Sentences with phrase «for local water systems»

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Oxen are still used for plowing, water may have to be carried from the tank, and pujahs are still said at the local shrine, but the oxen are tied with nylon rope, not hemp; the water is carried in plastic, not earthenware or brass, pots; and the donations for pujah are broadcast on a PA system.

The charity also supported local partners to rebuild schools, repair damaged water systems, help communities restore their means of making a living and prepare for future disasters.

The local and downstream environmental benefits of watering throughout the system and down into the Lower Lakes and Coorong include assisting native fish spawning and movement, improving the health of native vegetation, supporting waterbirds and increasing food sources for native species.

The technologies it distributes have won local and global awards, including recently the IChemE global green energy award for the RAPTOR ™ system from wastewater treatment and green energy authority Global Water Engineering (GWE) for technology which replaces fossil fuels.

We went the whole hog and installed a reverse osmosis water filtration system for our drinking water (because our wonderful local government decided to fluoridate the water supply... ggrrrrr... and for the rest of the house we have a basic (same job as your brita filter) water filter so all our other water has no chlorine — oh the happy veggies and my skin is much improved... also my son has stopped sneezing when he turns a tap on.

The decision to forgo a local water rate increase comes after Miner spent the past few months prodding leaders in Washington and Albany for extra money to repair the city's aging drinking water system.

«I would bring local control back to town government, take advantage of our local resources, especially our water system, fight for the taxpayer at every level, especially state and federal, and get water and sewer projects back on track to be in the best interests of the town, not just a cost burden directed by others.»

She is poised to pursue New York State grant funding for two major local infrastructure concerns, upgrades to the town's public water supply system and replacement of the town pool, during her second two - year term.

«As the end of the job approaches, we thank local elected officials and community members for their patience, which will be rewarded with a more reliable water supply and sewer system, and reconstructed roadways that will serve the public for years to come.»

These actions don't even begin to address the needs of child care providers or the thousands of undervalued state, local government and school employees - many work for much less than $ 15 per hour - who take care of our kids, maintain our roads, water and sewer systems and do a whole lot more necessary work.

These actions don't even begin to address the needs of child care providers or the thousands of undervalued local government and school employees - many work for much less than $ 15 per hour - who take care of our kids, maintain our roads, water and sewer systems and do a whole lot more necessary work.

Local water systems typically are funded by fees and property taxes, and cities can also apply for grants.

Governor Cuomo's administration wants to use money from a revolving loan fund, designed to help local governments keep their sewer and water treatment systems up to date and their drinking water clean, to instead help pay for the massive Tappan Zee Bridge replacement project.

In terms of statewide initiatives, Cuomo's $ 2 billion investment in drinking water infrastructure would include improvements to local wastewater treatment systems, and development and implementation of local community recommendations for water source protection to be funded by the Environmental Protection Fund.

Since discovery of the contamination, Saint - Gobain has been paying for bottled water for the town — stacked high in the aisles of a local supermarket — as well as a new carbon - filtration system for the village, at an estimated cost of more than $ 3 million.

The students wondered whether it was possible to detect human - originated compounds in the water systems, and decided to find out by testing for cooking spices in local waters.

Improperly treated sewage can also lead to increased nitrates in local water supplies, which is dangerous for infants, pregnant women and those with already compromised immune systems.

Production systems such as monocultures that cultivate crops (for example, palm oil and sugar cane) for global distribution may benefit local communities with employment and funding opportunities, but are often reliant on over-exploited water resources.

It does so through regulations spelled out in the Clean Water Act, which include providing tax incentives for selling or giving wetlands to land trusts or other conservation groups, via cooperative efforts with state and local entities, and by acquiring wetlands outright to add acreage to public lands systems.

According to the Center for Disease Control, the most common sources of contamination in the US water system are related to local land uses and manufacturing processes.

Recognize that mountain ecosystems inhabited by snow leopards provide essential ecosystem services, including storing and releasing water from the origins of river systems benefitting one - third of the world's human population; sustaining the pastoral and agricultural livelihoods of local communities which depend on biodiversity for food, fuel, fodder, and medicine; and offering inspiration, recreation, and economic opportunities;

It's unclear when local school water systems were last tested for lead.

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Richard Hassell speaks of this eco-friendly project...» We are very pleased that Alila Hotels have embraced the Environmentally Sustainable Design (ESD) principles, and we are using many ESD measures including local materials, water conservation with soaks and rain gardens and recycling with grey water systems, using local plants from the special Bali Savannah ecosystem on the Bukit, which are being raised in a nursery on site to encourage local bird and animal life, heat pumps for water heating, salt water pools — among many others.

Each is truly impressive with huge room, clean, well maintained and is well equipped with modern room amenities such as individual control air - conditioned system, TV, remote - controlled color television with international TV channel, DVD player, telephone for locals calls, electronic safety box, bathrobe, mini bar, reading table, separate shower and bath tub with hot and cold water as well as an outside garden shower.

Institutional shifts — specifically, moving the responsibility for managing irrigation systems from government agencies to local water users associations — can facilitate the more efficient use of water.

