Sign in

Victor

@wwbugs.bsky.social
209 followers 601 following 1.5K posts

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

PostsRepliesMedia
Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 14h
Community weighs in as Austin considers tougher rules for major water users. Austin Water is looking at whether some of the city’s largest water users should have to do more to conserve. #Texas #water #conservation cbsaustin.com/news/local/c...
cbsaustin.com
Community weighs in as Austin considers tougher rules for major water users
As Austin keeps growing, so does the demand for water. Now, Austin Water is looking at whether some of the city’s largest water users should have to do more...
000
Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A minister has said no decision has yet been made about the introduction of a new liquid waste tax in Jersey. #UK #wastewater #tax #infrastructure www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
'No decision' yet on details of Jersey wastewater tax
The budget says ministers hope to raise £10m per year from 2028 by charging for liquid waste.
000
Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
NIST outlines secure remote access strategies to strengthen water and wastewater OT cybersecurity. #cybersecurity #water #wastewater industrialcyber.co/secure-remot...
industrialcyber.co
NIST outlines secure remote access strategies to strengthen water and wastewater OT cybersecurity - Industrial Cyber
NIST researchers outline secure remote access strategies to strengthen water and wastewater OT cybersecurity posture.
000
Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Hydrodynamic and ecological modeling for water quality assessment in Lake Qaroun, Egypt. #Egypt #water #modeling #saline www.nature.com/articles/s41...
nature.com
Hydrodynamic and ecological modeling for water quality assessment in Lake Qaroun, Egypt - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Hydrodynamic and ecological modeling for water quality assessment in Lake Qaroun, Egypt
010
Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Doubs, a river suffering from recurring droughts. #drought #aridification #France #river youtu.be/HaOJNdqa5QU
youtu.be
Le Doubs, une rivière victime de sécheresses à répétition|TF1 INFO
YouTube video by TF1 INFO
000
Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Persistent drought puts pressure on France's drinking water networks. Water reserves supplying distribution systems across France remain under strain due to a significant rainfall deficit. #water #drought #France #aridification www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...
lemonde.fr
Persistent drought puts pressure on France's drinking water networks
Water reserves supplying distribution systems across France remain under strain due to a significant rainfall deficit.
000
Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Treated wastewater could become an important water source for agriculture in Oman’s increasingly saline and water-stressed farming areas. #Oman #reclamation #reuse #wastewater #water #infrastructure #agriculture www.muscatdaily.com/2026/10/04/t...
muscatdaily.com
Treated wastewater shows promise for Oman’s farms
Treated wastewater shows promise for Oman’s farms, with an eight-year study finding healthy lemon growth and production.
010
Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Researchers at Oregon State University have created a new class of materials that can use light to produce hydrogen from water, offering a potentially cleaner way to convert solar energy into fuel. #hydrogengeneration #water www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
sciencedaily.com
Scientists just found a new way to make hydrogen from water
A new light-activated material can efficiently produce hydrogen from water without requiring an additional expensive metal catalyst. Researchers say its unusual sulfur-based chemistry could point towa...
000
Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
AI Simulator Predicts Bacteria in Wastewater From Simple Measurements, Beating GANs by 35 Percent. #AI #predictive #wastewater #bacteria bioengineer.org/ai-simulator...
bioengineer.org
AI Simulator Predicts Bacteria in Wastewater From Simple Measurements,
Every day, wastewater treatment plants around the world process billions of liters of sewage, and hidden in that water are bacteria whose concentrations tell a critical story about public health,
000
Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Iowa agriculture secretary race is a referendum on dirty water. #politics #agriculture #pollution #water #Iowa #Opinion www.thegazette.com/opinion/iowa...
thegazette.com
Iowa agriculture secretary race is a referendum on dirty water
Mike Naig, a Republican, is up for reelection this fall. He is being challenged by Democrat Chris Jones, a scientist and evangelist for clean water. But his plan is not
000
Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Colorado Supreme Court will hear major climate change case involving devastating Marshall wildfire. Colorado case is part of a wave of climate change litigation across the country. #ClimateChange #litigation #law #suit coloradosun.com/2026/10/04/c...
coloradosun.com
Supreme Court will hear major climate change case involving devastating Marshall wildfire
Colorado case is part of a wave of climate change litigation across the U.S. The justices will hear the case that could decide the fate of similar cases.
021
Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Interesting how far ethics and morals go and money talks that you wait to publish a book hoping to cash in on the tell all..
000
Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Test shows elevated levels of zinc, lead and iron in LA River after Boyle Heights warehouse fire. #industrialfire #pollution #water #California youtu.be/7p8Rka9H2m0
youtu.be
Test shows elevated levels of zinc, lead and iron in LA River after Boyle Heights warehouse fire
YouTube video by CBS LA
000
Reposted by Victor
Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 02/10/2026
Swiss glaciers have lost more than 5 percent of their ice, threatening the country’s alpine economy.
aljazeera.com
How Switzerland lost 20 percent of its ice in five years
Swiss glaciers have lost more than 5 percent of their ice, threatening the country's alpine economy.
410941
Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Plataforma Avanzada de Vigilancia Epidemiológica en Aguas Residuales Hospitalarias (HARE)" #Epidemiology #Surveillance #wastewater aims to develop new strategies to detect and monitor antimicrobial resistance in the hospital environment. #antimicrobialresistance www.uab.cat/en/ibb/news/...
uab.cat
The Bacterial Blood Pathogens Group reinforces its collaboration with LABAQUA through an Industrial PhD
notícia grup PBS
000
Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Viruses take hold in Cuba as water, electricity shortages hit hygiene. #Cuba #water #health #hygiene #diseases youtu.be/fiWRaLpSMuk
