Sentences with phrase «agricultural runoff into»

Farmers on Maryland's Eastern Shore are breathing a sigh of relief on news that newly sworn - in Gov. Larry Hogan (R) plans to scrap regulations targeting agricultural runoff into the Chesapeake Bay.

Marginal areas are often currently set aside for conservation, both as a means to provide a habitat for wildlife as well as a way to protect it from agricultural runoff into waterways.

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Chemical runoff from agricultural fields simply dried on the seafloor and was ferried back into towns with the first winds.

-- Agricultural runoff has polluted the river with high levels of nitrogen and phosphorus that are running into the Gulf of Mexico, contributing to an oxygen - depleted zone that can't support marine life.

The water quality at our beaches is threatened by pollution from urban and agricultural runoff, sewage spills and overflows, and waste discharged into the ocean by industry, sewage treatment plants and power plants.

Droughts can be broadly categorized into four groups: meteorological droughts (deficit in precipitation), agricultural droughts (deficit in soil moisture), hydrologic droughts (deficit in runoff and / or groundwater resources), and socio - economic droughts (higher demand than the available supply).

It also warned of a fast drop in dissolved oxygen in seawater — with predictions of a 1 - 7 per cent decline by 2100 caused by the effects of global warming and nutrient runoff into the sea from agricultural fertilizers and sewage.

Agricultural pesticide and industrial waste runoff from the Mississippi River spews into the Gulf constantly, creating a dead zone in which no seafood can survive.