Sentences with phrase «while public drinking water»

«While public drinking water is safe, it is clearly more safe if you are healthy than if you have medical conditions that enhance your vulnerability to infections.

Not exact matches

The DEC 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.

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.

While tests show the public water is still safe to drink, residents who live along the lake's shoreline and drink water directly from the lake could be at risk.

While public criticism has recently been focused on the possible contamination from fracking waste products, Tuesday's action stems from complaints that the gas itself had seeped into the drinking water.

And while a municipality will retain overall responsibility for something such as a water plant, regardless of who operates the facility, there are often strong public reservations about having something such as drinking water in the hands of for - profit private corporations.