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NonilexHundreds of people swept up in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin’s crackdown on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> are being kept at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/overcrowded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#overcrowded</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Krome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Krome</a> detention in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Miami" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Miami</a>, sleeping on cement floors amid the stench of body odor & raw <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sewage</a> – conditions that lawyers, families & fmr detainees call <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inhumane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inhumane</a>. One woman…said she & fellow detainees were left in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/shackles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shackles</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chains</a> on buses overnight, so long that some urinated on themselves. She said she was put in a cell w/ ~30 women before she was deported.<a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article302968939.html#storylink=cpy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article302968939.html#storylink=cpy</a>

BellingenNSWSea foam - You wouldn’t go swimming in sewage"Research shows people should not go in the sea when it is foaming. These bacterial smoothies can contain more harmful pathogens than a sewage treatment plant – and you wouldn’t go swimming in sewage.""If the water is polluted with floating fats and grease as well as asphaltene, motor oil and hydrocarbons, these spores soon form bacterial colonies or biofilms that go forth and multiply.""Reducing stormwater pollution will reduce the growth of sea foams. As long as humanity continues to produce pollution, the problem will increase. It will also worsen as the world warms, because sea foams like it hot." >> <a href="https://theconversation.com/dozens-of-surfers-fell-ill-after-swimming-in-seas-that-turned-into-a-bacterial-smoothie-of-sea-foam-what-was-in-it-252506" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theconversation.com/dozens-of-surfers-fell-ill-after-swimming-in-seas-that-turned-into-a-bacterial-smoothie-of-sea-foam-what-was-in-it-252506</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/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ocean</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/coast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coast</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/surfing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#surfing</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/MarineLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MarineLife</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FossilFuels</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/Sawtell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sawtell</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NSW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NSW</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/beach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#beach</a>

AI6YR Ben250,000 gallons of poo in the park, EWWW.<a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/ThousandOaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThousandOaks</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sewage</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/ConejoValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConejoValley</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/yuck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#yuck</a> <a href="https://www.kclu.org/2025-03-17/conejo-valley-park-hit-by-large-sewage-spill" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.kclu.org/2025-03-17/conejo-valley-park-hit-by-large-sewage-spill</a>

AI6YR BenEwww... sewage spill. <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/ThousandOaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThousandOaks</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/VenturaCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VenturaCounty</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sewage</a><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@TOCCNewman/114179115750059867" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://m.ai6yr.org/@TOCCNewman/114179115750059867</a>

Kim Spence-Jones 🇬🇧😷Today I realised that the damage Trump is so visibly doing to America in just a few weeks is not that different from the damage successive governments have done to the UK. It’s just that the UK has been damaged over decades, and (with the possible exception of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Brexit</a>) nobody seems to notice or care. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKPolitics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NHS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sewage</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CourtDelays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CourtDelays</a>

Emeritus Prof Christopher MayIts official; OFWAT cannot do its job:A new report from DEFRA concludes that 'there appear to be limited mechanisms for directly checking what has actually been delivered [against water company's plans]...This has raised questions over whether money from customer bills has been used to deliver what was set out in the business plans agreed by Ofwat'!Now the Q. is whether OFWAT is unable to do its job because it was set up to fail, or because it been unwilling to try?<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#water</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sewage</a> h/t FT

Emeritus Prof Christopher MaySo Thames Water has been allowed buy the Court to access the rescue loan organised by its largest creditors.... but that loan is at a stinging 9.75% interest rate.Now, knowing as we do that interest is the cost of risk, we can see two things; the loan is structured with a high(er) risk of non-repayment than your mortgage....and, while TW staying in the private sector it can still be drained of cash by its (so-called) investors.<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#water</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sewage</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ThamesWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThamesWater</a> h/t FT

bananabob :tinoflag:<<A "large" sewer blockage caused by "fat, grease and rags" has forced the cancellation of a Bryan Adams concert in Australia on public health grounds.The Grammy Award winning artist was due to perform at the RAC Arena in Perth on Sunday, but the city's water corporation said a blocked main risked backing up the venue's toilets.>>I am not going to mention what I think of Bryan Adams' Music.<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c626qwvekl1o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c626qwvekl1o</a><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBC</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Australia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/BryanAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BryanAdams</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Perth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Perth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sewage</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/FatBerg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FatBerg</a>

Emeritus Prof Christopher MayThe failure of water privatisation & its subsequent regulation is ever more apparent!Having drained the water companies of capital via dividends & executive pay, the water companies have now got the supine OFWAT to agree to an average 26% water bill increase this year, the largest since privatisation, to fix the very problems caused by the investors draining the firms of cash;OFWAT has been well & truly captured by the industry it purports to regulate!<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#water</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sewage</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/privatisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privatisation</a> h/t FT

Top Of The PoopsVery pleased to announce the first version of LIVE Sewage data...<a href="https://top-of-the-poops.org/now" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://top-of-the-poops.org/now</a>We think this has the most accurate duration tracking of the various live sewage maps.Please share across your socials!<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sewage</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/SewageScandal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SewageScandal</a>

