Sentences with phrase «area water supplies»

An prime example was the Chilean court decision halting construction on Barrick's Pascua - Lama mine project after indigenous groups argued that it threatened area water supplies.

Average water conditions: The amount and distribution of precipitation within a drainage basin and the run off conditions present as determined by reviewing the area water supply records over a long period of time.

Not exact matches

Flint, Michigan hit the headlines early this year when President Obama declared a state of emergency after the area's water supply was rendered undrinkable due to lead contamination from old pipes.

Global warming is affecting oceans, food and water supply, coastal areas and biodiversity, and creating what Gore calls «the largest business opportunity in world history, as the global economy decarbonizes and becomes hyper - efficient.»

After all, grizzled landowners who've ranched in the area for generations AND the newly minted, solar - powered, recycling Okotoks» crowd share one common concern — a secure, local water supply for themselves and their children.

Residents of the area drive to the pipes to bathe because they were left without water supplies by the damage.

Companies usually operate under franchise agreements that designate them as the sole water supplier for a given area.

BTW, supplies of fresh water are limited in many areas of the world, many of them are muslim desert countries.

In New York State, the fracking area is dangerously close to the water supply, and the possibility of contamination is very real.

A combination of climate change (which has significantly shortened the cycles of drought), massive migration to the cities and market pressures to grow cash crops that require huge amounts of water have depleted India's already taxed water supply for rural areas.

The ONLY REAL SOLUTION to the overcrowding of areas like Gaza that does not result in war or death occuring is the colonization of planetary bodies like the Moon and Mercury both of which have more than ample supplies of water to create habitats for humans.

Just want to share some valuable info (http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/california-targets-wrong-water-wasters/Content?oid=4222724) since I'm writing from Los Angeles — almond crops are currently responsible for making the current extreme draught conditions even worse because they are such a water - intensive crop in an area that does not naturally have sufficient water supply, so please consider using other nuts and seeds instead, as CA is currently the only major source of almonds in the world (if you're able to find a small, local / non-CA supplier, wonderful!).

Nabhan points out that with water capacity near its limit for cities and rural agricultural areas, «food security in the Southwest depends upon the security of water supplies being delivered to irrigable land.

The company also supplied Ammonia refrigeration systems and chill water process for individual quick freezers (IQF) air - conditioning of process area, and Freon - based rack - refrigeration systems for banana ripening.

2025 GOAL: Improve the water - use efficiency of our direct agricultural supply chain by 15 % in high - water - risk * sourcing areas, a volume approximately equivalent to the entire water use of all PepsiCo direct operations

After careful evaluation, we learned that Hormel Foods does not have manufacturing operations in areas defined as water scarce regions by the World Resource Institute (annual renewable water supply per person < 1,700 cubic meters / person / year).

The money raised will go to families from the Vintage and Justin Siena water polo teams affected by the fires, while the collected items and supplies were dropped off to Sacramento Fire Station 106 that is driving items to the affected areas and shelters.

Today, unless you live in an area with well water or have a contaminated city water supply, it's only suggested to sterilize new bottles and nipples before the first use.

In some areas with «hard water,» there is a chance that vinegar can mix with trace minerals in your water supply, causing your diapers to smell acrid once urinated upon.

Most reported cases have been ascribed to the use of contaminated well water for preparation of infant formula.1 — 3 Fifteen million families in the United States obtain their drinking water from unregulated wells.4 In a survey of 5500 private water supplies from 9 Midwestern states, 13 % of the wells were found to have nitrate concentrations > 10 mg / L or 10 ppm nitrate nitrogen, 5 the federal maximum contaminant level.6 It is estimated that 2 million families drink water from private wells that fail to meet the federal drinking - water standard for nitrate, and 40000 infants younger than 6 months live in homes that have nitrate - contaminated water supplies.4 In urban areas, municipal wastewater - treatment discharges (a source of nutrients) on surrounding farmland aggravate the problem.7

Water, slipper surfaces, electrical appliances, medications and cleaning supplies are areas that need to be covered in the baby proofing checklist.

According to Mohammed, he said that UNICEF had also provided technical assistance to the state government on procurement, contract management, implementation and monitoring for the provision of water supply and sanitation infrastructure in rural areas.

Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Water Company, Tony Goodman said until the rains start, it will be difficult to supply potable water to these aWater Company, Tony Goodman said until the rains start, it will be difficult to supply potable water to these awater to these areas.

At Nsawam Adoagyiri in the Eastern region where a reservoir which supplies water to the area has gone low, residents have had to resort to the polluted Densu River for water.

The traditional leader talked about the provision of potable water in the district that was of grave concern to the people, saying water delivery was in short supply in the district because of the growing population He further called for a senior high school to be cited at Gbentri in the East Mamprusi District and Sanguli in the Tatale - Sanguli area in order to bring secondary education to the doorstep of the people living around that area.

Osinbajo said successes had been recorded in a number of areas, with access to water supply presently at 69 percent, and sanitation at 29 percent.

The White Volta is the main source of water supply to five districts including the entire Tamale Metropolitan Area and the Sagnarigu district.

Oneida County public health department advises the Rome Community that effective today, November 22, 2016, a boil - water advisory has been issued by the City of Rome for areas that are supplied by Rome's water supply.

Kinisky said Saint - Gobain has consistently taken responsibility to help find and fund alternate water supplies, or provide filtering systems, in areas where PFOA and other perflourinated chemicals have been detected in groundwater near its current and former manufacturing plants.

It highlighted five areas around the state — none in Western New York — where tainted water supplies were found, including in Hoosick Falls and on Long Island.

The state tested the farm's well field and said the results indicated the water in that area is free of the toxic chemical, perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, that was discovered in the village's water supply three years ago.

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.

As part of the project, a - 3.3 million gallons of water per day treatment plant was built to increase supply to the Accra - Tema Metropolitan Area (ATMA rurals).

Top officials of the Cuomo administration went to Hoosick Falls Friday to provide an update on their efforts to install water filters and flush out existing water supplies — and ferret out what could be other sources of the chemical in the area's groundwater.

Cortlandville resident John Carroll urged the Town continue to continue to protect the aquifer water supply and repeated others» claims that there are enough gas stations in the area.

-------------------------- The federal government has designated 24 New York counties as natural disaster areas following a severe summer drought that has adversely impacted some water supplies and farms.

Many areas have already lost power supplies and households in Gloucestershire, Cheltenham and Tewkesbury are preparing to lose their water supplies for several days.

Officials with the State of Vermont will update Bennington - area residents on the ongoing investigation into PFOA contamination of local water supplies.

Vermont environmental officials will hold meetings Tuesday to provide the latest information to Bennington - area residents about the PFOA contamination of local water supplies and the ongoing response.

Throughout Friday and Saturday, students, scientists, state and local officials, and area residents are exploring the ins and outs of the PFOA contamination of water supplies in Hoosick Falls, New York, and Bennington, Vermont.

The Cortlandville Town Board is considering legislation that would prohibit gas stations from being built above the most critical areas of the town's water supply.

The level of PFOA in affected areas has been much higher than the new benchmark, leading communities to establish alternate water supplies.

The declaration would allow federal resources to be used to help clean up areas in the village contaminated with a man - made chemical that polluted public and private water supplies.

The study also should marry the two areas Cuomo identified as his most challenging — the environment and terrorism — by evaluating whether the Lloyd aquifer, our deepest and most pure source of water, should be considered a strategic asset that must be reserved as much as possible for emergency use, for example, in the event New York City's water supply is disrupted.

Water is available in much of the area, with a further expansion planned for next spring, and the supply is more than adequate to service potential demands in excess of 1 million gallons a day.

Professor Bill Keevil, Director of Environmental Healthcare at the University of Southampton, says: «If a contamination event (accidental or deliberate) occurs in a drinking water network, it is essential to identify the sources of contamination and to determine the area which is likely to be contaminated, in order to isolate and decontaminate the affected area only, as well as keep supplying drinking water in non-affected areas.

For farmers and ranchers in Mexico's southern Baja California peninsula during a six - year drought, the farther away they lived from urban areas, the more likely they were to have to make changes to cope with the dwindling supply of water, according to a Portland State University study.

In areas where water resources are limited we see conflict between multiple needs such as drinking supplies, irrigation and even energy development.

She insisted that if Las Vegas» footprint was going to be larger, the Water Authority would need to add staff and infrastructure to supply water to the new aWater Authority would need to add staff and infrastructure to supply water to the new awater to the new areas.