure updates. #Michigan #water #wastewater #infrastructure #finance www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...
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Michigan needs $85 billion in water, sewer infrastructure updates
A new report commissioned by the Great Lakes Water Authority, which serves southeast Michigan, found the state needs $85 billion in water and sewer updates.
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#InNewsoftheAbsurd #Israel is facing weeks of #water shortages after an exceptional algae bloom crippled much of its #desalination capacity, in a crisis scientists say was triggered when Israeli attacks on #Gaza www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Israel facing water shortages caused by destruction of Gaza’s treatment plants
Five desalination plants shut down for days, while Gaza remains in grip of severe water and sanitation crisis
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Extreme” Water Shortage Order extended for Pinellas County. #Florida #water #drought pinellas.gov/news/extreme...
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“Extreme” Water Shortage Order extended for Pinellas County - Pinellas County
The Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) has extended the “Extreme” Water Shortage Order for Pinellas County and surrounding areas through March...
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Alternative water sources for a water-stressed Europe: Reliability and effectiveness of integrated alternative water resources management for regional climate change adaptation. #Europe #water #resourcemanagement cordis.europa.eu/article/id/4...
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Alternative water sources for a water-stressed Europe
Climate change is drying up Europe’s freshwater resources, impacting public health, essential services and key economic sectors such as...
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Town of Marana is working to expand its water reclamation facility in an effort to make sure its water system can keep up with the growing community. #Arizona #water #reclamation #reuse #wastewater #infrastructure www.kvoa.com/news/local/m...
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Marana doubling water facility capacity to keep up with growth
MARANA, Ariz. (KVOA) - The Town of Marana is working to expand its water reclamation facility in an effort to make sure its water system can keep up with the
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A federal appeals court has ruled that provisions of Idaho water law unconstitutionally discriminate against the U.S. government in regard to water rights on grazing allotments. #State #Federal #waterrights capitalpress.com/2026/09/22/c...
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Change to Idaho water law ruled unconstitutional | Capital Press
A federal appeals court has ruled that provisions of Idaho water law unconstitutionally discriminate against the U.S. government in regard to water rights on grazing allotments. The 9th U.S. Circuit [...
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Required drinking water monitoring in the City of Twin Falls was conducted only at one pump station, with that sample used to represent all 15 sample locations. #permit #violation #idaho #water #sampling www.kivitv.com/twin-falls/t...
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Twin Falls drinking water monitoring violation reported
Required drinking water monitoring in the City of Twin Falls was conducted only at one pump station, with that sample used to represent all 15 sample locations
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The world's largest credit-rating agency is predicting the City of Sault Ste. Marie will spend $255 million on capital projects from this year until 2028. #infrastructure #finance #Michigan www.sootoday.com/local-news/s...
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Sault expected to go on $255M post-election spending spree: credit analyst
City's credit rating affirmed at AA+ (stable) for 2026
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
MWD water treatment facility in La Verne has a lithium battery storage unit explode and start on fire. #water #California #lithium #energy youtu.be/-zeN6cQdsDc
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Evacuations issued after lithium-ion battery fire breaks out at La Verne plant
YouTube video by KTLA 5
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
LaVerkin’s $7M water facility will let visitors see, taste purified reuse water. #wastewater #water #reuse #reclamation #Utah #infrastructure www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/laverki...
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LaVerkin’s $7M water facility will let visitors see, taste purified reuse water
Washington County water managers are planning a $7 million demonstration facility in LaVerkin that will show the public how already-treated reuse water can undergo additional purification to meet drin...
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Gilbert takes proactive steps to protect water, wastewater systems. The town’s first SCADA and communications master plan will focus on technology, cybersecurity and keeping essential services running. #water #wastewater #technology #SCADA #cybersecurity #Arizona www.abc15.com/news/region-...
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Gilbert takes proactive steps to protect water, wastewater systems
Gilbert is developing its first SCADA and communications master plan as the town works to strengthen the technology and cybersecurity supporting its water and wastewater systems
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Endangered sea turtle found nesting on Huntington Beach, Orange County. Yup, first known sea turtle on record to nest naturally on the West Coast. #seaturtle #SoCal youtu.be/a4alLDWS33Y
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Endangered sea turtle nests on Orange County beach
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
IWA Proceedings presented at the IWA Efficient Conference 2025. Held in Melbourne, Australia on 16 September 2025–18 September 2025. iwaponline.com/iwp/issue/1/2
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Volume 1 Issue 2 | International Water Proceedings | IWA Publishing
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Two million for the Playa de Mogán wastewater treatment plant to increase the production of reclaimed water. #GranCanaria #wastewater #reclamation #reuse #water #infrastructure maspalomas24h.uk/Article/1130...
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Two million for the Playa de Mogán wastewater treatment plant to increase the production of reclaimed water
The Canary Islands are investing two million euros in expanding the Playa de Mogan wastewater treatment plant to improve the treatment and production of reclaimed water by 2026.
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Favorite plastic pollution in France: Cigarette butts. sciencepost.fr/on-accuse-le... #France #pollution #plastic #cigarettebutts sciencepost.fr/on-accuse-le...
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On accuse le plastique depuis 20 ans, mais cette pollution que 12 millions de Français alimentent fait autant de dégâts
Imaginez un trottoir parisien un lundi matin, jonché de dizaines de petits filtres blancs et orangés, écrasés entre deux pavés. Ce spectacle, tellement banal qu’il en devient invisible, cache pourtant...