Emeritus Prof Christopher MayIt looks like the Office for Environmental Protection has confirmed what many have suspected; alongside the water companies themselves the expanding crisis in water contamination (by sewage) across England has been worsened by lax & ineffective regulation by DEFRA, OFWAT & the Environment Agency.Now all three may be taken to court for breaking the law by not constraining the water firms sufficiently.Lets hope these cases now proceed! <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#water</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sewage</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/17/watchdog-warns-defra-ofwat-environment-agency-court-sewage-dumping-law" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/17/watchdog-warns-defra-ofwat-environment-agency-court-sewage-dumping-law</a>

Cosmic LibrarianTexas farmers say sewage-based fertilizer tainted with “forever chemicals” poisoned their land and killed their livestockThe fertilizer was promoted as an environmental win-win for years. An untold number of farmers and ranchers across Texas have spread it on their land.Everyone should read this. EVERYONE.<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sewage</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/fertilizer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fertilizer</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/livestock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#livestock</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PFAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PFAS</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/foreverchemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#foreverchemicals</a> <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2024/12/02/texas-farmers-pfas-forever-chemicals-biosolids-fertilizer/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.texastribune.org/2024/12/02/texas-farmers-pfas-forever-chemicals-biosolids-fertilizer/</a>

Emeritus Prof Christopher MayYou'd have thought, given the trouble they're in, Thames water might have tried to do a better job this year on sewage spillages into waterways.... well, you'd be wrong - it seems they are up by 40%.OFWAT, asleep at the wheel & TW more worried about avoiding investors having to stomach losses & nationalisation than dealing with the actual problem(s) that lie behind their current travails!Privatisation of water has demonstrably a complete disaster!<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#water</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sewage</a> <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg4zklxgwwwo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg4zklxgwwwo</a>

Mark<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Brexit</a> problem: UK tap water safety at risk after labs shut down<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BrexitBenefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BrexitBenefits</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EU</a> countries will share laboratory capacity from 2026, meaning that if the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UK</a> was still in the EU, water companies would be able to use products that passed tests on the continent.But UK rules mean products cannot be tested abroad; they have to be tested in the country in a certified lab, of which there are now none.<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/dec/07/brexit-problem-uk-tap-water-safety-at-risk-after-testing-labs-shut-down" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/dec/07/brexit-problem-uk-tap-water-safety-at-risk-after-testing-labs-shut-down</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#water</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sewage</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Rejoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rejoin</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RejoinEU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RejoinEU</a>

DragofixUK water companies now have to release live sewage spill data—why more transparency is key to cleaner rivers <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/UnitedKingdon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedKingdon</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environment</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#water</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/river" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#river</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sewage</a> <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-11-uk-companies-sewage-transparency-key.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://phys.org/news/2024-11-uk-companies-sewage-transparency-key.html</a>

Keith D JohnsonFrom <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@PoliticalCartoon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@PoliticalCartoon</a> WITH <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/alttext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#alttext</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/cartoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cartoon</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#infrastructure</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NHS</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sewage</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/flood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flood</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/irony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#irony</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Putin</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/cyber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cyber</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/collapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#collapse</a> Patrick Blower @blowercartoons on <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Putin</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CyberAttack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CyberAttack</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a> @Telegraph – cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

Jules 🍺Corporate greed floods our waters with toxic sewage while pocketing billions in profits and shareholder handouts.But we can end this – by bringing water back into public ownership.Join me here: <a href="https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/reclaim_our_water_2_0/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/reclaim_our_water_2_0/</a>? <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/petition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#petition</a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/watercompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#watercompany</a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sewage</a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/watercompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#watercompanies</a>

Dragofix‘It’s a national disgrace’: fury at sewage-filled Windermere over toxic algae and dead fish <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/Windermere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Windermere</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environment</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#water</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sewage</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/16/windermere-toxic-algae-dead-fish-sewage-united-utilities" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/16/windermere-toxic-algae-dead-fish-sewage-united-utilities</a>

Emeritus Prof Christopher MayMeanwhile in Windermere the struggle to get data collected by United Utilities on its sewage disposal into Windermere itself & surrounding rivers continues....UU says it is committed to transparency, right up to the point when someone actually wants the data/information to reveal the damage UU is doing the Lake District water courses, then (they claim) its not in the public interest - a claim already dismissed by the Information Commissioner!<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/LakeDistrict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LakeDistrict</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sewage</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/16/united-utilities-refuses-to-hand-over-data-on-sewage-discharges-into-windermere" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/16/united-utilities-refuses-to-hand-over-data-on-sewage-discharges-into-windermere</a>

DragofixUK ‘falling behind’ on sewage pollution regulation while EU tightens rules <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EU</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedKingdom</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environment</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sewage</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollution</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/06/uk-falling-behind-on-sewage-pollution-regulation-while-eu-tightens-rules" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/06/uk-falling-behind-on-sewage-pollution-regulation-while-eu-tightens-rules</a>

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