Sentences with phrase «local water systems»

Local water systems typically are funded by fees and property taxes, and cities can also apply for grants.

«This government is a total enabler of Canadian mining companies destroying local water systems in Latin America and other places,» she said in a press release.

Author Elizabeth Royte writes in her book, «Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought it,» that 92 % of the nation's 53,000 local water systems meet or exceed federal safety standards and are at least as clean and often cleaner than bottled water.

Supporters of funding for local water systems are asking for at least as much money as the CHIPS formula, which will receive about $ 436 million this year.

Concern about composting toilets by authorities is completely warranted; sewage waste has been shown to contaminate local water systems and handing over the disposal of this material to the homeowner is something they take very seriously.

The Adirondack Council said fixes to local water systems in the Adirondack Park alone may exceed $ 100 million.

Four key domains — local energy systems, local green spaces, local water systems and local labour markets — have been the focus of the field research investigating local potentials for social innovation and new forms of civil society self - organisation.