"About 12 percent of Monterey County’s oil and gas wells are located within 200 feet of a river or creek. This includes the Salinas River, which runs through the San Ardo oil field, and is a critical source of the county’s groundwater.

"In December 2025, over 4,000 gallons of oil and toxic wastewater spilled in the San Ardo oil field, just over a mile from where the Sargent Creek feeds the Salinas River. It is unconfirmed whether that spill was connected to an active or idle well.”
—Katie Rodriguez, #MontereyCountyNow
#BigOil #Chevron #AeraEnergy #CaliforniaResourcesCorporation #MontereyCounty #Water #Air #CenterForBiologicalDiversity #AirQuality #WaterQuality #Groundwater #Oil #DesertedOilWells #SalinasValley #SanArdo

https://www.montereycountynow.com/news/local_news/hundreds-of-unplugged-oil-wells-sit-on-top-of-groundwater-sources-in-monterey-county-a/article_d333e7d2-3a6a-49e1-ac63-b452049ca8ee.html

DC declares emergency on Potomac sewage spill, asks Trump for help

WASHINGTON (AP) — W…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #BetsyNicholas #Climate #Climateandenvironment #DCWire #DistrictofColumbia #DonaldTrump #Generalnews #LindseyAppiah #Maryland #MDStateWire #MurielBowser #Politics #TrumpMediaTechnologyGroupCorp. #U.S.DemocraticParty #U.S.EnvironmentalProtectionAgency #U.S.news #UnitedStates #Us #USA #utilities #Washingtonnews #Wastemanagement #Waterquality #WesMoore
https://www.newsbeep.com/402051/

Turbidity And Fecal Indicator Bacteria In Recreational Marine Waters Increase Following The 2018 Woolsey Fire [incl. remote sensing]
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05945-x <-- shared paper
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https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/fire-led-to-spike-in-coastal-bacteria-murky-waters-149527/ <-- shared (NASA) technical / earth observation article
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https://yubanet.com/california/woolsey-fire-led-to-spike-in-bacteria-cloudiness-in-coastal-waters/ <-- shared technical article
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https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022AGUFMGC55H0328L/abstract <-- shared (Harvard) technical article
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https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/california-fire-led-to-spike-in-bacteria-cloudiness-in-coastal-waters/ <-- shared (NASA) TECHNICAL ARTICLE
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #earthobservation #remotesensing #wildfire #runoff #sediment #marine #ocean #coast #coastal #waterquality #turbidity #bacteria #fecal #coliform #enterococcus #WoolseyFire #California #USA #statistics #regression #geostatistics #insitu #sampling #burnarea #plume #ecosystems #habitat #publichealth #environmentalhealth #monitoring

For once I am not going to whinge about the Guardian's (deliberate?) conflation of England and Wales with Britain, but only because water quality is a growing problem across the whole of the UK, albeit worse, much worse south of us. The did get it wrong in attribution though. You always have to filter their stories by recognising that in their eyes, Britain equals SE England.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/18/the-death-of-heather-preen-how-eight-year-old-lost-her-life-amid-uk-sewage-crisis

#Tragedy #WaterQuality #Pollution #Regulation #Privatisation

Protection Of U.S. Streams Is Insufficient To Safeguard Stream Diversity And Prevent Habitat Impairment
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s44458-025-00026-2 <-- shared paper
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#water #surfacewater #USA #US #biodiversity #protection #streams #rivers #regulations #waterresources #watermanagement #waterquality #diversity #habitat #damage #risk #hazard #GlobalBiodiversityFramework #target #CONUS #spatialanalysis #geostatistics #geophysics #biogeographic #impacts #humanimpacts #conservation #watershed #upstream #impairment #evaluation #GAPStatus #catchment #metrics #agriculture #urban #industry #transportation #diversity

You do not need anything extravagant—an efficient pitcher filter can significantly enhance your water quality: https://amzn.to/4rbpD16
If you are committed to improving your water filtration, consider a reverse osmosis system for your sink or countertop: https://amzn.to/3MCRCI2
#WaterQuality #HomeEssentials

Proposed Elk Valley coal mine expansion faces scrutiny as water quality concerns continue
Environmental groups and the Ktunaxa Nation are raising concerns over a proposed coal mine expansion in the Elk Valley, in B.C.'s southeastern Kootenay region, saying waste rock from mining operations has contaminat...
#environment #mining #waterquality #ElkValley #BCssoutheasternKootenayregion
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-elk-valley-coal-mine-water-quality-concerns-9.7079486?cmp=rss

Drought, climate change affect quality of well water

Study shows 15-25% of private groundwater wells used for drinking water in Colorado's San Luis Valley contain elevated levels of arsenic, uranium and other heavy metals.

