Sentences with phrase «assessing water quality»

For the first time, a map of fecal viruses traveling our global waterways has been created using modeling methods to aid in assessing water quality worldwide.

The WHO hopes to do better monitoring in the future, using new low - cost kits that rapidly assess water quality.

The Beacon Institute and Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y, last year launched a $ 300,000 solar - powered 20 - foot (six - meter) by nine - foot (2.7 - meter) floating pontoon platform in the Hudson to measure and assess its water quality.

It's a good idea to assess water quality and potential hazards such as ocean or river currents before a dog is allowed to enter the water.

Not exact matches

The congressional oversight of the PFOA situation in Hoosick Falls comes as the Democratic - led state Assembly plans hearings on water quality issues in early September, assessing issues on both Long Island and in the Capital Region.

«The purpose of this hearing is to examine water contamination situations and assess the effectiveness and implementation of laws and public policies in protecting water quality and public health.»

«The Application fails in a meaningful way to address the significant water resource impacts that could occur from this Project and has failed to provide sufficient information to demonstrate compliance with New York State water quality standards,» wrote John Ferguson, the «Constitution's failure to adequately address these concerns limited the Department's ability to assess the impacts and conclude that the Project will comply water quality standards.»

The organization has also assembled some 1,000 scientists, engineers and medical professionals at the ready to work on pro-bono basis to help non-profits and human rights organizations on issues as varied as studying the potential for oil development in Kenya by examining unique geological conditions and assessing the potential for detrimental effects on local water quality.

«And it appeared that either relevant data were ignored or that full and careful consideration of cost - benefit analysis best practices were not followed in assessing wetlands values and public attitudes about water - quality protection.»

«Given that spills can occur upstream from drinking water sources, long - term monitoring of downstream waters is necessary to assess impacts on water quality.»

NAWQA assesses water - quality conditions and trends in more than 50 of the nation's most important streams and aquifers.

Although incidents of waterborne infections resulting from indoor plumbing are rare, the new model may help public health authorities assess drinking - water quality.

This study assessed groundwater quality, coastal water quality and reef health across six different bays on Maui with various potential sources of pollution.

The Environmental Working Group recently conducted a three - year study that assessed 20 million drinking water quality tests performed by water utilities since 2004.

Water quality needs to be assessed on a case by case basis.

They also gathered samples from the wells of families in town to assess the quality and mineral content of drinking water, using a mass spectrometer in a partnership with a local college laboratory.

For a science portfolio, you could introduce a unit on water quality by informing students that they'll be preparing a section of their portfolio where they'll explain how water quality can be assessed.

Faeces quality was recorded each day, and at the end of each diet period electrolyte and water transport were assessed, and colonic biopsy specimens obtained for histologic examination and measurement of crypt water uptake.

The monitoring of the snowpack and acid sensitive lakes is designed to assess the linkages between atmospheric deposition and impacts on water quality.

The report laments that assessing biodiversity and water quality is difficult.

HES was planned to provide both an advanced sounding capability for measurements of atmospheric temperature and moisture content and an imager for monitoring coastal water quality and assessing coastal hazards.

As Christine McEntee, president of the American Geophysical Union, explained here, NASA's Earth programs have been used for things like: confronting the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, monitoring dangerous algal blooms that threaten coastal communities, assessing air quality and water availability, predicting floods, responding to earthquakes, and tracking tornadoes and hurricanes.

Your agent will fully assess your insurance needs and ensure that you get the quality, affordable power boat insurance you need for peace of mind on the water.

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The State targets housing resources to communities that are assessed as being sustainable using specified criteria such as the quantity and quality of water; risk of flooding; access to services; and access to employment and enterprise opportunities.