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Researchers in Indonesia have developed an innovative way to remove microplastics from water without the need for expensive filters.

It works, says Dhany Arifianto, an engineer at the Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember in Surabaya, Indonesia, by passing contaminated water through a pipe, while underwater speakers make the pipe vibrate like the sound board of a guitar.

For more information, visit: https://cosmosmagazine.com/earth/oceans/using-sound-capture-microplastics/

Microplastics can deposit and linger within riverbeds for as long as seven years before washing into the ocean, a new study has found.

Because rivers are in near-constant motion, researchers previously assumed lightweight microplastics quickly flowed through rivers, rarely interacting with riverbed sediments. 

For more information, visit: https://www.technologynetworks.com/applied-sciences/news/microplastics-may-linger-in-rivers-for-years-prior-to-entering-oceans-357476

NORTH HALEDON — More than 160 homeowners with wells have toxic compounds in their water and filed claims with the state for courtesy installation of a filter, according to officials.

But that number, disclosed this week for the first time, does not represent the full scope of the contamination…

For more information, visit: https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/passaic/north-haledon/2022/02/02/north-haledon-nj-private-well-users-pfas-in-water/9293592002/

Six North Carolina environmental and social justice organizations are resuming a previously filed lawsuit over the ongoing GenX crisis in the Cape Fear River.

But the defendants in this lawsuit aren’t Chemours or DuPont — it’s the federal government, specifically the Environmental Protection Agency…

For more information, visit: https://www.starnewsonline.com/story/news/2022/02/01/6-north-carolina-groups-resume-lawsuit-against-epa-genx-crisis-cape-fear-river-chemours-dupont-pfas/9282829002/

Lee County is selling water to the City of Fort Myers to help with water pressure issues impacting people in several communities.

The people in charge of the city’s water and public works think in five months, they will have a much better handle on the problem and they hope they won’t need to keep buying water from Lee County, but right now, there isn’t enough water coming through the pipes.

For more information, visit: https://www.winknews.com/2022/01/31/fort-myers-buying-water-from-lee-county-to-help-with-water-pressure-issues/

The newest Texas 2022 water management plan is the first of its kind to  have a chapter devoted to water conservation, according to an article by the Texas Water Newsroom. 

On July 7, 2021, the Texas Water Development Board, or TWDB, adopted the state’s 2022 water management plan, estimated to cost $80 billion in implementation.

For more information, visit:https://www.thebatt.com/news/new-state-water-plan-addresses-conservation/article_fdee7c22-7d68-11ec-8b85-635d592589eb.html

TAMPA, Fla. – Florida has a pollution crisis that has fouled up its fresh waterways for years. New efforts to solve it could make a big difference in the coming years.

For more information, visit: https://www.fox13news.com/news/signs-of-progress-in-floridas-toxic-water-crisis

The environment dominated headlines this spring and summer in Tampa Bay, despite the enduring coronavirus pandemic, as back-to-back crises threatened the region’s namesake waterway.

For more information, visit: https://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/2022/01/01/5-environmental-stories-that-affected-tampa-bay-in-2021-and-whats-ahead-in-2022/

So-called forever chemicals exceeded maximum levels in 74 separate water systems that provide drinking water to more than half a million people across New Jersey, according to an Inquirer analysis of new data released by the state.

For more Information, visit: https://www.inquirer.com/news/new-jersey/new-jersey-pfas-pfoa-pfos-forever-chemicals-20220125.html

The environment dominated headlines this spring and summer in Tampa Bay, despite the enduring coronavirus pandemic, as back-to-back crises threatened the region’s namesake waterway.

For more Information, visit: https://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/2022/01/01/5-environmental-stories-that-affected-tampa-bay-in-2021-and-whats-ahead-in-2022/