Sentences with phrase «us public water supplies»

Under ABWI's Model Code, water products derived from a source other than a public water supply must be rigorously tested by a professionally qualified hydrogeologist.

The law requires any industry that discharges wastes into a public water supply to pay their pro rata share of treatment cost.

Is it possible that 1080 could accidentally leak into public water supplies and cause depressions, convulsions and deaths attributable to heart attack, and that no one would know the cause?

For those using tap water from public water supplies, there is little danger as the water supply is constantly monitored and warnings are issued if there is a risk of contamination.

Use of alternative sources of water should be advised, including deeper wells, public water supplies, or bottled water free of nitrate.

Public water supplies have been examined, these include four thousand suppliers whose water serves more than ten thousand US citizens.

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.

New York's public water supplies need stronger protections to ensure clean drinking water and prevent contamination that could result in health problems, according to a report released today by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office.

All public water supplies are required to test for a variety of contaminants.

The New York Democrat in September introduced an amendment to the Water Resources Development Act that would require the Environmental Protection Agency to expand water testing for unregulated drinking water contaminants to all public water supplies.

However, the Cuomo administration continued to press the EPA to expand testing of all public water supplies or, as an alternative, have the Legislature pass a measure to do just that.

«Public water supplies and sanitary sewer systems are essential to urban and suburban living.

It was a local resident, Michael Hickey, who first raised alarms about PFOA in the public water supply in the summer of 2014.

Whereas last year it was principally the farmers that were affected by the dry conditions and the public water supply was not affected, I think it is more likely that the public water supply will be affected unless we have substantial rainfall between now and the summer.»

The state's action came about 16 months after a village resident, Michael Hickey, alerted local government officials that PFOA had contaminated the public water supply.

The Hoosic River runs through the village, which has become the epicenter of a public health crisis after researchers discovered that the public water supply was tainted with high levels of perfluorooctanoic acid, which is used to make Teflon.

Petersburgh has had private and public water supplies tainted with PFOA, a chemical used in manufacturing insulating and non-stick materials.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli released an audit of Cortland County Public Water Supplies, focusing safety

Top priorities for a second Walsh term include securing grants for replacement of the town pool and major upgrades to Rosendale's public water supply infrastructure.

She is poised to pursue New York State grant funding for two major local infrastructure concerns, upgrades to the town's public water supply system and replacement of the town pool, during her second two - year term.

The process, which involves blasting a mixture of chemicals and water underground in order to extract gas underneath, is seen as a potential economic boon for the upstate region, but environmentalists fear it could damage public water supplies.

Albany County lawmakers voted to require anyone blasting within two miles of a public water supply in the county to first research and clean any ground contamination known to be within the blast area.

Officials said the typical level of the toxic chemical found in the blood samples of more than 2,000 Rensselaer County residents is about 11 times higher than the national average, but well below levels detected in other areas of the nation where the contaminant has also polluted public water supplies.

The municipal systems are free of PFOA contamination and leaders view connecting affected residents to the public water supply as a permanent fix.

POLITICO has previously reported that the state waited more than a year to make a significant intervention in Hoosick Falls, despite knowing that PFOA levels in the public water supply exceeded federal guidance.

The community near the Vermont border has been grappling with the chemical PFOA in its public water supply.

Dan Shapley, Riverkeeper's water quality program manager, said the city's residents deserve to know if their health is at risk because the public water supply was polluted.

Several environmental organizations, boosted by the popular movie «Gasland,» have claimed that using hydrofracturing can endanger public water supplies, in part because of potentially toxic chemicals that are sometimes used to help extract the gas.

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.

I was sitting at my desk at the EPA, buried in paper, and the phone rings, and an elected official asks if I have two to three million dollars to give to the Village of Hoosick Falls to install a carbon filtration system on their public water supply that serves thousands of people.

In Hoosick Falls, the public water supply tested at about 600 parts per trillion of PFOA.

The story goes as follows: the Village of Hoosick Falls has a public water supply.

They can write the check for a new public water supply, and provide just a little relief for a community they devastated.

In recent weeks, traces of the chemical have been found in private wells and public water supplies in the town of Hoosick, well outside the village, and in North Bennington, Vt., where Saint - Gobain also had a manufacturing plant that closed in 2002.

Jimino says along with public water supplies, private wells are being tested in the two communities as federal and state initiatives continue in Hoosick Falls to ensure people have safe drinking water.

However, local public water suppliers may require such measures depending upon local needs and conditions.

The EPA confirmed his finding and alerted the mayor in November that residents shouldn't be drinking from the public water supply.

• Many public water systems draw all or part of their supply from groundwater, so protecting the resource protects the public water supply and impacts treatment costs.

In addition, 20.2 % of all public water supplied to New York residents originates from groundwater, servicing nearly four - million people.

In June 2015, tests of the public water supply in Hoosick Falls were found to contain more than 600 parts per trillion of PFOA, according to a November letter from the E.P.A., with levels near the plastics factory going as high as 18,000 parts per trillion.

The report recommends investing more money in conserving land in buffer zones around public water supplies.

The amendments require the agency to control specific disease - causing organisms and indicators that may be present in drinking water and to require public water suppliers to disinfect water.

Beyond the benefits to individual homeowners, rainwater harvesting can also be good for the local community, as it reduces the erosion, flooding and pollution runoff associated with heavy rainfall, and lessens reliance on public water supplies, alleviating some of the burden on utilities.

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Surface water resources are critical for public water supply, industry, agriculture, biodiversity and ecosystem services.

Last August, an algal bloom in Lake Erie shut down the public water supply for Toledo, Ohio.

Drinking water free of chemicals like sodium fluoride and chlorine is essential because water will help flush the waste away, but the chemicals dumped into most western public water supplies will kill off good intestinal flora, and therefore should be avoided.

Is your tap water fluoridated like most public water supplies?

It is unconscionable that fifteen years into the twenty - first century, with all of our advanced technology, we still allow chlorine, fluoride, and other known toxins into our homes via the public water supply.

Private wells aren't regulated by the same standards that the EPA sets for public water suppliers.