Sentences with phrase «lakes area water»

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An area that I worked in not too many years ago was the Great Lakes which are shared waters with Canada.

Only minutes away is the Vail Lake Recreation Area, Lake Skinner and Lake Elsinore, where you'll enjoy fishing, sailing, boating, swimming and other water sports.

Not a military school, despite its name (it was known as Mr. Gunn's School a century ago), The Gunnery stands in the hills above Washington, Conn., some seven miles from Lake Waramaug, the most placid body of water in the area.

The little town of Whiting, just 15 miles from Chicago across the Indiana state line, opens a new summertime water attraction / obstacle course on Lake Michigan Saturday, a first for the Chicago area.

TRIANGLE Jordan Lake State Recreation Area 280 State Park Rd., Apex, N.C. 919-362-0586 ncparks.gov If you're a water - loving family craving a «staycation,» Jordan Lake may be just the ticket.

With Sunday's air temperature sitting at 83 degrees and water temperature at 65 degrees at noon, the area had its first weekend warm enough to dip a toe into Lake Michigan.

As part of the Spring Big Sweep, local soil and water conservation districts sponsor numerous clean - up days at creeks, lakes, streams and wetlands that flow into area rivers.

Lockport - area residents who have come out in support of lake water point to the problems associated with well water and the potential dangers of radium.

Glen Ellyn will provide Lake Michigan water to 22 property owners in an unincorporated area, and in exchange those property owners are promising to annex to the village.

The Warrenville Park District received $ 171,800 for the acquisition of an additional 5 acres west of Summer Lakes Park, and the Winfield Park District received $ 176,900 to redevelop a creekside park at East Street Park with a water play area and other amenities.

If your child is lost or missing, call for help and check the areas that pose the highest danger to your child first, especially any bodies of water (pools, ponds, and lakes, etc.) and unlocked cars.

Natural Areas — More than 250 areas of prairie, woodlands, ravines and wetlands within 10 distinct natural habitats, ranging from the cool - water ravines of the Lake Michigan shore to rare Northern Flatwood communities to the Sedge Meadows of Skokie Valley, each with its distinct community of wildflowers, wildlife, trees and shAreas — More than 250 areas of prairie, woodlands, ravines and wetlands within 10 distinct natural habitats, ranging from the cool - water ravines of the Lake Michigan shore to rare Northern Flatwood communities to the Sedge Meadows of Skokie Valley, each with its distinct community of wildflowers, wildlife, trees and shareas of prairie, woodlands, ravines and wetlands within 10 distinct natural habitats, ranging from the cool - water ravines of the Lake Michigan shore to rare Northern Flatwood communities to the Sedge Meadows of Skokie Valley, each with its distinct community of wildflowers, wildlife, trees and shrubs.

Lake Ontario's high water level has damaged their properties and flooded other areas, prompting Niagara County to declare a state of emergency in the lakeshore towns of Porter, Wilson, Newfane and Somerset.

Thousands of dead fish are floating on the water and washing up on the shore of Lake Champlain in the area of South Bay in Whitehall, but nobody knows why.

So far, the commission has resisted such an adjustment in water levels because other areas in the Great Lakes and along the St. Lawrence River are also experiencing flooding conditions.

The lake is the drinking water source for nearly 50,000 people in the Auburn area.

Manure runoff has been cited as a problem affecting Owasco Lake, which provides drinking water to nearly 50,000 residents in the Auburn area.

The lake is a drinking water source for nearly 50,000 people in the Auburn area.

OWASCO — When Gov. Andrew Cuomo learned of the water quality issues affecting Auburn - area communities served by Owasco Lake, he was moved to act.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District is responsible for the planning, construction, and operation of water projects to maintain navigation across the 38,000 square mile area that includes Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.

Seggos and Hutton were at the press conference with Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney, who announced legislative action he is taking to ensure the Department of Defense pays for the remediation of PFOS contamination at Stewart Air National Guard Base and halts PFOS - laden discharges from the base into area water bodies, including the city's main drinking water source, Washington Lake.

«They don't stay on I - 81 and they don't want to take the toll roads, so they cut through the Finger Lakes area and there have been some spills noted in the past, and that is a big concern of anybody concerned about the quality of drinking water and the quality of the lakes as they exist now,» Torrisi Lakes area and there have been some spills noted in the past, and that is a big concern of anybody concerned about the quality of drinking water and the quality of the lakes as they exist now,» Torrisi lakes as they exist now,» Torrisi said.

