Water on MNLY Blog

A compilation of posts on water. Ways of utilising water. As a tip: a cost-effective dump, as 'unintentional' 'run off' or as general human-caused eutrophication of water bodies. Taking risks with public health by polluting the elixir of wet for all life.

Water & public health:
On the use of water and on the creation of dead zones 28082007
The water bodies of the Earth are being used as a cost-effective way to dump the unwanted.

Drinking water and healthy water bodies Pt II 04090207
Sydney's drinking water, we are being told 'is no public health risk'. Some areas of Australian coasts are so polluted, that it “can cause selective inhibition of phytoplankton species”

Drinking water security sewage and emerging bugs Pt III 10092007
"Growing population centres and the inefficient use of water is “the greatest threat to waterways”. Urbanisation, norovirus, disease history

Drinking water, food & health:
Drinking water security, Sydney belly: Cryptosporidiosis, Giardia 17102007
Reducing risks when eating out 21092007
More on Sydney water, Health and Pollution 27092007
Manly restaurants and eateries - a wishlist 13112008

Draining Sub-urbia, 'run off' Eutrophication:
Water chemical mashup over suburbia 23082007
Shelly Beach palm gully creek 20102007

Impervious surfaces, spaces for cars and running toxins in urban heat islands:
The world as a car park - hot and oozing toxins running into our water streams 13092007

Lawns - water guzzling & toxic
Lawn transplants costing the Earth - Manly style 09082007
A mono-culture of petrol and water intensive regime of foreign grasses (lawn), noise, air and soil pollution.
Coastal lawns golf and pesticides 04082005

'Run-off' to Manly Beach, dog feces and chemical cocktails:
Water quality at the beach 09082007
Careless urban sprawl in coastal areas is devouring wetlands and other natural buffers such as dunes and beach grass that would otherwise help filter out dangerous pollution.“ Local beaches are ranked here for both faecal coliforms and enterococci. Some of the waterborne illnesses like gastroenteritis, dysentery, hepatitis, respiratory ailments etc. probably hit people 'out of the blue'. Toxic waste such as heavy metals etc also show their effects only after some time.

Suburbs draining toxins into Manly Beach and Lagoon 16012006
Suburbs drain toxins and feces to Manly beach and Manly lagoon as a way of disposing of these unwanted substances cheaply. All the everyday actions of the everyday people are then drained into the non 'my space'. Socialise externalities" Mr Galloway found that concentrations of nitrogen, phosphorus, copper, lead and zinc in Manly's stormwater exceed ANZECC guidelines for pollutant concentrations in waterways by between two and 168 times."

Draining Manly suburbs pipe at the beach 20102005

Can Manly afford not to share North Head with Penguins? 19102008

Red Tides in the making...
Preventing red tides at Shelly beach, Manly 06102008

Proud to waste water
Wasting water as a life-style 25032007

Desalination mega projects - Water as a commodity
Water and Desalination Factories by M. Barlow 08102008
Privatising water, offshore factories sludge in the ocean
Desalination - A mega project or water conservation and whales 13082008

Mnly tag: water

Blog Action Day 2010 Water, Twitter: blogactionday, #BAD2010

Images: 1. Water sculpture for gathering clouds by the Eora people of the Sydney sandstone region. 2. Ancient drinking trough (for horses ?) in a town square, Lake Constance

Tweets on the Ocean - The Marine Ecosystem

Ocean industrialisation
16,000 tonnes of #high-risk waste will be on the #ocean from #Sydney to Denmark http://tinyurl.com/2wywb6h #hexachlorobenzene #plastic risk 03112010

Ecological #footprint of factory farming #oceans http://tinyurl.com/22s4za5 unsustainable #fish #marine #seafood #aquaculture #GAPI #slow 28102010

Have #marinas - have #spills http://tinyurl.com/2atsotv #coast #boats #eutrophication #ocean as #fossil fuel #parking #shore line #habitat 25102010

563 km of offshore #wind factories http://tinyurl.com/2572o9o #coast #ocean #habitat #noise #migratory routes #wildlife energy visual impact 20102010

