Sentences with phrase «water withdrawal from»

Water withdrawal from Virginia aquifers have resulted in subsidence in Virginia, that could extend into North Carolina, something not mentioned in the documentary produced by the North Carolina TV station.

The agency downplayed the impact of the withdrawal, saying it would amount to only a 0.07 percent increase in total surface water withdrawal from Lake Michigan.

In practice, power plants have priority over other water withdrawals from the same source (usually a river), and when water is in short supply — e.g. in the Southeast right now — the demands of power generation are competing with municipal water supplies, irrigation, etc..

According to a River Network report in June, electricity production by coal, nuclear and natural gas power plants is the fastest - growing use of freshwater in the U.S., accounting for more than half of all fresh, surface water withdrawals from rivers.

This usually occurs in coastal and estuarine areas due to reducing land - based influence (e.g., either from reduced runoff and associated groundwater recharge, or from excessive water withdrawals from aquifers) or increasing marine influence (e.g., relative sea - level rise).

NPS also raised concerns about the potential water withdrawals from rivers, given that each well in the Marcellus shale requires about 4 million gallons of water.

Not exact matches

He says he's also concerned about a «high volume of truck traffic» and possible over withdrawal of water from aquifers.

In recent years, the withdrawals have taken on even more importance: At least 60 percent of California's water now comes from underground, some researchers say.

It has long been understood that earthquakes can be induced by impoundment of water in reservoirs, surface and underground mining, withdrawal of fluids and gas from the subsurface, and injection of fluids into underground formations.

«The equations derived from our analysis can be used by water resources managers to better predict how a proposed water withdrawal or other alteration to natural stream flow will affect the health of downstream fish populations.»

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC — The health of fish and aquatic insects could be significantly affected by withdrawals of fresh water from the rivers and streams across North Carolina according to a new scientific assessment.

At first, you won't be able to experience almost any of the benefits but will suffer from withdrawal symptoms., such as slight headaches, loss of water weight, dizziness, lethargy, and loss of appetite.

If you drink plenty of water during your fast, you will feel better, experience fewer side effects from withdrawals and detoxification, and will increase the overall effectiveness of your fast.

Subsidence from ground water withdrawal and oil and gas extraction have caused regional subsidence along these coasts ranging from 1 ′ to 15 ′.

These measures were to include a water management framework that protects river flows from excessive tar sands water withdrawals.

6.4: Increase water - use efficiency across all sectors, ensure sustainable withdrawals and supply for freshwater to address water scarcity and lower number of people suffering from water scarcity

A closer look at the withdrawal of Arctic waters from offshore drilling shows a critically important detail to how the White House made this decision: They used a climate test as one of the rationales for ending drilling in the Arctic.

EPA's authority to review applications for consistency with the law comes from Section 404 (c) which authorizes and compels EPA to determine whether permitted activities would result in «significant and unacceptable adverse impacts on municipal water supplies, and prohibit, restrict, or deny, including withdrawal, the use of any defined area as a disposal site.»

Water withdrawals would decline 97 percent from current levels by 2050 — much more than in a business - as - usual scenario.

The withdrawal of the clean power plan is the latest in a series of moves by Trump and Pruitt to dismantle Obama's legacy on fighting climate change, including the delay or roll back of rules limiting levels of toxic pollution in chimney emissions and waste water discharges from coal - burning power plants.

When well water has dangerous levels of arsenic it may be from excessive withdrawals that are raising deep naturally arsenic containing waters toward the well point.

As indicated above, the report does not believe water withdrawn from the Athabasca River to be occurring at unsustainable levels and future withdrawals can probably be managed.

But the creek lacks safeguards to protect it from excessive water withdrawals for development and energy extraction.

In that third scenario, - how about we call it «Power Scramble» — no amount of holding back on water releases can make up for evaporative water losses from reservoirs and continued consumptive water withdrawals.

The people who benefited most from reductions in water withdrawal were in California and Texas − both states that are vulnerable to drought.

Toronto criminal lawyer Aaron Harnett tells AdvocateDaily.com the recent withdrawal of sexual assault charges against his client by the Crown mid-jury trial and subsequent apology from the bench, demonstrates why defence counsel are resistant to water down fair trial protections in these serious matters.

Withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) or «any watering down of the rights available under the ECHR, would be fiercely opposed not only by Labour, Liberal Democrat and Scottish and Welsh MPs but by the Dominic Grieve faction in the Conservative Party,» he says.