Sentences with phrase «improving water quality over»

She says an enormous amount of work has gone into improving water quality over the last two years, and 360,000 tonnes of sediment has been removed from the water.

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Jean - Marie will be meeting with farmers from Maraba in a series of eight multi-day workshops over the next 18 months, teaching the sustainable agriculture practices that, research has shown, increase farm productivity, increase the quality of harvested coffee, and improve downstream water quality.

«Protecting and restoring this critical waterway, which has suffered from pollution and overdevelopment over so many years, is so important to improving our area's water quality, restoring our area's natural habitats, and improving Long Islanders» quality of life.»

The governor's proposal is the latest in a series of long - term efforts made over the past few years to improve water quality in the county.

This soil improves soil drainage and aeration, for a quality soil that leaves your plants well watered, but not over watered.

The environment in the UK has been improving over the last 10 or 15 years — I'm thinking about air and water quality and looking after our land.

A shared interest in gathering, discussing and improving water quality data among diverse groups can lead to productive conversations that data alone can not address, the scientists reported in «Engaging over data on fracking and water quality,» published in the journal Science.

And over the last few decades, water quality has improved as some of the least environmentally friendly activities — such as sulfuric acid production, salt evaporation and coal - fired power production — have ended.

The researchers found that, «despite large environmental change and management efforts over recent decades, water quality of lakes in the Midwest and Northeast U.S. has not overwhelmingly degraded or improved.»

Scientists over at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney have developed a new, revolutionary water that filter that could potentially improve the quality of drinking water for millions of people worldwide.

In fact, he says, while water quality has improved «quite a bit» over the past fifteen years, fish life has been declining because of overfishing.

In addition, DOT made airline travel safer and more sustainable by issuing over $ 20 million to reduce noise, conventional fuel and water use, and improve air quality at airports around the country.

Since that time, The Climate Trust has retired over 1.5 million tons of offsets and committed over $ 17 million to projects that not only reduce GHG emissions, but also conserve habitats, create jobs, improve air quality, preserve biodiversity and benefit water quality.

The EPA's seminal achievements over almost 50 years include removing lead from gasoline; reducing acid rain to improve water quality; reducing second - hand smoke exposure; improving vehicle efficiency and emission controls; and encouraging a shift to rethinking of wastes as materials.

Dam removal will improve water quality and open access to hundreds of miles of habitat for endangered salmon and steelhead, ideally resolving lingering disputes over water in the basin and providing greater economic security for fishing, tribal, and agricultural communities.

Based on a century of ocean plankton science and the 10 international experiments on iron fertilization over the last 15 years we are confident that the scale, methods and technologies of the work we are planning will have positive impacts on all fronts, improving water quality, buffering surface water acidity, recharging the marine food chain, and safely sequestering enormous amounts of CO2 to help slow climate change.

By partnering with close to 500 landowners on over 120,000 acres to date to reforest their degraded lands, GreenTrees has enhanced wildlife habitat, improved water and soil quality and delivered local economic development benefits in addition to generating over 2.5 million tonnes of verified carbon offsets for partners including Norfolk Southern, Duke Energy, United Airlines, Arbor Day Foundation, Blue Mountain Brewery and Skyway Air Taxi, among others.