Sentences with phrase «drinking water source»

Her report also includes some proposed solutions that would see a mix of state, federal and private dollars put to work to ease the discharge of sewage into potential drinking water sources.

These chemicals are being discovered in more and more drinking water sources across the nation.

The current regulatory framework for wastewater disposal wells was designed to protect drinking water sources from contamination and does not address earthquake safety.

It breaks down slowly and can move readily through soil to make its way into underground drinking water sources.

This would ignore the sensitive nature of the region, as well the immense importance of the Potomac River as a key drinking water source for millions of people.

Perchlorate has been found at that level in drinking water sources of at least 26 states and two territories, according to a study the CDC referenced in the report.

Local groups and citizens held a rally over the weekend to call on the U.S. Department of Defense to halt PFOS discharges from Stewart Air National Guard base in Newburgh, New York, which drain into the city's main drinking water source and the Hudson River.

The researchers conclude that improved monitoring and access to water withdrawal and streamflow data are needed to ensure protection of streams as drinking water sources and valuable habitat in the future.

U.S. Senator Charles Schumer is urging the Environmental Protection Agency to send inspectors to the City of Ithaca to test drinking water sources in all Ithaca City Schools.

Hickey, who is credited with bringing the issue to light amid resistance from village officials, said he was shocked to hear that state health department officials were aware that the EPA had a preliminary warning of about 400 parts per trillion, but still assured Hoosick Falls residents that the water was safe even though multiple drinking water sources tested higher.

«The [science advisory board] asks the EPA to change its top line conclusion that hydraulic fracturing has not led to widespread, systemic impact on drinking water sources based on what it, itself, calls outlier events,» said Katie Brown, a spokesperson for the research branch of Independent Petroleum Association of America, during a public comment period on Monday.

The study points out that when perchlorate - contaminated powdered formula is mixed with water that also contains traces of the chemical, as many drinking water sources around the country do, the final concoction can become particularly harmful to babies.

The report also states that there are 6,800 drinking water sources within a mile of a well.

The city of 30,000 in Orange County briefly declared a state of emergency in May 2016 and has since switched to a different drinking water source.

«Our aggressive actions have secured an interim clean drinking water source and upgrades to the City's water infrastructure while a new carbon filtration system is constructed.

The five - page fact sheet asks and responds to 17 of the most common questions about health risks and concludes with a section recommending links for additional information, which comes in response to what is now a well - documented issue involving the pollution of local drinking water sources over a period of years by a factory manufacturing non-stick products.

«One of Governor Cuomo's key priorities is protecting and preserving public drinking water source areas,» DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos said.

In Sahara Africa, only 45 percent people in rural areas have access to improved drinking water source (UNICEF, 2005), thus 55 percent is exposed to unsafe drinking water which expose them to severe diseases.

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr. today called upon the New York State Canal Corp. to take pro-active steps to reduce the amount of water flowing out of Hinckley Reservoir due to the extremely low water level in the reservoir, which serves as the major drinking water source for the Utica region and also supplies water to the Erie Canal.

HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y. — Hoosick Falls residents pushing Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday to provide an alternative drinking water source for residents who have private wells.

A month later, the EPA wrote a letter to Hoosick Falls Mayor David Borge recommending «an alternate drinking water source» for all residents.

This raises concern that toxic chemicals used during the drilling could seep into shallow drinking water sources.

Prop 65 also prohibits California businesses from knowingly releasing significant amounts of listed chemicals into or near drinking water sources.

The 2010 Academy award nominated documentary «Gasland» and its 2013 sequel («Gasland 2») put a spotlight on a controversial method of gas and oil drilling that poses a threat to the environment and human health, particularly drinking water sources.

Environmental groups such as the Sierra Club say fracking in New York threatens drinking water sources, including the reservoir that supplies New York City with 1.3 billion gallons (4.9 billion liters) a day.

Officials say the City of Newburgh should be able to connect its main drinking water source to a new, state - funded carbon filtration system in February.

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And a recently conducted study by Molofsky and others tested 1,701 water wells in northeastern Pennsylvania and found that shale gas extraction has not resulted in regional gas impacts on drinking water sources and that methane in water wells is best correlated with topography and groundwater geochemistry, rather than shale gas extraction.

The U.S. EPA proposes a series of EDSP List 2 chemicals (109 total, including more pesticides and chemicals frequently found in potential drinking water sources) to be screened with EDSP Tier 1 assays.

Used in metal plating, stainless steel production and other manufacturing, it has been detected in 30 % of drinking water sources in California, according to state officials.

An environmental database company says toxic algae threatens public recreational and drinking water sources around New York.

Ongoing research by Stanford environmental scientist Rob Jackson attempts to minimize the risks of «fracking» to underground drinking water sources.

It was the sixth community meeting in the city since PFOS contamination in Newburgh's main drinking water source was discovered in May 2016.

Newburgh was placed under a state of emergency Monday after officials learned the city's drinking water source was contaminated.

U.S. Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney, Assemblyman Frank Skartados, Newburgh City Manager Michael Ciaravino and Riverkeeper are calling on the Department of Defense to stop the discharge of PFOS contaminated water from outfalls at the base to Silver Stream and other tributaries to Washington Lake, the city's main drinking water source.

The residents write the concessions offered by the company don't go far enough to address their concerns about the viability of the plan, which they believe has the prospect of harming an already environmentally stressed lake that also serves as a drinking water source.

He said the state was awaiting more testing before giving the all - clear on the drinking water sources.

The lake is the drinking water source for nearly 50,000 people in the Auburn area.

The Hoosic River is not used as a drinking water source, according to the DEC..

The lake is a drinking water source for nearly 50,000 people in the Auburn area.

PFOS contamination in Newburgh's main drinking water source — Washington Lake — was discovered in May 2016.

In light of lead concerns at two elementary schools, the Ithaca City School System has turned off drinking water sources in all of its school.

While the Cuomo administration is pushing the U.S. EPA to test all drinking water sources for dangerous chemicals, environmental groups say the state should take action.

Seggos and Hutton were at the press conference with Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney, who announced legislative action he is taking to ensure the Department of Defense pays for the remediation of PFOS contamination at Stewart Air National Guard Base and halts PFOS - laden discharges from the base into area water bodies, including the city's main drinking water source, Washington Lake.

On Thursday, Cuomo reiterated his push to have all drinking water sources tested in New York or have the state take action itself.

The circumstances in Flint are not likely to happen in Buffalo, which sits next to its drinking water source — Lake Erie.

They've been waiting over 500 days for that drinking water source.»

Democratic Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney has penned a letter to U.S. Department of Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, calling for an immediate investigation into the possible cause of PFOS contamination in Newburgh's main drinking water source — outfalls into retention ponds at Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh.

Washington Lake, the drinking water source for about 30,000 residents, was contaminated with perfluorooctanesulfonic acid, or PFOS.