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BellingenNSWFrom water pollution to blue goldWater "“blighted by mats of algae, mountains of foam, scum, and dead fish floating on the surface. Pollution from water companies and agricultural runoff are driving the contamination, which affects all parts of the country, causing toxic algal blooms, mass die-offs of fish, and risks to human health.""A country that once let raw sewage and industrial wastewater flow directly into its water. Today, it is 98%, and the country has a reputation for pristine swimming waters, sometimes referred to as its “blue gold” – and it’s all thanks to a complex network of sewage plants." >> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/17/from-sewage-and-scum-to-swimming-in-blue-gold-how-switzerland-transformed-its-waterways-aoe" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/17/from-sewage-and-scum-to-swimming-in-blue-gold-how-switzerland-transformed-its-waterways-aoe</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#water</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollution</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/micropollutants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#micropollutants</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ecosystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecosystem</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#health</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/swimming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#swimming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Australia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sewage</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/floods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#floods</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/runoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#runoff</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ImperviousSurfaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ImperviousSurfaces</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/roads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#roads</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/MassMortalities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MassMortalities</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SepticTanks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SepticTanks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/sprawl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sprawl</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biodiversity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/rivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rivers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/civilisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#civilisation</a>

CelloMom On CarsWhen <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SeaLevelRise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SeaLevelRise</a> touches septic tanks, communities are in deep doo-doo."In 1999, with evidence that water quality was deteriorating along parts of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Florida</a> Keys, the state mandated that the island chain eliminate the use of tens of thousands of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SepticTanks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SepticTanks</a> and other outdated waste systems. The cost reached roughly $1 billion as Monroe County built centralized sewage and hooked up thousands of homes and businesses.There was a huge change in water quality.”<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2024/septic-tanks-rising-waters-environment-health/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2024/septic-tanks-rising-waters-environment-health/</a>

anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖and in turn leading hundreds of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/manatees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#manatees</a> to starve to death.<a href="https://mas.to/tags/Humans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Humans</a> are causing this <a href="https://mas.to/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollution</a>, and we need to stop it. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sewage</a> in the water from <a href="https://mas.to/tags/wastewater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wastewater</a> treatment plants and leaky <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SepticTanks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SepticTanks</a>, plus <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fertilizer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fertilizer</a> runoff from <a href="https://mas.to/tags/golf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#golf</a> courses and farms, are destroying the seagrass.2/3

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