Sentences with phrase «public water departments»

Public water departments have been saved from being required to scrap thousands of brand new fire hydrants.

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The Chicago Park District and the Chicago Public Health Department sample beach water daily, more frequently than some surrounding communities.

Coffey said he is going over the list of objections submitted by the Departments of Economic Development, Law, Water, Public Works and Aviation.

You may want to check with the Department of Public Works in your area to find out if your water source is flouridated or has any contaminants like lead.

The property is permanently protected by a conservation restriction purchased by the state Department of Conservation and Recreation and the City of Worcester, which was eager to protect an important part of its Quinapoxet Reservoir public water supply watershed.

NYC Public Advocate Letitia James wants an explanation from the Department of Environmental Protection about their projections that water rates could swell 80 percent by 2027.

Erie County Department of Health is responsible for overseeing and regulating public drinking water supplies» compliance with State and Federal standards.

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

The state Department of Environmental Conservation notified public officials today that water samples taken Saturday near the pier and the stairs to the beach contain high levels of a liver toxic produced by the blue - green algae.

In January 2012, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation accepted the draft environmental impact statement prepared by United Water New York (UWNY), opening the public comment period.

Oneida County public health department advises the Rome Community that effective today, November 22, 2016, a boil - water advisory has been issued by the City of Rome for areas that are supplied by Rome's water supply.

The state Health Department and village officials were widely criticized because they waited roughly 16 months — and faced pressure from the EPA — before they warned the public to stop drinking the water.

State Senator Rob Ortt, R - North Tonawanda, is applauding the Department of Environmental Conservation's investigation into how a plume of waste water ended up in the Niagara River near the falls at the end of July, but he wants to make sure the results are public.

Local 1961 represents about 230 workers in the water, sewer and public works departments.

The state's Health Department did not warn against drinking the water here until after a federal warning was made public in December.

Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin listens as Howard Zucker, commissioner Department of Health, answers a question during a joint legislative public hearing on water quality and contamination on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016, in Albany, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)

«We did receive a letter dated March 10, 2015, from Mayor Borge, that summarized the situation, asked for our assistance, and that stated, «the NYS Department of Health recently published a public notice specific to Hoosick Falls in which it determined that there were no immediate health risks associated with our drinking water.»»

The Times Union reported Sunday that the state Health Department was informed in August 2014 that the toxic chemical had contaminated the village water system, but it took months before the public was formally notified, and more than a year for the state to adopt the EPA's position that water should not be consumed.

In addition, the order asked the health department to provide «all documents reflecting complaints of unsafe, unsanitary, or unhealthy conditions in NYCHA Public Housing or DHS Homeless Shelters,» including any complaints about leaks, water damage, lead paint, rodents or insects, as well as any documents showing whether or not any city or state agency responded to, investigated, or evaluated the complaints.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation has purchased a 38 - acre parcel in the pine barrens that expands public lands and recreational green space while helping to preserve Long Island's drinking water resources, officials announced Wednesday.

«Our first call was to the New York state Health Department encouraging them to notify the public and tell them not to drink the water.»

Dr. Daniel Miller, head of the Rockland County Department of Health Water Bureau, reiterated the urgent need for a new water source at a public meeting of the County Water Quality Committee on March 12, Water Bureau, reiterated the urgent need for a new water source at a public meeting of the County Water Quality Committee on March 12, water source at a public meeting of the County Water Quality Committee on March 12, Water Quality Committee on March 12, 2013.

Buffalo Public Schools have been working with the Erie County Health Department to test the water at several thousand faucets and drinking fountains across 58 schools in the district, said Elena Cala, the district's spokeswoman, on Friday.

The Vermont Department of Agriculture has announced a series of public hearings on the final draft of new agricultural rules designed to protect water quality.

The Cuomo administration resisted sounding a public alarm even though federal regulators warned senior health department officials that people in Hoosick Falls should be alerted they were drinking water that contained dangerous levels of a chemical linked to cancer and other serious health problems, according to documents recently obtained by POLITICO New York through a Freedom of Information Request.

Kenneth Arnold [a public works department aide]: «This is a personal services agreement with AbTech Industries to design, construct, maintain and monitor [an] end - of - pipe filtering system for our storm water program.»

Also at 2 p.m., the NYC Department of Transportation holds a public hearing, 55 Water St., ninth floor, Manhattan.