Industrialising the #ocean, shipping lanes & industrial parks. How much #noise can marine mammals take? tinyurl.com/22qwvmm co2 #whale 14102010

6,000 tonnes of solvent off France's #Atlantic #coast. Colliding #ships http://tinyurl.com/29d2nq6 #toxins #ocean neurotoxin #pollution 08102010


Marine Mammals
140 years old #whale stranded, no place to die in peace http://tinyurl.com/2byjxdn bystanders Vejlefjord Copenhagen #marine #mammal #habitat 03112010

Motor #boats shooting in the migratory paths of the #Humpback #whales at #Manly #Beach #habitat #marine #mammals #fossil_fuel 'recreation' 29102010

Where the #boats slowing down & keeping their distance for the #humpback #whales at #North Head ? http://tinyurl.com/25rvyx3 #habitat Manly 28102010

#Whales and #dolphins at the horizon of #Manly Beach. Beach vegetation not run over by terraforming machinery in flower. pigface scaevola 21102010

#Fishing gear traps baby #whale http://tinyurl.com/25xg5aj #humpback #entanglement #ocean junkspace #habitat #marine mammals RT @WhaleLikeMe 10202010

War games in #dugong & #dolphin #habitat http://tinyurl.com/27htec8 #marine mammals #Shoalwater Bay #Great Barrier Reef Marine Park #GBR au 19102010

Two #Humpback #whales slowly passing #Manly beach, threshing their flippers - and no one notices. #marine mammals 18102010

The #Humpback #whale' s #migratory journey is the longest documented movement by a mammal http://tinyurl.com/2dfjrtw #habitat #ocean clutter 19102010

A record number of #humpback #whales have been found dead on the Brazilian coast in 2010 alone http://tinyurl.com/26rafgt #ocean #habitat 15102010

Glue webcam on #seals and let them fetch data in the deep-sea tinyurl.com/28mz7uz Australian invasive #marine science gas oil #ocean 14102010

Ocean clutter and the marine mammals' habitat
Are #ocean vessels, #drilling rigs, desal factories & ROVs cluttering up the #Humpbacks #migratory routes? tinyurl.com/2f2od3e #whales 13102010

#Dugongs out of a habitat Marinas, #boats, fishing entanglement poaching hunting & pollution http://tinyurl.com/2dxv6r2 UNEP/CMS #Australia 09102010

Accelerated fossil fuel traffic in #whale #habitat does not mix tinyurl.com/2epv9xo #Marine Sanctuary #boats wildlife RT @WhaleLikeMe 12102010

The #ocean as a tip #Whale starving stuffed with our junk in it's stomach http://tinyurl.com/348molu junkspace plastic mammal RT @Earth_News about 05012010

Preview of what an #offshore #wind turbine factory looks like on the horizon.. http://tinyurl.com/3akpuqe #ocean clutter #birds #noise coast 29042010

'Design Flaw Causes Hundreds of Offshore #Wind Turbines to Slide on Their Foundation' http://tinyurl.com/3x8fsnj ocean clutter RT @TreeHugger 29042010

Ocean as a cost-effective dump
In a world of the private motor car train carriages are being #dumped into the #Pacific #Moreton Bay http://tinyurl.com/24ujt5g #ocean #reef Orient Express 16102010

The #ocean as a tip #Whale starving stuffed with our junk in it's stomach http://tinyurl.com/348molu junkspace plastic mammal RT @Earth_News 05052010

Washed Up Whale Found with Gallons of Our Garbage In Its Gut http://bit.ly/csQsdv 21042010 RT @Tree Hugger


Ocean TAKE & dump
Stop trashing the #ocean http://tinyurl.com/386mssv #marine mammals #fishing #junkspace #plastic #Manly #run_off party PR #balloons #boats 06112010

Only about 2% of the Kimberley state waters will be protected while 98% is still open to mining & fishing http://tinyurl.com/27vqt3n #marin conservation rec fishing 22102010

Even when it is declared an #Aquatic #Reserve it still gets #plundered http://tinyurl.com/ybl2edn RT @bondimermaids #CabbageTreeBay #Manly rec take 22102010