The Assembly also agreed to provide $ 55 million in flood relief to areas damaged by high waters on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River.

WAMC's David Guistina talks with Mike Spain of the Times Union about issues regarding free college tuition at SUNY / CUNY schools, a teenager who fell down an open manhole into an upstate sewer system, and the impact of winter road salt on area lakes and water resources.

In the wake of the swim party, Judith Enck, Environmental Protection Agency regional director, points out portions of the lake are still a Superfund site, and there are areas where storm water and untreated sewage flow into the lake, making it dangerous for swimmers.

The broad objectives of the council include developing sustainable solutions to farmers - herdsmen clashes, climate change, desertification and their impact on farmlands and grazing areas as well as lakes, rivers and other water bodies.

Gillibrand touched on invasive species in the area, referring to the zebra mussel, saying the federal government has to make sure ships are not dumping ballast water in the Great Lakes.

But even as the area recovers, the level of water in Lake Ontario remains high, and recovery efforts along some parts of the shore have to wait for drier weather — and a federal disaster declaration that local and state officials have requested to unlock additional aid.

Lake Ontario's high water level has damaged their properties and flooded other areas, prompting Niagara County on Thursday to declare a state of emergency in the lakeshore towns of Porter, Wilson, Newfane and Somerset.

Half a million gallons of water may be a drop in the bucket of an ocean environment, but it's a tripling in size for the Salt Lake City - area aquarium, which moves to a new and greatly expanded home in a southern suburb.

But massive irrigation programmes begun during the Soviet era diverted water from the rivers that feed it, reducing the lake's volume to just 10 per cent of what it had been and leaving large areas dry (see map).

In 1992, for example, I recorded 79 species new to science from the deep water areas of a small portion of southern Lake Malawi.

They also used their sensor to analyze E. coli levels in untreated lake water, which serves as a source of household water in some developing areas.

But massive irrigation programmes begun during the Soviet era diverted water from the rivers that feed it, reducing the lake's volume to just 10 per cent of what it was and leaving large areas dry.

According to a painstaking satellite survey of 1.3 million lakes stretching from coast to coast, the country lost 6700 square kilometres — or 1.2 per cent — of its water surface area between 2000 and 2009.

The probe was tested on concentrated water samples from an area on Florida's East Coast where manatees congregate, in the Florida Panhandle, where they are less numerous, and at locations in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Lake Ossa, Cameroon, where observers sometimes see the animals in the water.

Dr. Michelutti and his team are planning to return to the region for further research this summer and will be working with lake managers in the area to try to preserve the water.

Eighteen Mile Creek, a meandering, lush stream in Niagara County known for its salmon and trout runs, is one of 43 highly contaminated sites that were designated «Great Lakes Areas of Concern» more than 20 years ago as part of a water - quality pact between the U.S. and Canada.

Water stress is also serious on the Bolivian Altiplano, the two - mile - high plain near Lake Titicaca, an area that is home to more than 3 million people.

Evaluation of the area where this lake existed shows the expansion and contraction of this groundwater - linked body of surface water.

In the Great Lakes area, the mussel has caused damage costing an estimated $ 5 billion, mostly by choking water intake pipes.

Watersheds are areas of land with streams and rivers that all drain into a larger body of water, such as a bigger river, a lake or an ocean.

In 2009 the states of Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin filed suit in federal court against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Chicago's Metropolitan Water Reclamation District seeking measures to prevent Asian carp from moving through the Chicago Area Waterway System into Lake Michigan.

Pupfish first arrived in Death Valley during a wet period, probably when water joined the area to lakes or rivers elsewhere.

Being part of the mining area Herrerias in Andalusia, deep waters of Pit Lake Guadiana show extremely high concentration of dissolved carbon dioxide (CO2).

From my cabin I could see clear across the lake, and I had to remind myself that it had more water than America's five Great Lakes put together and a surface area larger than Belgium.

Most previous studies have indicated the dominate role of water usage in changes in the lake surface area.

Amazingly, under all that ice lies a lake of liquid water, called Lake Vostok, that is 700 meters deep and as big in area as Lake Ontalake of liquid water, called Lake Vostok, that is 700 meters deep and as big in area as Lake OntaLake Vostok, that is 700 meters deep and as big in area as Lake OntaLake Ontario.

«This lake drainage is the biggest water movement that you would expect to see in this area, and it didn't change the glacier's speed by that much,» Smith said.

Water has long been a contentious issue in California, where it has been diverted from mountain lakes and streams to irrigate farms and slake the thirst of metropolitan areas.