Sentences with phrase «exceeding drinking water standards»

It was considered a model of successful recycling of coal combustion waste until tests of nearby groundwater wells discovered arsenic and lead levels exceeding drinking water standards, according to city water tests.

State environmental officials last night ordered Northrop Grumman to grant access to wells monitoring a Bethpage plume after the local water district reported levels of the radioactive element radium exceeded drinking water standards.

The study found lead in 58 percent of the samples, but only 5 percent — all from New York — exceeded drinking water standards.

Not exact matches

Consumer Reports tested samples of apple and grape juice and found that 10 percent of the samples had total arsenic levels that exceeded federal drinking - water standards of 10 parts per billion (ppb) and 25 percent of the samples had lead levels higher than the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) bottled - water limit of 5 ppb.

«The assurances that you have been receiving from your water utility that say that your water meets or exceeds all federal safety standards - these assurances in no way should be interpreted as your water is safe to drink,» says Lambrinidou.

Many of the rice drinks had levels that exceed the US Environmental Protection Agencies standard for maximum arsenic contaminant level in drinking water, which is currently set at 10 parts per billion.

If a contaminant is detected, the results will include the concentration found and an indication of whether this level exceeds a drinking water health standard.

«To meet drinking water standards, a second well must be located, which is capable of exceeding the designed maximum daily demand when the primary well is out of service.»

An August 2010 joint study by the Environmental Integrity Project, Earthjustice, and the Sierra Club reported that 39 coal ash dump sites in 21 states have contaminated local drinking water or surface water with arsenic, lead, and other heavy metals at levels that exceed federal safe drinking water standards.

And Ontario was justified in not taking further action when both its investigation and the investigation conducted for the Berendsens showed that no chemicals in the Berendsens» well water exceeded the allowable provincial drinking standards.