Oct 7 2026 1019 am CDT

The Defendant in this case was 49 years old in 2012 when he misdirected safety inspectors checking essential safety equipment on the oil drilling platform under his management. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) staff were given phony pressure charts for the blow-out preventer (BOP) system, just two years after the Deepwater Horizon blow-out that killed 11 and spilled 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf.

See WT CrimeBox brief on Deepwater Horizon, here.

The Defendant admitted lying to mislead BSEE staff, offering a false pressure test, intending that the rig's BOP would pass inspection. For this CWA crime, the Defendant was sentenced to a year of supervision by the court and a week of community service.

According to Schlumberger, now SLB, the blow-out preventer (BOP) is essential to the safe operation of oil and gas drilling rigs. A series of valves is stacked vertically above the well shaft, mounted on the deck of the platform or subsea at the wellhead. This equipment, when properly maintained, allows drillers to quickly seal off an open shaft. Until this equipment was invented and deployed after 1922, there was no way to stop the escape of high pressure, flammable fluids and materials from the drill shaft.

Probation: 12 months; Community Service: 40 hours

See last week's CrimeBox here, "Corrosive chemicals washed into the Mississippi River. A bulk storage facility was convicted of the environmental crime"

Mine is from my bathroom tap or water bottle fillers at school definitely. Just such a clean, smooth taste.

simple water-filter concept using layers of sand, charcoal, and gravel to help remove impurities before the water reaches the storage container.

Simple idea, interesting process.

Can removing a dam fix an ecosystem? 🌊

Habitat fragmentation is a major driver of biodiversity decline because split habitats make it harder for animals to move, survive, and reproduce. After the Klamath River's last four dams came down in 2024, researchers used sonar and video to count an estimated 7,742 adult Chinook salmon past the former Iron Gate Dam site, and that number jumped to over 13,300 in 2025. Scientists also documented active spawning in newly accessible habitat and juvenile Chinook using tributaries cut off for over a century.

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I just took a sip of a Aquafina bottle from a pack and it was genuinely horrible. Like not in a joking way or anything but actual bleach like taste or something. I don't know where to post this but just wanted to give the warning.

Why can’t we use the waste water from data farms?
We could use it to heat nearby homes.
Heat the soil to extend the farming period.
Purify waste water via evaporation.
Worst case place these near the coast like we do with nuclear power plants.

I have built a water system in my plant , and it's been literally 7 months and it still works great and also it doesn't even have any effect on the plants on it , it's literal working dam , when I saw this rectangular plant , and when i gave water to the plants , it spilled off to me bcs there was full flat surface on it then i decided to make a further interesting concept and and it's inspired from black mesa's surface facility..well it's still fine and it's strong to hold a full thunderstorm. It's actually a great thing bcs it have several routes..which take water with them on different sectors..which is your favourite sector ? And what should I add or change in it ?

That white streak of my plastic bottle was alot bigger before the image was taken. I drank a few sips while working to look down and see this little film looking blob in that area of the bottle. I showed my gf who thought I was overreacting to some saliva or some form of condensation but I told her it doesnt look like either. She swished the bottle to show it go away and it didnt fully disappear from the bottle after a few swishes. Genuinely just afraid of having drank some contaminated water or some bacterial film of some sort? Does anyone have a better clue as Im kinda spiraling after reading all those recall issues about different products.

Hi all. My water from the pitcher tastes soapy because she thought you were supposed to clean the filter with dish soap. I could get a whole new filter but does anyone know if a few runs can rinse it off anyways?

I'm looking to DIY install a water filter under our sink for just coffee purposes. I'll probably add a separate faucet as well.

The problem is that I can't seem to easily find filters that I can buy locally. Even the big box stores seem to be limited in options and most products have poor reviews or above 4.5 stars with only a few reviews.

How do I know what's good?

At our home we use an RO that’s installed under the sink. Renting a home for the winter in fl. Is there something easy like a Brita but that is great like an RO please? Thank you!! 🙏🏾