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 21/09/2026
In case you missed this, the new US Energy Data Dashboard is a powerful and free tool made in partnership with the Our World in Data folks: usenergydata.org
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Understanding America's energy system
Track and understand the numbers behind US energy — year by year, and state by state.
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Greece And More European Countries Transform Water Infrastructure to Shield Mediterranean Tourism From Historic Drought. #Greece #Europe #Mediterranean #infrastructure #water #drought #aridification #tourism www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article...
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Greece And More European Countries Transform Water Infrastructure to Shield Mediterranean Tourism From Historic Drought - Travel And Tour World
Greece and European countries transform water infrastructure to protect Mediterranean tourism, strengthen drought resilience and secure growth.
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Clinton, New York, explores $28.5M wastewater plant upgrade and regional biosolids hub. #NewYork #wastewater #biosolids #infrastructure www.wwdmag.com/sludge-bioso...
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Clinton, New York, explores $28.5M wastewater plant upgrade and regional biosolids hub
Clinton, NY, is considering a partnership with Estian Partners to develop a regional biosolids processing hub.
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Ohio gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton is backing a temporary pause on issuing permits for wastewater injections wells that have become a subject of debate in southeastern Ohio. #wastewater #injectionwell #Ohio #permit www.centredaily.com/news/nation-...
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Amy Acton backs pause on new permits for wells storing fracking waste
Ohio gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton is backing a temporary pause on issuing permits for wastewater injections wells that have become a subject of debate in southeastern Ohio.
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Looks like California may need above average snowfall for several years to recharge groundwater depletion: Net Groundwater Recharge in California Occurs Primarily During Above-Average Snowpack Years. #California #groundwater #aquifers #water #snowfall agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
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OPB @opb.org · 17/09/2026
The mill allegedly let sludge and weeds build up in its wastewater-aeration pond, reducing the volume and ability of the 30-acre open-air pond to handle wastewater before sending it into Port Townsend Bay.
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Port Townsend paper mill hit with $734,000 pollution penalty
Washington state has fined a paper mill in Port Townsend $734,000 for allegedly sending polluted wastewater into Puget Sound.
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Nevada's first wastewater-to-drinking-water plant breaks ground in Reno. #Nevada #wastewater #reclamation #reuse #water www.newsday.com/news/nation/...
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Nevada's first wastewater-to-drinking-water plant breaks ground in Reno
Officials in Nevada broke ground last week on a facility that will treat wastewater to make it compliant with drinking-water standards.
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
100 #diatom species have been selected for #genome and #transcriptome sequencing. The 100 Diatom Genomes Project aims to provide a scalable framework for understanding diatom biodiversity, #ecology and evolution, and for investigating their use in biotechnology. journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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The 100 Diatom Genomes Project
This Community Page presents the 100 Diatom Genomes Project, which aims to sequence the genomes and transcriptomes of 100 diatom species across major lineages, life forms and ecological strategies. Th...
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The Role of Generative AI (GenAI) for the Global Water Sector. #AI #wastewater #guidebook #integration #water www.waterrf.org/research/pro...
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The Role of Generative AI (GenAI) for the Global Water Sector
This research establishes a common vocabulary that the sector can use to discuss AI in the water and wastewater sector.
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Hawaiʻi launches pilot program to evaluate decentralized wastewater technologies. #wastewater #decentralization #Hawai'i #infrastructure #cesspool www.wwdmag.com/wastewater-t...
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Hawaiʻi launches pilot program to evaluate decentralized wastewater technologies
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa has initiated HOWTEP, a three-year pilot program to assess decentralized wastewater treatment technologies, aiming to replace nearly 88,000 ...
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The Nepal flood due to mountain deglaciation from climate change is a reminder that the US can suffer the same destruction. There are a few mountains in the Pacific States that need monitoring. #California #Oregon #California #climatechange #flooding youtu.be/70XCn9SVZvY
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Five American Volcanoes Are Losing Their Ice — Here's Which One Goes First
YouTube video by Critical Latitude
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Where Los Angeles would get its water if its portion of Colorado River water gets cut? #water #LosAngeles #ColoradoRiver www.worldatlas.com/rivers/where...
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Where Los Angeles Would Get Water If The Colorado Failed
Los Angeles would not run dry. It would get water from the State Water Project, its aquifers, and its own wastewater, in that order, and everyone would pay more.
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
US federal court says no constitutional right to clean water in Mississippi case. Appeals court dismisses lawsuit from Jackson residents claiming that tainted drinking water violated their rights. #water #rights #legal #Mississippi www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US federal court says no constitutional right to clean water in Mississippi case
Appeals court dismisses lawsuit from Jackson residents claiming that tainted drinking water violated their rights
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Histological Analysis of the Water Mite Mideopsis roztoczensis (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Mideopsidae). #water #invertebrates www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/18...
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
India rejects court order to uphold decades-old water-sharing treaty with Pakistan. #India #Pakistan #water #watertreaty #politics www.cnbc.com/2026/09/01/i...
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India rejects court order to uphold decades-old water-sharing treaty with Pakistan
The arbitration ruling adds a new layer of stress to a long-simmering water dispute between two nuclear-armed neighbors.
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