Victor
@wwbugs.bsky.social
Water, wastewater, microscopy, biology, science, Twain...a little bit of photography. Photos are my own unless giving credit.
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Victor
@wwbugs.bsky.social
· Dec 20
The allure of seeing something that is scaringly beautiful. Wildfire sunset as sun illuminates and colors the sky in fascinating ways. #wildfire #California #hike #photography #nature
Experts say sinkholes more than 200 feet deep began appearing in the 2000s, driven by drought and extensive groundwater extraction. #groundwater #Turkey #subsidence #water #climatechange www.accuweather.com/en/weather-n...
Nearly 700 massive sinkholes consume Turkey farmland fueled by extreme drought
Experts say sinkholes more than 200 feet deep began appearing in the 2000s, driven by drought and extensive groundwater extraction.
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December 18, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Experts say sinkholes more than 200 feet deep began appearing in the 2000s, driven by drought and extensive groundwater extraction. #groundwater #Turkey #subsidence #water #climatechange www.accuweather.com/en/weather-n...
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UCLA-led research has found that by electroplating thorium onto stainless steel, they can excite its nucleus with a laser and measure the electric current it produces. The achievement can be used to miniaturize the nuclear clock. ucla.in/48L8iFL 🧪
December 17, 2025 at 7:35 PM
UCLA-led research has found that by electroplating thorium onto stainless steel, they can excite its nucleus with a laser and measure the electric current it produces. The achievement can be used to miniaturize the nuclear clock. ucla.in/48L8iFL 🧪
Salinization of coastal groundwaters in the EU. #EU #salinization #groundwater www.openaccessgovernment.org/article/sali...
Salinization of coastal groundwaters in the EU – What can we do about it?
LIFE-FRESHMAN project: This article examines the issue of coastal groundwater salinization in the EU, particularly its impact on freshwater reserves
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December 16, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Salinization of coastal groundwaters in the EU. #EU #salinization #groundwater www.openaccessgovernment.org/article/sali...
Modeling, simulation, and optimization behavior of pharmaceutical compound removal from water in SR-AOPs technique for wastewater treatment. #pharmaceutical #wastewater #modeling www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Modeling, simulation, and optimization behavior of pharmaceutical compound removal from water in SR-AOPs technique for wastewater treatment - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Modeling, simulation, and optimization behavior of pharmaceutical compound removal from water in SR-AOPs technique for wastewater treatment
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December 16, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Modeling, simulation, and optimization behavior of pharmaceutical compound removal from water in SR-AOPs technique for wastewater treatment. #pharmaceutical #wastewater #modeling www.nature.com/articles/s41...
EPA Announces Over $351 Million to Fort Worth for Water and Recycling Infrastructure Projects. #Texas #infrastructure #water #wastewater #funding www.epa.gov/newsreleases...
EPA Announces Over $351 Million to Fort Worth for Water and Recycling Infrastructure Projects | US EPA
Funds include an approved loans of $347 million from the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) and $4,817,344 million from the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) financ...
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December 16, 2025 at 3:00 AM
EPA Announces Over $351 Million to Fort Worth for Water and Recycling Infrastructure Projects. #Texas #infrastructure #water #wastewater #funding www.epa.gov/newsreleases...
Scientists Develop New Fish-Inspired Filter That Removes Over 99% of Microplastics. #microplastics #removal #clotheswashingmachine #pollution scitechdaily.com/scientists-d...
Scientists Develop New Fish-Inspired Filter That Removes Over 99% of Microplastics
Researchers at the University of Bonn aim to improve the cleanliness of wastewater. Water released from washing machines is widely recognized as a major source of microplastics, which are tiny plastic...
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December 16, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Scientists Develop New Fish-Inspired Filter That Removes Over 99% of Microplastics. #microplastics #removal #clotheswashingmachine #pollution scitechdaily.com/scientists-d...
The New York Department of Environmental Conservation is proposing a policy that would require soil products like compost that incorporate biosolids to begin testing for PFAS. #PFAS #NY #Compost #biosolids #testing #regulation www.wastedive.com/news/new-yor...
New York may require composters using biosolids to test for PFAS
The draft proposal is part of the state’s newly enhanced efforts to address sources of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances on agricultural land.
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December 16, 2025 at 2:56 AM
The New York Department of Environmental Conservation is proposing a policy that would require soil products like compost that incorporate biosolids to begin testing for PFAS. #PFAS #NY #Compost #biosolids #testing #regulation www.wastedive.com/news/new-yor...
City of Imperial sues County to halt massive data center project. #datacenter #water #energystorage #California #Teslamegapacks #wastewater #reclamation www.ivpressonline.com/news/city-of...
City of Imperial sues County to halt massive data center project, City of El Centro responds
EL CENTRO — The City of Imperial has filed a lawsuit against Imperial County and its Board of Supervisors, seeking to block the development of a nearly 1-million-square-foot data center
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December 14, 2025 at 8:09 AM
City of Imperial sues County to halt massive data center project. #datacenter #water #energystorage #California #Teslamegapacks #wastewater #reclamation www.ivpressonline.com/news/city-of...