#Pelican swallowed three fishing hooks & got entangled in #fishing #debris http://tinyurl.com/29bxqx9 Ban fishing TAKE @ urban coasts #birds 10201020

#Fishing gear traps baby #whale http://tinyurl.com/25xg5aj #humpback #entanglement #ocean junkspace #habitat #marine mammals RT @WhaleLikeMe 10202010

Spills & Toxic Disasters Deepwater drilling
#Deep-sea mineral #mining of hydrothermal vents, Papua New Guinea http://tinyurl.com/35u4d6s #marine #ocean #ecology #PNG #peak #rare-earth 22102010

Spraying #toxins (chemical #dispersants) on #oil spilled into the #oceans? http://tinyurl.com/2a8acsq wildlife aquatic ecosystems PAH GBR au 04052010

Coastal "refuges": Delta Nat. Wildlife Refuge http://www.fws.gov/delta/ & Breton National #Wildlife Refuge http://www.fws.gov/breton/ #spill 30042010

Stop offshore #oil #drilling! http://tinyurl.com/2c4uacq #ocean #clutter #spill #eutrophication #wildlife risks #deepwater #habitat #co2 30042010

Nagging doubt: Should there be a full ban on #off-shore #drilling? http://tinyurl.com/38fhmyu #deepwater #oil rig coast risks ocean ecology 29042010

3rd leak, 5 x as much oil as previously thought gushing into Gulf of Mexico http://tinyurl.com/2adn484 #deepwater #eutrophication #oil rig 29042010

Oil in deep water and safety rules http://tinyurl.com/2924rh3 #offshore drilling #spill #regulation OHS #ocean eutrophication au habitat 28042010

42,000 gallons of #oil per day are polluting the ocean & sloshing towards the wildlife refuge http://tinyurl.com/2uptosm #offshore rig spill 27042010

The deepest oil well in history on fire http://tinyurl.com/33o5kho #oil rig #energy #ocean #eutrophication risk society offshore Australia 240402010

"We have to look honestly at the hidden costs of our oil economy." http://tinyurl.com/2fvs3wy #BPoildisaster #offshore drilling #spill #cars 06052010

Telling infographics Oil #spill #disaster http://tinyurl.com/3xoy3gh #eutrophication STOP #oil rig risks #deepwater #wildlife RT @TreeHugger 01052010

"Outstanding drilling operations" and top safety award for Transocean, Deepwater Horizon Operator http://tinyurl.com/3yqfd8e #BPoildisaster 06052110

#Oil #spill in Gulf of Mexico will be ignited http://tinyurl.com/3ygtzsy #coast #drilling rig #deepwater wildlife #pollution #DrillBabydrill 29042010

Wildlife still exposed to crude oil spill disaster after 20 years http://tinyurl.com/y3g5u26 Exxon Valdez Australia reef toxin contamination 21042010

Ocean Pollution
#Shelly Beach tide is blooming red #HABs Four #mutton #birds dying on #Manly Beach - out of habitat in long #migratory journey 22102010

Looks as if there could be a #bioluminescent display at #Manly beach tonight - again http://tinyurl.com/27cq7dm #eutrophication runoff HABs 20102010


Ocean 'sci'
Glue webcam on #seals and let them fetch data in the deep-sea tinyurl.com/28mz7uz Australian invasive #marine science gas oil #ocean 14102010


Marine Conservation
Blue #gropers & #wobbegong sharks tracking http://tinyurl.com/24qnm9r #tagging #Cabbage Tree Aquatic Reserve NoTake BBQ RT @bondibluegroper 08102010


Coastal Marine Reserves Conservation Marine Parks
Palau can afford its waters to be a #marine mammal #sanctuary for the protection of #whales, #dolphins & #dugongs http://tinyurl.com/2d2l6eb 26102010

More #marine parks, no #offshore #drilling, #no-take #sanctuary zones http://tinyurl.com/288z8dw #ocean #conservation WA #humpback #whale 22102010

Dear Eastern Subs #Coastal #Marine Reserve, Wish you can get a NO Take, No boat-parking area soon #habitat #conservation RT @bondibluegroper 12102010

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