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When people think of sea level rise, they usually think of coastal erosion. However, recent computer modeling studies indicate that coastal wastewater infrastructure, which includes sewer lines and cesspools, is likely to flood with groundwater as sea-level rises.
A new study, published by SOEST earth scientists, is the first to provide direct evidence that tidally-driven groundwater inundation of wastewater infrastructure is occurring today in urban Honolulu, Hawaiâi. The study shows that higher ocean water levels are leading to wastewater entering storm drains and the coastal oceanâcreating negative impacts to coastal water quality and ecological health.
Higher Ocean Water Levels have Negative Impacts on Coastal Water Quality, Ecological Health
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Sea-level rise drives wastewater leakage to coastal waters in Honolulu | University of Hawaiʻi System News
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What just happened sounds like Science Fiction, and what should come to mind? A famous and terrifying story now that life is beginning to get back to normal again? For the past 12 months, the entire world has been in a unified and sometimes desperate struggle to find out what to do about the foreign invasion of the human body. According to WebMD: “A virus infects your body by entering healthy cells…There, the invader makes copies of itself and multiplies throughout your body… latching its spiky surface proteins to receptors on healthy cells, especially those in the lungs…once inside, the coronavirus hijacks healthy cells and takes command…eventually…killing some of the healthy cells.” For the adventurer out there, young and old alike, this description brings to mind H.G. Wells’ science fiction story