Sentences with phrase «eliminating water pollution»

Not exact matches

Spreading farming practices that conserve water and eliminate pollution in streams and rivers is an urgent need in the region.

In addition to pollution prevention, we need to redouble our efforts at using our water supply more efficiently — whether by eliminating waste or by recycling and re-use where appropriate.

«We also found that most palms do not need any phosphorus in their fertilizer to be healthy, and by not applying this element, we can eliminate one possible source of water pollution in Florida,» said Broschat, a faculty member at UF's Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center.

Here are some other top successes: destroying stockpiles of chemical weapons globally as well as local stores of DDT in Tanzania; new cooking stoves to eliminate indoor air pollution in Ghana; separating copper mine tailings from the local water supply in Chile; alternative fuels to reduce air pollution in New Delhi as well as treating arsenic in well water in West Bengal; removing lead - contaminated soil in the Dominican Republic and Russia; reducing mercury vapors from artisanal gold mining in Indonesia; and new sewage systems to clean up contaminated Suzhou Creek in Shanghai.

On one side was a very salty, fluorescent mixture, and on the other side was freshwater - though that water would still need to be put through a charcoal filter to eliminate neutral materials, such as hydrocarbons, from industrial pollution.

On a daily basis, our bodies are detoxifying naturally, to eliminate and neutralize toxins that are caused from exposure to pollutions in the air, water and food we eat.

Her ultimate goal is to use her husband and hers research to purify waters, regrow devastated forests, and eliminate pollution.

6.3 by 2030, improve water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous chemicals and materials, halving the proportion of untreated wastewater, and increasing recycling and safe reuse by x % globally

It found this month significant progress in just four: eliminating chlorofluorocarbons that punched a hole in the Earth's protective ozone layer; the removal of lead from gasoline that caused human health problems; improved access to clean water; and boosting research to reduce ocean pollution.

Because most heating systems burn fossil fuels, which creates pollution, all the energy saved by a solar water heating eliminates the pollution that would otherwise add to our problems of poor air quality, poor health, smog and global climate change, a problem which requires immediate action.

Funding for the EPA's Science to Achieve Results grants could disappear, eliminating critical funding for academic research on water quality, air pollution, and other priorities.

These practices are aimed at improving our energy and water efficiency, providing sustainable food, making eco-conscious purchasing decisions, eliminating toxic chemicals and pollution, and improving our solid waste management.

«The purpose of these plans is to provide policy makers and the public with a technically - and economically - feasible pathway toward a sustainable, secure, and reliable energy infrastructure that eliminates health and environmental problems due to air, water, and soil pollution and global warming.

Composting toilets eliminate water from the waste stream and prevent the nutrients in human waste from becoming a source of pollution.