He's also in some hot water for refusing to connect to the local sewer system.

(Unlike many developing rural areas, the region surrounding Tilwari does have capacity for running water — but, local residents said, the system breaks down regularly, and for extended periods of time.

Four key domains — local energy systems, local green spaces, local water systems and local labour markets — have been the focus of the field research investigating local potentials for social innovation and new forms of civil society self - organisation.

They've invested for years in revitalizing inner cities (Chicago, Detroit and Cleveland) as well as used the west coast operations to focus on environmental investments and services (ex: septic system renewal loans to preserve local water quality).

And through conversations with others in the growing climate justice movement, I began to see all kinds of ways that climate change could become a catalyzing force for positive change — how it could be the best argument progressives have ever had to demand the rebuilding and reviving of local economies; to reclaim our democracies from corrosive corporate influence; to block harmful new free trade deals and rewrite old ones; to invest in starving public infrastructure like mass transit and affordable housing; to take back ownership of essential services like energy and water; to remake our sick agricultural system into something much healthier; to open borders to migrants whose displacement is linked to climate impacts; to finally respect Indigenous land rights — all of which would help to end grotesque levels of inequality within our nations and between them.

The SAB finds that the EPA did not support quantitatively its conclusion about lack of evidence for widespread, systemic impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water resources, and did not clearly describe the system (s) of interest (e.g., groundwater, surface water), the scale of impacts (i.e., local or regional), nor the definitions of «systemic» and «widespread.»

Indeed, as I argue in this article, I think it will be absolutely essential that we shift much of our current wasteful fossil fuel use (e.g., shipping the same goods back and forth across the ocean, driving gas - powered private automobiles, and producing disposable consumer goods) toward building new infrastructure for long - term resilience (e.g., local food economies, low - energy housing, greenspace, water catchment and storage, clean energy systems, trains, and, yes, wind - powered sea vessels!).

Fundación Abril ($ 35,000): To restore Bolivia's polluted Rocha River, a source of irrigation water for local farms, by training local students and neighbors to manage a water treatment plant, reforest riverbanks with native vegetation, and build a composting system.

The Rocket Dome qualifies for a 30 % federal tax credit in addition to other state and local incentives Solar Thermal Hot Water System The Rocket Dome is different from anything else on the market.

She has prepared Environmental Impacts Statements, Operations Plans, Monitoring and Mitigation Plans, and Deep Water Port Applications and is very familiar with the requirements of and compliance with federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and guidelines for projects related to offshore energy development including National / State Environmental Policy Acts (Environmental Assessment / Environmental Impact Statements), Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act, Clean Water Act (including National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System), Coastal Zone Management Act, Water Resources Development Act, Endangered Species Act, Magnuson - Stevens Act, Rivers and Harbors Act, and the Oil Pollution Act.

He proposed a list of new tasks for the water research and management community: develop global water assessment capabilities on a par with the current IPCC assessments for climate; expand monitoring and models; introduce a regular reporting system similar to that of the IPCC; carry out a comprehensive freshwater biodiversity survey to act as a benchmark; provide technical tools such as databases, scenarios and conflict research to reconcile competing water uses; and expand the focus on local basics and watersheds to a global basis.

Also they must respect human rights and the rights of nature, protect the planetary systems on which continued human existence depends, put control over energy, food and water in the hand of accountable local stewards, fairly address overconsumption to meet basic needs for all, not just the greed of a wealthy few.

Working with our local officials, we are trying to get support for repairing and adapting irrigation systems of greater efficiency so that we can grow more crops with less irrigation water.

The Rachio Iro sprinkler controller not only allows for smarter irrigation scheduling (based on your local weather, your lawn and garden water requirements, and the current season), but that also connects via WiFi to an accompanying app for more granular control and the setting of precise parameters (such as the type of soil, the shade / sun cover of each zone, local watering restrictions, etc.) for the system.

Its new series of core courses is beginning in February, with continuing education classes focusing on principles of sustainable agriculture, including those related to not only food and food systems, but also home energy and water conservation, tools for local economic development and quality of life improvement.

Instead, we should channel resources into programs that support organic agriculture, local and regional healthy foods, beginning farmers, conservation, and diversified, pasture - based systems that protect our water, build healthy soil, and provide greater biodiversity and habitat for pollinators and other wildlife.

Climate impact concerns include environmental quality (e.g., more ozone, water - logging or salinisation), linkage systems (e.g., threats to water and power supplies), societal infrastructures (e.g., changed energy / water / health requirements, disruptive severe weather events, reductions in resources for other social needs and maintaining sustainable livelihoods, environmental migration (Box 7.2), placing blame for adverse effects, changes in local ecologies that undermine a sense of place), physical infrastructures (e.g., flooding, storm damage, changes in the rate of deterioration of materials, changed requirements for water or energy supply), and economic infrastructures and comparative advantages (e.g., costs and / or risks increased, markets or competitors affected).

Those taxes are the primary source of revenue for local governments, and fund local services like schools, water systems and law enforcement.