{"id":43231,"date":"2021-03-20T09:45:52","date_gmt":"2021-03-20T07:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/?p=43231"},"modified":"2021-03-20T09:58:41","modified_gmt":"2021-03-20T07:58:41","slug":"4-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/chief-editors-choice\/4-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea-Level Rise Drives Wastewater Leakage to Coastal Waters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\"><p>A new study, published by University of Hawai&#8217;i (UH) at M\u0101noa earth scientists, is the first to provide direct evidence that tidally-driven groundwater inundation of wastewater infrastructure is occurring today in urban Honolulu, Hawai&#8217;i. The study shows that higher ocean water levels are leading to wastewater entering storm drains and the coastal ocean\u2014creating negative impacts to coastal water quality and ecological health.<\/p>\n<p>To understand the connection between wastewater infrastructure, groundwater, and the coastal ocean, the researchers used chemical tracers to detect groundwater discharge and wastewater present at each site. Radon is a naturally occurring gas that reliably indicates the presence of groundwater, while wastewater can be detected by measuring specific organic contaminants from human sources, such as caffeine and certain antibiotics.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;Our results confirm that indeed, both groundwater inundation and wastewater discharge to the coast and storm drains are occurring today and that it is tidally-influenced,&#8221; said McKenzie. &#8221;While the results were predicted, I was surprised how prevalent the evidence for these processes and the scale of it.&#8221; This project demonstrates that actions to mitigate the impact from sea-level rise to coastal wastewater infrastructure in Honolulu are no longer proactive but are instead critical to addressing current issues. Through its multi-partner effort, the Hawai&#8217;i State Climate Commission also raises awareness around the variety of impacts of sea level rise, including those highlighted by this study.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.labmanager.com\/news\/sea-level-rise-drives-wastewater-leakage-to-coastal-waters-25442\">Lab Manager<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new study, published by University of Hawai&#8217;i (UH) at M\u0101noa earth scientists, is the first to provide direct evidence that tidally-driven groundwater inundation of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26403,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":null,"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":null,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5594],"tags":[12202,11362,2270,256],"class_list":["post-43231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chief-editors-choice","tag-coastal-ocean","tag-groundwater","tag-sea-level","tag-wastewater","wpcat-5594-id"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Venaja_Kamchatka-region.jpg?fit=100%2C100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43231"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43372,"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43231\/revisions\/43372"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}