Sentences with phrase «current quality of the water»

«Anyone who has a chance to drink (local St. Tammany Parish's) Abita Beer knows of the current quality of the water in the Southern Hills Aquifer - it's phenomenal,» said Malek - Wiley with a laugh.

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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.

A Duke University study of treated oil and gas wastewater finds that current water quality regulations are inadequate to prevent accumulation of radioactive material in surface waters.

Some 300 researchers from more than a dozen institutions will spend the next decade documenting everything from changes in water quality, pollution, and the strength of currents to shifts in biodiversity and the population genetics of marine life.

The Poodle was bred to have a water - resistant coat — which helps explain the quality of the current dog's coat — that was eventually groomed and patterned according to taste and style rather than worrying simply about functionality.

Shallow waters, a lack of currents and plenty of top quality dive schools, all offering Open Water qualifications at attractive prices, make Koh Tao particularly attractive to beginners.

With each nautical mile south into the Agulhas current, both temperature and depth of the water increase and seabird numbers build up in quality and quantity.

With westerly winds, currents can flow out from the back lagoon towards the reef with drastic increases in suspended sediment This is the first major opening for water exchange from Chetumal Bay, whose water quality is of increasing concern, as it receives wastes from agricultural processing and sewage disposal.

However, even if the Vita lineup were mammoth, Ubisoft is doing with Liberation what every other developer should be doing for the Vita — creating a current generation console quality game that is entirely its own and not merely a port; making use of the system's unique controls; and giving the game enough content and polish that the audience won't feel cheated with a watered - down product.

Conservation projects address topics of current importance such as developing an understanding of biodiversity and wildlife habitat needs, the contributions of sustainably managed forests to water quality, and quantifying the value of these forests toward mitigating climate change.

According to the report, to address those threats a policy framework should be developed that enables the sustainable development of the Marshlands and addresses trade - offs among current and future uses of the Marshlands, such as those between agricultural production and water quality, land use and biodiversity, development of oil industry water use and aquatic biodiversity.

«In addition, safeguarded farmland will continue providing healthy local produce and mitigating climate - change impacts of transporting food around the globe, while conserved wetlands improve the quality of our air and water and serve as buffers from potentially catastrophic storm surges predicted under current climate - change scenarios,» he added.

Some people question the quality of the water vapor measurements made by the radiosondes but I've been informed that Miskolczi believes that the presently published water vapor measurements are the current best bet.

To ensure the quality of the water footprint, we take into account current standards and detection methods, such as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), Water Footprint Network or ISO 1water footprint, we take into account current standards and detection methods, such as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), Water Footprint Network or ISO 1Water Footprint Network or ISO 14046.

Threats to marine biodiversity in the U.S. are the same as those for most of the world: overexploitation of living resources; reduced water quality; coastal development; shipping; invasive species; rising temperature and concentrations of carbon dioxide in the surface ocean, and other changes that may be consequences of global change, including shifting currents; increased number and size of hypoxic or anoxic areas; and increased number and duration of harmful algal blooms.

Two current examples where NOAA is extending its suite of services are the development of water quality forecasts (jointly with EPA) and a debris - flow watch - warning system (jointly with USGS).