Sentences with phrase «us drinking water supplies»

Water Corporation will spend $ 232 million to double the capacity of its water recycling plant in Craigie, which is designed to boost Perth's drinking water supplies.

The Environmental Protection Authority has recommended approval of the second stage of Water Corporation's groundwater replenishment scheme, which will boost Perth's drinking water supplies.

Now a thriving local startup, Pipeguard, which was founded by a small team of MIT students, could keep as much as 20 percent of the world's drinking water supply from getting lost — and prevent global crises like the catastrophic water shortage in South Africa.

«The Washington, D.C. City Council yesterday passed a resolution opposing hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling for natural gas in the George Washington National Forest due to concerns that such development might contaminate drinking water supplies.

SHAWNIGAN LAKE — New Democrat MLA for Cowichan Valley, Bill Routley, issued the following statement on the ongoing threat to the drinking water supply at Shawnigan Lake: «The people in Shawnigan Lake and across B.C. know that threatening any community's drinking...

You can check with your local municipality to find out how much fluoride is in your drinking water supply.

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

Your donations to Riverkeeper make possible our work protecting the Hudson River and the drinking water supply of 9 million New Yorkers.

And fueled by drinking water contamination in Hoosick Falls and Newburgh, there is companion legislation that requires nearly all public drinking water supplies in the state to be tested for emerging contaminants.

The two Democrats made their call at Washington Lake, Newburgh's main drinking water supply, where toxic PFOS contamination was found in the spring of 2016.

The state declared the base a Superfund site in August after identifying it as a source of PFOS contamination in the City of Newburgh's drinking water supply.

Cuomo is celebrating the installation of treatment systems that aim to prevent algal toxins from entering the drinking water supplies for the city of Auburn and town of Owasco.

Dan Telvock reported on Nov. 7 that the authority cut corners in its program to test the drinking water it supplies to some 550,000 customers in Western New York, primarily those in -LSB-...]

The marathon 20 hours of wheeling and dealing behind closed doors produced votes to approve a last - minute ethics bill, a mandate to test school drinking water supplies for lead, money for SUNY and CUNY, more money and operating flexibility for charter schools, $ 570 million for «supportive housing» for the homeless, and continued state control of the New York Racing Association until October 2017.

In 1997, New York State, New York City, United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), upstate communities and environmental organizations, including Riverkeeper, joined together to sign an agreement to protect the unfiltered drinking water supply that more than nine million residents of New York City and upstate communities use daily.

Dan Telvock discusses his report on how the Erie County Water Authority cut corners in its testing program for lead in the drinking water supplied to most local suburbs, and the agency's response to the report.

However, the presence of any potentially disease - causing organisms in drinking water supplies is of concern, particularly to upstate communities that receive water from that part of the Catskill / Delaware system that has not been treated by the City's UV disinfection facility in Westchester County.

The agency also released a letter Tuesday that it signed last week with five other states calling on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to undertake a multi-state health study using data from a multitude of communities where perfluorinated chemicals have contaminated drinking water supplies.

The aqueduct draws on upstate reservoirs to supply 10 % of New York City's drinking water supply.

«The contaminated groundwater plume could clearly impact many Long Islanders» drinking water supply and, if not addressed immediately, has the potential to have far - reaching consequences to the residents of Bethpage,» Seggos wrote.

«Future leaks to groundwater or airborne radiological releases have the potential to affect the drinking water supply in the nearby New Croton Reservoir, affecting millions of people.»

Position Description: The Riverkeeper Ambassador Program is a community - oriented, grassroots, environmental program designed to raise awareness about the needs of the Hudson River and it's tributaries, and the drinking water supply of New York City and the lower Hudson Valley.

He added that residents struggling with contamination of their drinking water supplies, as in Hoosick Falls, N.Y., «already have multiple means of legal recourse.»

The budget also includes additional state funding for the purchase of land from «willing sellers» in order to help protect drinking water supplies.

«I have lead the coordinated effort amongst the town, its consultants and state agencies, to meet the town's drinking water supply needs with an approved project, managed our finance department's restructuring to implement best accounting practices, and re-envisioned our police force capabilities making foundational changes to increase its effectiveness.

