A guide to help nonprofit organizations and community groups interested in transitioning away from cesspools to improved wastewater treatment. The guide provides a high-level “lay of the land” for cesspool transition and remediation.
Along the Puakō coastline in Hawaii, hundreds of inadequate wastewater treatment systems are releasing sewage into the marine environment. The Coral Reef Alliance partnered with the local community to begin transitioning to improved wastewater treatment.
Free database of global digital data layers to support hydro-ecological research. The data product HydroWASTE has spatial information on 58K+ wastewater treatment plants and their characteristics, including effluent flow estimates from outfall locations.
Marco Andrello,Emily S. Darling,Amelia Wenger,Andrés F. Suárez-Castro,Sharla Gelfand,Gabby N. Ahmadia
Authors map six human (non climatic) pressures on coral reefs using the latest quantitative data on fishing, water pollution (nitrogen and sediments), coastal population, industrial development, and tourism.
An integrated approach to water and wastewater management in the Wider Caribbean Region using innovative solutions and sustainable financing mechanisms.
We find that just 25 watersheds contribute nearly half of all wastewater N, but wastewater impacts most coastlines globally, with sewered, septic, and untreated wastewater inputs varying greatly across watersheds and by country.
The Wastewater Pollution Online Course is designed to help marine managers understand how wastewater pollution threatens ocean and human health and what strategies and solutions are available to mitigate wastewater pollution in the ocean.
A collaborative effort among the OSA partners, "A Practitioner's Guide for Ocean Wastewater Pollution" introduces the ocean wastewater problem to individuals new to this issue, especially marine conservationists and natural resource managers. It explains how wastewater pollution has serious repercussions on ecological health and human well-being, as well as its interactions with climate change. Not only does the guide build the case for action, it also explains the need for cross-sector collaboration, discusses the policy component, explores emerging technologies and solutions, identifies future needs in the solution space, and provides a crash course on sanitation.
This article from the Surfrider Foundation resource Beachapedia introduces wastewater infrastructure and sewage, along with causes, solutions and additional resources.
You may not be able to see it, but sewage pollution is a pervasive global threat to our oceans, with ripple effects to both ecological health and human well-being.
Universal access to adequate sanitation is a fundamental need and human right. The data reveal pronounced disparities, with two thirds of people who still lacked even basic services lived in rural areas. Nearly half of them lived in sub-Saharan Africa.
Today, the Hamptons are known as a playground for the rich and famous – but the region has had a sewage problem for decades. In the last year, the pandemic has pushed the region’s ageing sanitation infrastructure to a breaking point.
The aim of this study was to research what is currently happening in and around Lake Malawi due to waste dumping, what the local inhabitants are saying about this issue, and their recommendations for improving the condition of the lake.
EGESTABASE aspires to comprehensively map scientific evidence on the recovery of nutrients from human excreta and municipal wastewater for reuse in agriculture.
Marine composting toilets are eco-friendly, economical, and easy. They are considered a Type III Marine Sanitation Device, meet U.S. Coast Guard “no discharge” requirements, and are an entirely self-contained waterless system that serves as a safe, convenient, and eco-friendly sewage waste disposal option.
Stephanie L. Wear, Vicenç Acuña, Rob McDonald, Carme Font
Authors show many large areas (10,000's of km2) across the globe with high levels of sewage contamination and that contamination hotspots overlap extensively in occurrence with coral reefs, salt marshes, and fish-rich river systems.
White paper on lessons learned from The Bullitt Center's installation and 7 years of maintenance on composting toilets in this 6-story, multi-tenant commercial building in Seattle, WA.
We provide examples of how sewage can affect natural ecosystems and where hotspots in sewage contamination commonly overlap with these habitats. We highlight these issues for some of the major ecosystems spanning across terrestrial, aquatic, and coastal realms.
The potential strengths of social media as water quality indicators are that social media data can be collected in real-time using Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and is less expensive compared to traditional water quality sampling methods.
The degraded water quality of recreational beaches and associated diseases is a global concern. The discharge of municipal effluents and other wastes has threatened coastal resources irrespective of local authorities colossal investment in their development.
Online education system that teaches Maui island residents the treatment level and destination of their wastewater disposal method and provides actions for activism and improving water quality.
A set of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS), including successful case of studies from projects across the world, are here gathered to help communities learn more and identify which NBS might be suitable for urban water sanitation. Project of Science for Nature and People Partnership.
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