The city of Newburgh is seeking guidance from the state Department of Environmental Conservation on how to handle the rising water level in its PFOS - contaminated public water source, which could soon overflow.

Poughkeepsie... The Dutchess County Department of Health (DCDOH) has issued a report summarizing the significant decline in methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) levels in Dutchess County public water supplies over the past decade.

Because of your relentless effort and fierce commitment to keep fracking from polluting our water, air and harming our health, last Wednesday on December 17, 2014, at a public, livestreamed meeting of Governor Cuomo's cabinet in Albany, Governor Cuomo acknowledged the overwhelming science that speaks to the inherent dangers of fracking to public health and the environment presented by Joseph Martens, Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation, and Dr. Howard Zucker, Commissioner of the Department of Health, Governor Cuomo banned high volume horizontal fracturing in New York State.

Finally, after a public warning from the E.P.A. in mid-December, a state health department spokesman said residents should rely on bottled water.

Two weeks ago, public officials, including the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner, jumped off a boat into the waters at the northern end of the notorious lake.

The New York State Department of Health has not scheduled any public hearings since releasing in August a draft document that would continue to allow upstate water headed for New York City faucets to avoid filtration.

Then, another agency, the California Department of Public Health, will adopt a regulation setting a maximum allowable level for water supplies based on the health goal but also considering economic and technological complications.

In 2011, in response to growing public concern about the possible environmental and human health effects of fracking wastewater, Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection requested that the discharge of fracking fluids and other unconventional oil and gas wastewater into surface waters be prohibited from central water - treatment facilities that release high salinity effluents.

Loecke and Burgin said they hoped their research could help inform farmers, policymakers, water departments and the general public.

These include the Water Replenishment District of Southern California, the Orange County Water District, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, the Inland Empire Utilities District, the city of Los Angeles, and the city of Oxnard.

These departments are essential to the health and safety of all Americans: protecting public health; ensuring clean air, water, and the safety of our food and consumer goods; protecting our natural resources; and responding to national emergencies of all kinds, from terror attacks to natural disasters.

Public health departments regulate food service establishments, provide disease screening and treatment for communicable disease, offer prenatal care, regulate various aspects of the water supply, provide immunizations, and provide other services that can immediately improve population health, as well as improve population health over the longer term.

Despite Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) messages that the water was safe, we fought to educate residents about severe public health risks.

«We keep the public aware that they need to be dumping standing water and wearing mosquito repellent,» explained Chris Tittle, public information officer at the health department.

Working in the Public Policy Department of Tel Aviv University, Dr. Lounsbury will examine pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), one class of contaminants, to determine best practices and risk assessment for waste water reuse, both in Israeli and in Palestinian areas.

The Virginia Department of Health, Office of Drinking Water (VDH - ODW) indicates that school facilities that are served by a public water system are not required by state law or regulation to test water at an individual school, unless the school is served by a community waterworks that has identified the school as one of their test sites, or the school is served by its own independent water system (typically a well water system) that is regulated by the state as a waterwWater (VDH - ODW) indicates that school facilities that are served by a public water system are not required by state law or regulation to test water at an individual school, unless the school is served by a community waterworks that has identified the school as one of their test sites, or the school is served by its own independent water system (typically a well water system) that is regulated by the state as a waterwwater system are not required by state law or regulation to test water at an individual school, unless the school is served by a community waterworks that has identified the school as one of their test sites, or the school is served by its own independent water system (typically a well water system) that is regulated by the state as a waterwwater at an individual school, unless the school is served by a community waterworks that has identified the school as one of their test sites, or the school is served by its own independent water system (typically a well water system) that is regulated by the state as a waterwwater system (typically a well water system) that is regulated by the state as a waterwwater system) that is regulated by the state as a waterworks.

The Department of Recreation will be opening the city's public pools and water sprinklers citywide beginning Friday, May 26.

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Dennis started working for the District of Port Hardy in 1974 in the Public Works Department, moved to EPCOR Water Services for thirteen years and then back to employment with the District, retiring in October 2014.

The Santa Barbara County Department of Public Health tests water quality twice a week and expects this advisory to lift soon.

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The public - private consultations are helping the department draft a plan to govern the marine area, which includes waters oil tankers would travel on to reach a marine terminal for Enbridge's proposed Northern Gateway pipeline...»