Sentences with phrase «no water protection»

It's not officially water - resistant, but Motorola says it'll have a level of «water protection» that lets it survive in light rain and the like.

RBC will donate more than $ 3.2 million for water protection programs delivered by 152 organizations across six countries, including Canada, the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Luxembourg, and Malaysia.

Znaor, Darko (2000) Policy instruments on water protection of the selected European countries in relation to organic agriculture.

Waterworks subsidise conversion to organic agriculture in water protection areas as an economically efficient solution for reducing the cost of cleaning - up drinking water by minimising the nitrate and pesticide contamination of groundwater.

As a result, in some regions of Germany and France, waterworks subsidise conversion to organic agriculture in water protection areas as an economically efficient solution for reducing the cost of cleaning - up drinking water by minimising the nitrate and pesticide contamination of groundwater.

During my last 6 years working for the state I managed the Ground Water Protection program for the Utah Department of Environmental Quality.

Under the leadership (1980 - 1999) of Gerard A. Bertrand, Mass Audubon spearheaded passage of critical land and water protection legislation, while also maintaining focus on local and international bird protection, launching the Coastal Waterbird Program in 1987 and beginning cooperative work with the Belize Audubon Society in 1984, then forming Programme for Belize in 1988.

If you haven't done so already you should definitely endorse the Hood River Water Protection Measure.

State Department of Health Deputy Commissioner for the Office of Public Health Brad Hutton says the legislation expands drinking water protections.

The agreement would ban the use of Drinking Water Protection Program funds for alternate purposes beyond 2018 without voter approval.

The Drinking Water Protection Program is funded by a self - imposed tax that county residents voted to levy upon themselves several times since 1987.

After protesting the budget Suffolk County leaders approved last fall, environmental groups have now sued the county over its use of nearly $ 33 million in funds that were raised through the Drinking Water Protection Program, a self - imposed tax that Suffolk residents have voted to levy upon themselves several times since the late 1980s.

The Drinking Water Protection Fund is filled through a sales tax of one - quarter of one percent.

County legislators voted overwhelmingly last week to let Suffolk voters decide the fate of a plan that would eventually replenish the Drinking Water Protection Program, which has so far been tapped twice for money to balance the county budget.

Suffolk County has its eye on preserving 56 acres of farmland along Route 48 in Cutchogue through the county's Drinking Water Protection Program.

Signed on Monday, the $ 2.7 billion spending plan — which calls for no tax increase in the county's general fund — calls for using nearly $ 33 million from the county's sewer stabilization fund, a reserve account created when Suffolk County taxpayers approved the Drinking Water Protection Program via referendum in 1987.

If the county executive would start by proposing a modest increase in county property taxes — a small portion of the average homeowners» tax bill — it might obviate the need for further borrowing and show real dedication to closing that budget gap and replenishing the Drinking Water Protection Program.

The Legislature unanimously passed Mr. Romaine's proposed budget amendment to use about $ 37,000 from the county's Suffolk County Drinking Water Protection Program, which are funds slated for drinking water and open space preservation, to restore Cornell's pest management program.

Not once, but twice, this newspaper has wagged its finger at Suffolk County government for dipping into its Drinking Water Protection Program without just cause, using the voter - approved preservation dollars to balance its general fund books.

The accord stems from what environmental advocates have called a «raiding» of a portion of the Drinking Water Protection Program, a quarter - percent sales tax that Suffolk voters have chosen to levy upon themselves through the year 2030.

So thank Judge Whelan and the Appeals Court that has already ruled against the theft of money from Suffolk County's Drinking Water Protection Program by discredited former County Executive Steve Levy.

NEWBURGH, N.Y. — Representatives from the Campaign for Water Protection held a forum Saturday to discuss how the PFOS and PFOA contamination is affecting the city's water source.

Legislator Rob Trotta (R - Fort Salonga) said he would rather see the dollars currently in the sewer stabilization fund — the section of the Drinking Water Protection Program that would be borrowed from — used to build sewers to revitalize the county's downtown areas and update aging cesspool systems countywide.

Representatives from the Campaign for Water Protection held a forum Saturday to discuss how the PFOS and PFOA contamination is affecting the city's water source.

Trump plans on slashing the budget of the Environmental Protection Agency by a quarter — targeting enforcement, grants for toxic cleanup efforts, as well as air and water protection programs.