«I urge you to move beyond accusatory letters and, rather, work cooperatively with EPA Region 2 and the residents of Hoosick Falls on the important work of cleaning up the contamination in the Village and protecting the public drinking water supply,» she wrote.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is celebrating the installation of treatment systems that aim to prevent algal toxins from entering the drinking water supplies for the city of Auburn and town of Owasco.

Researchers are now testing methods for treating toxins in Auburn and Owasco's drinking water supply.

Owasco Lake water quality issues have existed for years, but there was heightened concern last fall when cyanotoxins from blue - green algae blooms were detected in Auburn and Owasco's drinking water supply.

The funding wasn't allocated until last fall — after the blue - green algae toxins were detected in drinking water supplies.

Last fall, toxins from blue - green algae were found in drinking water supplied to residents of Auburn and the town of Owasco.

The presence of blue - green algae became more of a concern last year when detectable levels of toxins were found in drinking water supplies for Auburn and Owasco.

At an event held at the Emerson Park Pavilion on Wednesday, Cuomo announced the state will fund the installation of two systems that aim to address concerns about blue - green algae toxins detected in drinking water supplies for the city of Auburn and town of Owasco.

At an event held at the Emerson Park Pavilion, Cuomo announced the state will fund the installation of two systems that aim to address concerns about blue - green algae toxins that were detected in drinking water supplies for the city of Auburn and town of Owasco.

Certain harmful algal blooms, or HABs, have the potential to produce dangerous toxins that can contaminate local drinking water supplies, sicken people, harm aquatic life, and interfere with lake recreation activities.

«It is shameful that as communities across the state struggle to find the funding to repair crumbling sewage systems and drinking water supplies, we learn that the Cuomo Administration was working in secret for more than a year to divert more than a half a billion dollars from clean water funds to pay for a new bridge,» said Peter Iwanowicz, the executive director of Environmental Advocates of New York.

As part of Governor Cuomo's Water Quality Rapid Response Task Force, DEC and DOH are working to evaluate potential threats to drinking water supplies statewide and assist communities with testing and technical assistance.

Again, assuming that the government decided to for the unit cost of PURC 2016 proposed borehole project estimates of ghc60, 000 per one mechanized borehole, * which the npp in opposition said it's unreasonable and expensive *, government would have been able to provide 58 mechanized boreholes perhaps in 58 rural communities which do not have potable drinking water supply with a change of ghc20, 000.

In the early study draft, author Paul Heisig noted that gas «drilling, extraction, transport via pipelines, and underground storage» could inadvertently introduce methane into drinking water supplies.

«In addition, no one should flush medications down the toilet, thereby contaminating our drinking water supply, or leave them in their medicine cabinet where they could be stolen.

The closing is another blow for a small community that was hit with chemical contamination of its drinking water supply from a factory owned by its other major employer, Saint Gobain.

Burstein also reiterated her belief that the chief cause of lead exposure to children is lead paint in homes built before 1978 and not the drinking water supply.

The fourth is the Monhagen Reservoir, which serves as the drinking water supply for the city of Middletown in Orange County.

At the end of 2014, Gov. Andrew Cuomo banned fracking in New York, citing health risks, like the possibility of chemicals seeping into drinking water supplies and respiratory problems from gases released into the air.

2016, we found HABs in drinking water supply, which now takes it to a new level.

With more than 100,000 Hudson Valley residents dependent on the Hudson River for drinking water, Riverkeeper has urged community leaders in Dutchess County, Poughkeepsie, Hyde Park, Rhinebeck, Highland and Port Ewen to understand the risks posed by crude oil transport on the Hudson River, and actions they can take to protect their drinking water supplies.

Riverkeeper is actively involoved in litigation, advocacy, and public education surrounding the issue of shale gas extraction and related infrastructure, particularly because of the potential impacts on New York State's drinking water supplies.

She pointed to issues with drinking water supplies in the county and the number of health service providers available to county residents.

The Cuomo administration's fracking ban centered on the risks hydraulic fracturing posed to drinking water supplies.

A new study on managing wastewater produced by hydraulic fracturing finds the biggest risk of contamination to drinking water supplies occurs during the disposal process.