Sentences with phrase «downstream communities»
"Downstream communities" refers to the towns, cities, or areas located further downstream along a river or stream from a certain point. These communities receive water, resources, or other influences from upstream locations. Full definition
«But by strategically placing wetlands on less than 1 percent of the region's croplands, we'll be able to reverse the trend of significant losses in aquatic life, and improve flood resiliency for downstream communities with minimal impact to crop production,» she added.
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As an incidental benefit in an era of dwindling water supplies and projected water shortages, forest thinning could play a role in augmenting river flows on a seasonal basis, improving conditions for water - dependent ecosystems, and benefitting the water supplies of downstream communities.
We have long known that logging and oil and gas operations in the foothills of the Rockies can radically increase soil erosion and correspondingly increase the risk of flooding downstream communities.
Whatever the source of his magic, I'm happy to know that this project — which we hope will give Sovu's downstream communities access to cleaner water — is in his capable hands.
The route represents a small piece of a proposed 38 - mile Salt Creek bike path that would continue through downstream communities, each of which would be responsible for its portion of the trail.
That could offer valuable clues as to when a lake beneath a glacier will fill and breach or overtop its walls, possibly giving downstream communities time to evacuate or take protective measures in advance of a looming rush of water.
And glaciers have been melting, losing their stores of freshwater — moisture that downstream communities rely on for drinking and watering crops.
The city had recognized the vulnerability in the dam in 2005, and — with rising pressure from downstream communities — was getting the reconstruction into high gear when this storm struck.
Downstream communities also lose access to critical food and water resources and sources of livelihood.
Historically, the tribal experience with increasing energy demands here has been catastrophic: tribes along the Missouri River were flooded by dams constructed to provide hydropower and flood control benefits for downstream communities.
«It is not just the waterbirds that are affected, but also the quality of the rivers and the services they provide to downstream communities, such as fish populations and river red gums,» says Professor Kingsford.
«We are clarifying protection for the upstream waters that are absolutely vital to downstream communities,» said EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy in a statement.
Downstream communities, even those less affected by wind and storm surge, may be exposed.
Nonetheless gains observed during drought periods could play a role in augmenting river flows on a seasonal basis, improving conditions for water - dependent natural resources, as well as benefit water supplies for downstream communities.
This region in the Peruvian Andes, with its grasslands above and tropical forests below, is home to several species of endangered monkey and bird and is a vital source of water for downstream communities.
We are clarifying protection for the upstream waters that are absolutely vital to downstream communities,» EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said in March.
By comparing two similar watersheds, the team was able to accomplish three objectives: They refined predictions of how a fire in the upper Mission Creek watershed would affect hydrologic and sedimentary processes in the following rainy season, they identified the post-fire risk of flooding to downstream communities, and they provided information that local government agencies can and are using to assess current mitigation strategies and emergency response to potential flooding.
Keeping says switching the argument to one about human rights and democracy simply deflects attention from the «huge damage» being inflicted by the oilsands on the environment, downstream communities and the atmosphere via greenhouse gases.
As well as adding to sea levels, melting glaciers have considerable impacts on high mountain regions and downstream communities that rely on them as a source of freshwater via glacier melt «runoff».