The reason the Pine Barrens Society is in this fight is because all land preservation and water protection is paid for by money the public puts up at referenda.»

Two weeks ago, freshman Suffolk County Legislator Al Krupski introduced legislation to alter Suffolk's Drinking Water Protection Program to favor farmland preservation over open space.

If he wants to subordinate drinking water protection to subsidizing agriculture, he and his friends in the county Legislature should put the matter to a vote.

Delgado said it pains him to see the gutting of the Environmental Protection Agency when something like water protection is so important.

The plant, at present, is improving its methods for treating phosphorous in the water, said Tom Rhoads, commissioner of Onondaga County's Department of Environment and Water Protection.

- Drinking water and wastewater infrastructure upgraded - Advanced treatment installed for both drinking water and wastewater, and advanced filtration systems installed for drinking water - Green infrastructure and open spaces built for source water protection - «[E] nsuring proper management and storage of common contaminants like manure and road salt to prevent runoff; and increasing the state Superfund to expedite the cleanup of hazardous waste that may impact sources of drinking water.»

On the environmental side, Dan Shapley, Water Quality Program Director for Riverkeeper, applauds the governor's continued multiyear $ 2.5 billion investment in drinking water infrastructure and source water protection.

While the governor had announced in June 16th that the $ 500 million would be diverted from the water protection fund to the bridge, the ABO found: «the board did not meet to discuss or review details of the N.Y.S.T.A. bridge project or the application prior to convening a meeting on June 26, 2014, to authorize» the loan.»

Clinton included a passing reference to the Hoosick Falls water crisis and the need for clean water protections in her stump speech outside Albany this week.

Taking money meant for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects, such as solar panels for schools and modernizing inefficient buildings, and putting it into the EPF for clean water protection, farmland preservation and recycling programs is a shell game.

Dollars are raised for the Drinking Water Protection Fund through a 1/4 percent sales tax, and several dedicated programs exist within the fund.

According to Legislator Jay Schneiderman (I - Montauk), a portion of Drinking Water Protection Program money goes toward paying the salaries of certain county employees, positions that are also eligible for state and federal reimbursements.

County Executive Steve Bellone signed a $ 2.7 billion spending plan last Monday, after the Legislature decided to use nearly $ 33 million from the county's sewer stabilization fund, a reserve account created when Suffolk County taxpayers first approved the Drinking Water Protection Program via referendum in 1987.

JENNIFER GUSTAVSON PHOTO Pine Barrens Society head Richard Amper reads from the Suffolk County Drinking Water Protection Program, which states the law «may only be amended, modified, repealed or altered by an enactment of an appropriate Charter Law subject to mandatory referendum.»

Mr. Amper said a ballot referendum would be the only way to ensure that the funds are paid back, noting that a similar use of Drinking Water Protection Program money in 2011 did not require county legislation.

The bill, approved by the Legislature in August and endorsed by Mr. Levy, allows Suffolk to draw 37.5 percent of surpluses over $ 140 million from the Suffolk County Drinking Water Protection Program for non-preservation purposes.

The Drinking Water Protection Program was established via a voter referendum, establishing a 1/4 percent sales in the county.

Environmentalists are charging county lawmakers «illegally raided» funds slated for open space preservation and drinking water protection programs to balance next year's budget without getting voter approval in the form of a mandatory referendum.

JENNIFER GUSTAVSON PHOTO Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy blasted back over charges by environmentalist Richard Amper that the county illegally raided the drinking water protection fund.

If your tent isn't waterproof enough for you, there are always waterproof rain flys that can be added to them for better water protection when you're camping.

The Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, which can be an important funding mechanism for state source water protection efforts, as well as water treatment, should be reauthorized and fully funded.

Efforts to undermine the Clean Water Act and other federal initiatives must be strongly opposed, and I have led the charge against legislative proposals to roll back important clean water protections that may benefit some special interests, but risk public health and will damage the broader U.S. economy.

And it recommended that state and federal governments help fund data collection by nonprofits such as the Ground Water Protection Council and an independent multi-state gas regulation peer - review board.

A new campaign aims to leverage the growth of the craft - brewing sector into a powerful voice for clean water protection in the U.S.

Metz's video depicts the use of policy networks by groups with diverse interests — governmental bodies, agricultural groups, industrial associations, and environmentalists — to achieve effective water protection policies.