Sentences with phrase «affecting water quality»

I thought at the time the odor might have been caused by the storm affecting the water quality, but when I was there this weekend, the smell was still apparent in all the water faucets.

Stormwater runoff that overloads urban sewer systems during extreme events adds to increased levels of toxic substances, sewage, and bacteria in the Great Lakes, affecting water quality, beach health, and human well - being.

«A management that ensures the maximum number of birds recommended, depending on meteorological conditions, without negatively affecting water quality.»

These bacterial beings have been around since the origin of life and still are running the soil and the air and affecting water quality.

Cuomo yesterday kicked off the first in a series of four summits addressing upstate lakes and other waterways threatened by harmful algal blooms, which can affect water quality and diminish recreational opportunities and tourism.

These models take into account other factors that can affect water quality, such as wind, rainfall and cloudiness of the beach water.

This is a really important one because it affects the water quality of the Hudson River.»

Peconic Estuary Program director Alison Branco said most of the time when she talks to farmers, they want to do the right thing for water quality because they all live in the area with their families, but for many, implementing all the practices that affect water quality is just «prohibitively expensive»

Minerals and elements found in underground rivers that feed bigger bodies of water can affect water quality.

«How land use change affects water quality, aquatic life.»

Fulbright scholar Muthiah Muruganandam, left, a senior scientist at the Indian Council of Agricultural Research Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, and fisheries biologist Steven Chipps, leader of the U.S. Geological Survey, South Dakota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, will examine how land - use changes affect water quality and fisheries resources in northeastern South Dakota lakes.

Through a yearly grant from the Water Resource Institute through the U.S. Geological Survey, SDSU researchers are figuring out how these storm events affect water quality.

Examining how land - use changes may affect water quality and fisheries resources in lakes and rivers will help natural resource agencies manage wildlife populations, according to Steven Chipps, leader of the U.S. Geological Survey, South Dakota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit at South Dakota State University.

And keep in mind, that filtration also greatly affects water quality.

Environmental groups and three Montana landowners sued Tuesday to cancel hundreds of recent oil and gas lease sales, saying the U.S. government's leasing of public lands is skyrocketing without understanding how all that drilling will affect water quality and climate change.

In the short run, our choices for what kind of power plants we build can contribute to freshwater supply stress — by committing an imbalanced share of the available water to power plant use — and can affect water quality, by increasing water temperatures to levels that harm local ecosystems, for example.

Higher water temperatures and changes in extremes, including floods and droughts, are projected to affect water quality and exacerbate many forms of water pollution — from sediments, nutrients, dissolved organic carbon, pathogens, pesticides and salt, as well as thermal pollution, with possible negative impacts on ecosystems, human health, and water system reliability and operating costs (high confidence).

According to the LA Times, «The plan was forged during a year of contentious negotiations between conservationists and fishing interests over slivers of beach, access to kelp beds and submarine canyons, and the locations of parking lots and restrooms that could affect water quality, larval production and marine life between Santa Barbara and the Mexican border.»

Not exact matches

Jeff Brooks, a spokesman for the company, contends water quality near the coal - burning plant is good and local agriculture and wildlife weren't affected by the spill.

Post-anaerobic treatment steps can also further increase water quality for extensive recycling, which is also becoming particularly relevant to countries and entire regions suffering drought or increasing affected by climate change, including South - Western USA, Australia, Africa, Southern Europe and South - Eastern and Eastern Asia.

It requires addressing interlocked issues encompassing many of the Global Goals — including water, climate change and land degradation, but also access to finance, gender equality and even literacy, which all affect farmers» ability to produce good quality crops.

It diminishes soil productivity, reduces food production, deprives the land of its vegetative cover, and negatively impacts areas not directly affected by its symptoms, by causing floods, soil salinization, deterioration of water quality, and silting of rivers, streams and reservoirs109.

I find it so compelling to think about how the water quality or alkalinity / acidity levels affect the colors or even flavors of fruits, flowers, or vegetables.

You can find some quality jewelry that is not affected by water, like Jewish Jewelry, but there are some other problems.

A look back on the stories covering the water quality issues affecting Owasco Lake and other central New York waterways.

OWASCO — When Gov. Andrew Cuomo learned of the water quality issues affecting Auburn - area communities served by Owasco Lake, he was moved to act.

The environmental impact study will take two years and will look at how building and operating the facility would affect land and water use, air quality, transportation, and socioeconomic aspects of the community.

«The department must... take into account the cumulative impact to water quality of the full complement of affected water resources in making any determination in connection with any license, order, permit or certification,» state Department of Environmental Conservation officials wrote.

If you want to take your waterproof headphones swimming without water getting into your ear, which affects sound quality, the Waterfi Waterproofs have a «triple - flange» design that creates a strong and deep seal.

In the long term, this could affect the tropic dynamics within an entire body of water as well as the quality of the fishery.

Food retailers are the major buyers of agricultural products, the yields and quality of which are directly affected by water availability.

«Source of organic matter affects Bay water quality.»

The study titled Food Quality Affects the Sensitivity of Daphnia to Road Salt, which was published recently in the peer - reviewed journal Environmental Science & Technology, found that at food concentrations below 0.6 mg of carbon per litre, chloride concentrations below the current Canadian Water Quality Guideline were lethal to the daphnia.

Researchers found that between 1982 and 2015, 9 million to 45 million people annually were affected by water quality issues — and that low - income, rural regions were most vulnerable.

This underlines the link between agricultural and environmental markers (such as water quality) and social factors (such as sanitation) and how they are closely interrelated and affect one another.

All soils clean and capture water, affecting both water quality and quantity.

Excessive salinity in soil and irrigation water, in combination with waterlogging, can significantly affect the growth and quality for agricultural crops, especially those vegetables that are sensitive to salinity.

Research showed that wet conditions (as indicated for the cultivars under test) reduced annual yield of sweet cherry, strongly affecting fruit quality, and often overriding cultivar and soil and water management effects.

The global river - routing model described in this study simulates water quantity but it forms the basis for modeling stream temperature, sediments and nutrients that can greatly affect rivers and water quality.

Reducing stressors that exacerbate ocean acidification conditions — Managers can support the resilience of reefs by reducing other stressors that affect marine ecosystems (e.g., declining water quality, coastal pollution, and overfishing of important species and functional groups, such as herbivores.

«From 2015 - 2017, we completed more than 50 mesocosm experiments to understand how a range of human impacts affect lake ecosystems and overall water quality,» Relyea remarks.

The quality in these surface waters is so poor that aquatic life is affected,» says Heleen de Wit, senior research scientist at the Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA).

DEP passed new regulations during Hanger's tenure that required all new discharges into streams to be treated to drinking water quality, but facilities already permitted to take the waste were not affected.

Some distilled water, even though it reads 000 on the TDS meter, still has impurities that can affect the quality of the CS, making it turn yellow.

Store distilled water in glass to avoid leaching plastic which can affect the CS quality.

With a view of Lake Mead in the distance, the rangers explained that the health of the desert affects the lake's water quality because a healthy desert crust prevents sandstorms, which blow sand and debris into the water.

Unfortunately, most people don't know enough about fish behavior to know how it is affected by water quality, as my example demonstrates.

Let's not forget about how the WATER affects our kitties... we need to supply them with filtered or quality wWATER affects our kitties... we need to supply them with filtered or quality waterwater.

It is impossible to make across the board recommendations on these products; personal preference is subjective, and water quality can greatly affect how products perform.

Hi there I'm thinking of heading over there for a diving holiday in a couple weeks time but would like to know if the flooding in Mamado has caused any water quality issues or affected the diving at all.