#drought #water #WaterQuality #Colorado

https://www.alamosacitizen.com/drought-climate-change-affect-quality-of-well-water/

Map-Based, Online Dashboard - St. Vrain and Left Hand Water Conservancy District
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https://dashboard.svlh.gov/ <-- shared dashboard
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https://svlh.gov/ <-- shared St. Vrain and Left Hand Water Conservancy District home page
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H/T @st. Vrain and Left Hand Water Conservancy District
#waterconservancy #watermanagement #waterdata #knowyourwatershed #water #hydrography #hydrology #FrontRange #Colorado #USA #GIS #spatial #mapping #openscience #spatialanalysis #waterresources #watermanagement #alldataisspatial #spatialdata #LeftHandCanyon #StVrain #visualisation #wateruser #landowner #partner #industry #ecology #ecosystem #watershed #waterquality #watersecurity
@st. Vrain and Left Hand Water Conservancy District

There are now many flood warnings across the South West Peninsula of England.

Another unfortunate side effect of the recent rain is #SewagePollution all around our coast.

Our local big beach break at Widemouth Bay has been suffering since 6:38 PM last night.

#WaterQuality

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#Alberta #CoalMines - excellent article on the almost certain destruction of our #waterquality in southern Alberta if the #GrassyMountain #CoalMine is allowed. #Selenium poisoning of our water just like in the #elk #River #ElkBasin British Columbia

Shark attacks and wastewater management practices

"...The warnings for swimming water quality and shark safety were now effectively the same. If it’s poor water, if it looks dodgy, if it smells a bit off, don’t go in, because it’s not good. You could pick up a waterborne disease, but you could also become prey for a shark.” >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/24/could-sydneys-creaking-sewage-system-be-linked-to-the-spate-of-shark-attacks
#ocean #WaterQuality #swimming #beach #NSW #pollution #SewageSystem #infrastructure #offshore #sewage #runoff #waste #MarineAnimals #sharks #habitat

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 […]

"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

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/584563/they-re-hungry-shark-warning-to-kiwis-after-spate-of-australian-attacks

#conservation #sharks #WaterQuality #WaterPollution

Bạn đang du lịch và không chắc nguồn nước vòi có an toàn? Một app web mới cho phép mọi người để lại đánh giá nhanh về chất lượng nước ở bất kỳ địa điểm nào. Chia sẻ kinh nghiệm và giúp cộng đồng du lịch an tâm hơn! #TapWaterRating #waterquality #dulich #an_toan #app #travel #đánhgiá #nướcvòi

https://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/comments/1qic0oz/an_app_for_reporting_tap_water_safety_and_taste/

Forever Chemicals And Medications Detected In National Park Waters
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https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/forever-chemicals-detected-grand-canyon-springs-21291219.php <-- shared technical/media article
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https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20255095 <-- shared (USGS) Scientific Investigations Report 2025-5095
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[I still remember a talk that @RelaenaSindelar gave about pharmaceuticals in the waste stream; one of her examples was Sequim, WA - in the banana belt - with retirement communities' flushed medications’ and the downstream/coastal effects - NOT the Grand Canyon! :( ]
#water #hydrology #waterquality #southrim #grandcanyon #USA #PFAs #foreverchemicals #pharmaceuticals #pharmaceuticalsinthewastestream #NationalPark #waterresources #wastewater #effluent #springs #perfluoroalkyl #polyfluoroalkyl #medications #groundwater #infiltration #humanhealth #ecosystem #humanimpacts
#USGS #NPS

Algae Swirls Across a South African Reservoir

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/algae-swirls-across-a-south-african-reservoir/

Algae Swirls Across a South African Reservoir http://dlvr.it/TQBxvq #EarthObservatory #SurfaceWater #WaterBlooms #WaterQuality

Algae Swirls Across a South African Reservoir https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/algae-swirls-across-a-south-african-reservoir/ #NASA #EarthObservatory #SurfaceWater #WaterBlooms #WaterQuality