youtu.be
Viruses take hold in Cuba as water, electricity shortages hit hygiene
YouTube video by Reuters
000
Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Another Utah city joins the growing — but costly — wastewater reuse bandwagon. #Utah #reclamation #reuse #water #infrastructure www.kuer.org/science-envi...
kuer.org
Another Utah city joins the growing — but costly — wastewater reuse bandwagon
Cedar City’s water conservancy district is putting millions into recycling sewage to stretch its water. It’s one of many Western cities turning to wastewater reuse as drought and climate change strain...
010
Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Há 63 zonas de risco de inundação em Portugal. Em algumas continua a construir-se. #flooding #inundation #water #Portugal cnnportugal.iol.pt/inundacoes/c...
cnnportugal.iol.pt
Há 63 zonas de risco de inundação em Portugal. Em algumas continua a construir-se
Análise alerta para escolhas que estão a aumentar a exposição às cheias
000
Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Extreme drought conditions and unusually high tides drove salinity levels in the Waccamaw Neck water system to the highest readings in more than two decades. #water #salinity #drought #SouthCarolina www.counton2.com/news/local-n...
counton2.com
Highest salinity levels seen in 20 years, interrupt water services in Georgetown County
GEORGETOWN, S.C. – Extreme drought conditions and unusually high tides drove salinity levels in the Waccamaw Neck water system to the highest readings in more than two decades, prompting the …
000
Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Marana breaks ground on wastewater expansion project. #water #wastewater #reclamation #reuse #Arizona #infrastructure www.tucsonlocalmedia.com/marana/news/...
tucsonlocalmedia.com
Marana breaks ground on wastewater expansion project
Hard-hat clad town leadership, employees and contractors put shovels to dirt at Marana’s Water Reclamation Facility (WRF), inaugurating an expansion project that will double its treatment capacity to ...
000
Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
000
Reposted by Victor
High Country News @highcountrynews.org · 30/09/2026
When people thought infrastructure could solve the arid West’s water problems. buff.ly/5UgYj2d
buff.ly
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.
02410
Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Las Vegas HOAs, businesses soon to be fined if they water ‘nonfunctional’ grass. #Nevada #water #fines www.reviewjournal.com/news/environ...
reviewjournal.com
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.
000
Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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...
theconversation.com
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.
000
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...
texasborderbusiness.com
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...
010
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...
kmmo.com
$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...
011
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...
nature.com
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
001
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...
bioenergy-news.com
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...
010
Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New Glenpool wastewater plant enters final testing. #wastewater #infrastructure #Oklahoma www.newson6.com/tulsa-oklaho...
newson6.com
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.
000
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...
enewspaper.sandiegouniontribune.com
Mexico breaks ground on new desalination plant in Rosarito
Mexico breaks ground on new desalination plant in Rosarito
053
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...
nbcnews.com
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.
000
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...
sciencealert.com
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...
000
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...
africa.businessinsider.com
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
001
Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Binational Study of the Transboundary Santa Cruz Aquifer. #groundwater #aquifer #water #Mexico #US wrrc.arizona.edu/publication/...
wrrc.arizona.edu
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...
000
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...
theconversation.com
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.
044
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...
bioengineer.org
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
000
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...
straitstimes.com
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....
000
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...
barbadostoday.bb
$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...
000
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...
abc.net.au
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.
000
Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Goodyear expands non-potable water use. #water #reclamation #reuse #irrigation #Arizona www.westvalleyview.com/news/goodyea...
westvalleyview.com
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...
021
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...
livescience.com
'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.
034
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...
detroitnews.com
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.
001
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...
theguardian.com
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
000
Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Extreme” Water Shortage Order extended for Pinellas County. #Florida #water #drought pinellas.gov/news/extreme...
pinellas.gov
“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...
000
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...
cordis.europa.eu
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...
010
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...
kvoa.com
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
010
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...
capitalpress.com
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 [...
001
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...
kivitv.com
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
010
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...
sootoday.com
Sault expected to go on $255M post-election spending spree: credit analyst
City's credit rating affirmed at AA+ (stable) for 2026
000
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
youtu.be
Evacuations issued after lithium-ion battery fire breaks out at La Verne plant
YouTube video by KTLA 5
000