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration released new proposals to address PFAS in biosolids and wastewater. #NewYork #PFAS #wastewater #biosolids #legislation www.eenews.net/articles/new...
New York takes additional steps to address ‘forever chemicals’
The Department of Environmental Conservation issued new proposals to address PFAS in biosolids and wastewater.
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December 13, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration released new proposals to address PFAS in biosolids and wastewater. #NewYork #PFAS #wastewater #biosolids #legislation www.eenews.net/articles/new...
Multimillion-dollar Iron County wastewater filtration project underway. #wastewater #reclamation #infrastructure #Utah www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/multimi...
Multimillion-dollar Iron County wastewater filtration project underway
The Central Iron County Water Conservancy District aims to reduce pressure on the valley's aquifer with a multimillion-dollar wastewater project at the Cedar City Regional Wastewater Treatment Facilit...
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December 10, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Multimillion-dollar Iron County wastewater filtration project underway. #wastewater #reclamation #infrastructure #Utah www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/multimi...
Brighton Secures $3.8M to Begin Wastewater Upgrades. #finance #infrastructure #wastewater #MasterPlan #Vermont www.northstarmonthly.com/what_s_happe...
Brighton Secures $3.8M to Begin Wastewater Upgrades
BRIGHTON — The Brighton Selectboard on Dec. 3 approved $3.756 million in short-term borrowing to begin work on the town's wastewater treatment plant upgrade, part of a $7.8 million modernization
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December 10, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Brighton Secures $3.8M to Begin Wastewater Upgrades. #finance #infrastructure #wastewater #MasterPlan #Vermont www.northstarmonthly.com/what_s_happe...
The Water and Wastewater Authority of Wilson County will pay $165,000 in mandatory penalties and could receive up to $812,000 in civil penalties if it fails to correct issues. #wastewater #violations #fines #Tennessee mainstreetmediatn.com/articles/chr...
Wastewater authority could pay nearly $815K in state fines - Main Street Media of Tennessee
The Water and Wastewater Authority of Wilson County will pay $165,000 in mandatory penalties and could receive up to $812,000 in civil penalties if it fails to correct issues within its systems and ex...
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December 10, 2025 at 8:15 AM
The Water and Wastewater Authority of Wilson County will pay $165,000 in mandatory penalties and could receive up to $812,000 in civil penalties if it fails to correct issues. #wastewater #violations #fines #Tennessee mainstreetmediatn.com/articles/chr...
UConn Engineering Selected to Receive $3M in Federal Funding for Wastewater Research. #water #wastewater #research #funding today.uconn.edu/2025/12/ucon...
UConn Engineering Selected to Receive $3M in Federal Funding for Wastewater Research - UConn Today
This fund is part of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) Program to eliminate waste of essential minerals and increase domestic resiliency
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December 10, 2025 at 8:04 AM
UConn Engineering Selected to Receive $3M in Federal Funding for Wastewater Research. #water #wastewater #research #funding today.uconn.edu/2025/12/ucon...
Monterey One Water launches food waste receiving and co-digestion program. #biosolids #codigestion #foodwaste #wastewater www.wastetodaymagazine.com/news/montere...
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December 10, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Monterey One Water launches food waste receiving and co-digestion program. #biosolids #codigestion #foodwaste #wastewater www.wastetodaymagazine.com/news/montere...
Trial Using Class A Biosolids As Hemp Fertilizer Under Way. #biosolids #wastewater #agriculture #hemp #fertilizer hempgazette.com/news/hemp-bi...
Trial Using Class A Biosolids As Hemp Fertilizer Under Way
A field trial in the USA investigating use of Class A biosolids as sustainable fertilizer for industrial hemp grain and fiber production.
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December 10, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Trial Using Class A Biosolids As Hemp Fertilizer Under Way. #biosolids #wastewater #agriculture #hemp #fertilizer hempgazette.com/news/hemp-bi...
Pompeii Time Capsule Reveals Secrets to Durable Ancient Roman Cement. #cement #Rome #History www.scientificamerican.com/article/pomp...
Pompeii Time Capsule Reveals Why Ancient Romans Were Such Incredible Builders
Lime granules trapped in ancient walls show Romans relied on a reactive hot-mix method to making concrete that could now inspire modern engineers
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December 10, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Pompeii Time Capsule Reveals Secrets to Durable Ancient Roman Cement. #cement #Rome #History www.scientificamerican.com/article/pomp...
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Imperial County Board of Supervisors meets tomorrow. They will consider a few recommendations from the planning commission including resolutions to deny a water supply assessment, environmental impact report certification, and other variances needed for a large solar + storage project on farmland.🔌💡
Last week the board of directors of the Imperial Irrigation District - largest user of water on the Colorado River, and one of California’s leading solar producing counties - voted on a resolution "Opposing the Expansion of Solar Development on Farmland." 🔌💡
November 4, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Imperial County Board of Supervisors meets tomorrow. They will consider a few recommendations from the planning commission including resolutions to deny a water supply assessment, environmental impact report certification, and other variances needed for a large solar + storage project on farmland.🔌💡
Climate warming reduces soil gaseous nitrogen losses in a temperate forest. #nitrogen #Climatechange #soil #forest www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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December 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Climate warming reduces soil gaseous nitrogen losses in a temperate forest. #nitrogen #Climatechange #soil #forest www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Tennessee officials announce first #CWD detection in Decatur County
CWD has now been found in free-ranging white-tailed deer in 18 counties in addition to Decatur.
