Sentences with phrase «for water quality»

The fund was initially reserved solely for open space land buys, but as of a vote last year, 20 percent of it can now be used for water quality projects.

But 2017 turned out to be an excellent year for the water quality of the pond.

The administration has since formed a rapid - response team for water quality issues.

The easiest method would be to contact your local town / city office and the department responsible for water quality may be able to give you such information.

How can you customize for your water quality, your washing machine, and your diapers?

They hope it will be a low - tech solution easy for water quality managers to adopt.

These results might be critical for water quality, soil evolution, and environmental cleanup.

It is mandatory for water quality, to kill various bacteria, but at the same time it is of course also harmful.

Throw in testing kits for water quality and the package is virtually complete.

I also made out - bound calls and received in - bound calls daily, making appointments for the water quality technicians to visit and service the equipment.

A water purification project in Accabonac Harbor — the first in East Hampton Town to be funded by the portion of the community preservation fund that voters approved last year for water quality improvement — is moving ahead, Kim Shaw, the town's...

This increase in algae growth and chlorophyll means that water quality is worse for the same amount of nitrogen, which has big implications for water quality targets and clean up plans.

L'Université Laval came third, providing the students with multiple endowed faculty chairs specializing in a variety of topics including materials for renewable energy, modelling for water quality and planning sustainable forest value networks.

When the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco tested the effluent of eight Bay Area wastewater treatment plants last year, they «found that 80 percent of the microplastics and other microscopic particles were fibers.»

Top photo: County Executive Steve Bellone announces his plan for a Water Quality Protection Fee at a press conference in Yaphank Monday.

In a series of letters, the coalition asked the boards of the State Thruway Authority and the state Environmental Facilities Corporation not to take funds from the EFC's Clean Water State Revolving Fund, which are intended for water quality protection and waste water treatment.

Group for the East End president Bob DeLuca, who attended Monday's announcement, said there are always concerns about how the money earmarked for environmental issues is managed, but he believes the county understands the importance of using these funds for water quality initiatives this time around.

The Blue Flag is an eco-label awarded to beaches and marinas with good standards for water quality, safety, environmental education and information.

«If you take away funding for water quality testing, you put families and children at risk,» says actor and Surfrider Foundation supporter David Chokachi.

Water Quality Advisories or Closures - Visit the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's New York City Area Beaches page for water quality advisories or closures before you head to the beach.

This study provides estimates of how high - frequency pHT, Ωarag, and pCO2 (s.w.) dynamics are altered by rising atmospheric CO2 in an estuarine habitat, and highlights nonlinear responses of coastal carbonate parameters to ocean acidification relevant for water quality management.

The town's beaches are wide and great for watersports and tend to have been awarded the European Blue Flag for water quality and clean sand.

Balnearios are government run beaches, they're cleaned, monitored for water quality, with a variety of facilities and services.

Interviewer: «As well as supporting fish movement, flows of environmental water can generate movement of organic matter with benefits for water quality.»

Senate Republican spokesman Scott Reif in a statement knocked Cronin, noting the amount of support backed by Hannon for water quality in the budget, as well as legislation to test for lead in school drinking water.

The announcement, which comes two days after the Democratic - led Assembly unveiled their own plans for water quality hearings on Long Island and in Albany, was preceded by increasing political pressure from residents, lawmakers and increased attention by the federal government.

According to Kristin Schirmer, the study shows that fish tests need to be further refined if the results are to be transferable to mammals, or if they are to be used for water quality assessment: «If we want to have a better knowledge of the effects of such chemicals on the ecosystem, we need a more detailed understanding of the processes of uptake through water — they're quite different from when drugs are inhaled or injected.»

[3][17] Three sites are regularly sampled for water quality while devices such as sondes continuously record temperature, conductivity, and pH. Benthic macroinvertebrates are frequently counted and fecal coliform counts are also run.

Burke also discussed his run - ins with the local hotel and tourism industry after he proposed increasing the hotel occupancy tax to pay for water quality improvements.

In the near future, 20 percent of all Community Preservation Funds generated from East End real estate transfers will also be set aside for water quality initiatives.

«Both the Suffolk County Water Authority and the county have shown in the past not to be the most trusted parties when it comes to getting in monies targeted only for water quality issues,» Mr. Toedter said.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo touted a $ 2.5 billion bond for water quality and infrastructure upgrades contained in the state budget, saying in Auburn on Wednesday it wasn't a «cheap solution» to a statewide problem.

Chris Clapp, who serves on the town's technical advisory committee for water quality projects funded by the C.P.F., told the town board at a Nov. 21 meeting that the managers of the Whalebone Village apartments have asked the town to finance the $ 376,000 installation of a low - nitrogen septic system at the complex.

A Watershed Management Planning endeavor is currently underway to make the region more eligible for water quality project implementation funds in partnership with Erie County and Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper (formerly Riverkeeper).

The project is awaiting final federal approval and expects state approval for a water quality certificate by Nov. 23, spokeswoman Michelle Hook said.

Peconic Estuary Program director Alison Branco said most of the time when she talks to farmers, they want to do the right thing for water quality because they all live in the area with their families, but for many, implementing all the practices that affect water quality is just «prohibitively expensive»

By Sean Ryan Public wastewater utilities argue they can not afford projects to satisfy new phosphorous rules for water quality that environmental groups are demanding.

She called the program a transformative moment for water quality on Long Island.

The analysis of these changes can be a good biomarker for water quality.

For example changes in the agricultural sector will have a knock on effect for water quality — because they will cause increased amounts of nitrates and phosphates in streams and rivers.

The models use nutrient load data collected by Heidelberg University's National Center for Water Quality Research.

Call them the canary in the coal mine for water quality; small fish species are being extirpated from Kansas rivers, according to Kansas State University ecologists.

For water quality control, the scientists apply a rather simple method: Users take a small water sample and mix it with an enzyme substrate, a nutrient that activates certain enterobacteria only.

The Water Environment Federation, for water quality professionals, provides a calendar of national conferences, seminars, and websites as well as Jobs Bank listings, adding 70 positions each month.

Locations frequented by her students include a local quarry for fossil hunting, the seed preservation organization Seed Savers Exchange, an orchard, renewable energy homesteads, a sanitary landfill, an historic prairie wetland, a creek for water quality testing, 4 - H camp, and others.

Sennen Cove holds an EU award for water quality.

With Blue Flag rating for the water quality, you can take a pleasant and cooling dip in the Costa Blanca's famous turquoise waters.