Sentences with phrase «impact local drinking water»

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«The agency should include and explain the... investigations conducted in Dimock, Pennsylvania; Pavillion, Wyoming; and Parker County, Texas where hydraulic fracturing activities are perceived by many members of the public to have caused significant local impacts to drinking water resources,» states the advisory body's review.

And because local people rely on fishing and on river water for drinking, the human impacts of oil pollution could be especially severe.

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.»

But the EPA did uncover some negative impacts on local drinking water supplies.

But in more positive news, Guangzhou (capital city of southeastern Guangdong province) received the «Compromiso Mexico» water prize, which rewards «the best local public policies that have had a positive impact on the drinking water, sewerage and sanitation services in the communities they interact with.»

From our own experience as environmental lawyers, we have seen local residents warn provincial government officials that logging would impact their drinking water, only to be told that the government can do nothing — that as long as logging company foresters certify that the logging will meet provincial standards, the logging can go ahead.