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Photo: Jeff Bryant / Flickr cc
CWD has now been found in free-ranging white-tailed deer in 18 counties in addition to Decatur.
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December 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Tennessee officials announce first #CWD detection in Decatur County
CWD has now been found in free-ranging white-tailed deer in 18 counties in addition to Decatur.
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Photo: Jeff Bryant / Flickr cc
CWD has now been found in free-ranging white-tailed deer in 18 counties in addition to Decatur.
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More cities are seeing PFAS pollution in drinking water. Here's what Louisville found. #PFAS #Kentucky #water #pollution www.npr.org/sections/sho...
More cities are seeing PFAS pollution in drinking water. Here's what Louisville found
Workers at the drinking water plant in Louisville, Ky. saw a sudden spike in the level of a 'forever chemical.' They traced it up the Ohio River to a factory embroiled in a pollution lawsuit.
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December 2, 2025 at 3:46 AM
More cities are seeing PFAS pollution in drinking water. Here's what Louisville found. #PFAS #Kentucky #water #pollution www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Efficacy of physical and chemical disinfection against clinically relevant free-living amoebae isolated from drinking water and plumbing biofilms. #water #health #amoeba #biofilm #disinfection www.frontiersin.org/journals/mic...
Frontiers | Efficacy of physical and chemical disinfection against clinically relevant free-living amoebae isolated from drinking water and plumbing biofilms
IntroductionFree-living amoebae (FLA) are commonly found in drinking water systems and biofilms, posing public health risks both as pathogens and as hosts fo...
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November 30, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Efficacy of physical and chemical disinfection against clinically relevant free-living amoebae isolated from drinking water and plumbing biofilms. #water #health #amoeba #biofilm #disinfection www.frontiersin.org/journals/mic...
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Gain an understanding of climate change basics from renowned scientist @katharinehayhoe.com. Whether you’re new to the climate story or a veteran reporter aiming to refine how you explain #climatechange to audiences, this guide is for you: buff.ly/y1zSKWy
November 28, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Gain an understanding of climate change basics from renowned scientist @katharinehayhoe.com. Whether you’re new to the climate story or a veteran reporter aiming to refine how you explain #climatechange to audiences, this guide is for you: buff.ly/y1zSKWy
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I would love to see the State of California throw its weight behind regenerating a fire-resilient, diverse, open Indigenous cultural landscape, instead of cutting ineffective fuel breaks, lighting bad Rx fires, and fighting CCI and EHL in court. @nohaggerty.bsky.social www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Cal Fire approach to SoCal's wildfire crisis could make things worse, court says
A statewide Cal Fire program risks making fires worse by removing native chaparral and allowing the spread of more flammable grasses, a court ruled.
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November 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I would love to see the State of California throw its weight behind regenerating a fire-resilient, diverse, open Indigenous cultural landscape, instead of cutting ineffective fuel breaks, lighting bad Rx fires, and fighting CCI and EHL in court. @nohaggerty.bsky.social www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Sea level doesn’t rise at the same rate everywhere: we found the highest #sealevel rise from Antarctic ice melt alone, up to 5 feet (1.5 meters) by 2200, occurs in the Indian, Pacific and western Atlantic ocean basins #simulation #climatechange #water theconversation.com/sea-level-do...
Sea level doesn’t rise at the same rate everywhere – we mapped where Antarctica’s ice melt would have the biggest impact
Understanding what happens to Antarctica’s ice matters, because as it melts, sea levels rise, affecting lives and economies around the world.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Sea level doesn’t rise at the same rate everywhere: we found the highest #sealevel rise from Antarctic ice melt alone, up to 5 feet (1.5 meters) by 2200, occurs in the Indian, Pacific and western Atlantic ocean basins #simulation #climatechange #water theconversation.com/sea-level-do...
Occurrence, distribution, and risk assessment of selected pharmaceuticals in municipal biosolids from the four wastewater treatment plants in Gauteng Province, South Africa. #pharmaceutical #wastewater #Africa #biosolids www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Occurrence, distribution, and risk assessment of selected pharmaceuticals in municipal biosolids from the four wastewater treatment plants in Gauteng Province, South Africa - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Occurrence, distribution, and risk assessment of selected pharmaceuticals in municipal biosolids from the four wastewater treatment plants in Gauteng Province, South Africa
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November 25, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Occurrence, distribution, and risk assessment of selected pharmaceuticals in municipal biosolids from the four wastewater treatment plants in Gauteng Province, South Africa. #pharmaceutical #wastewater #Africa #biosolids www.nature.com/articles/s41...