Sentences with phrase «in water samples taken»

The team found the same regeneration process occurring in water samples taken from the Iowa River, and from a test pond seeded with manure from cattle that had been treated with trenbolone acetate.

The chemical PFOA has been detected in water samples taken from the Mohawk River near the Colonie landfill.

Tiny plankton and bits of plastic commingle in this water sample taken in the vicinity of the so - called «Great Pacific Garbage Patch,» a large area in the North Pacific Ocean known for accumulations of plastic marine debris.

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The swimming bans, which will be in effect at least through Saturday morning, were enacted Friday after Lake Michigan water samples taken Thursday morning were tested and found to contain high levels of E. coli bacteria, which can indicate the presence of other harmful bacteria.

The Department of Environmental Conservation discovered high levels of perfluorooctane sulfonate, or PFOS, in well water samples taken near the airport earlier this month.

Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz stopped short of requiring his health department to mandate tap water sampling in homes where children are already diagnosed with high lead levels, but he did say that «maybe we do need to take additional steps, such as testing the water.»

A report issued in April by the New York Attorney General's office found that microbeads were present in 74 percent of water samples taken from 34 municipal and private treatment plants across the state.

We went back to South Africa in 1998, this time to Driefontein Mine, located about 40 miles southwest of Johannesburg, and took water samples, which are easier to work with than rock and less likely to be contaminated.

«If we assume an average microplastics concentration on the day we took the water sample in Rees, we can say that the Rhine contributes a daily load of more than 191 million plastic particles to the North Sea, and that only takes into account the surface.

The interdisciplinary project team is made up of eco - and human toxicologists, physicists, chemists and biologists, and they have just managed to take their first major step forward in achieving their goal: they have developed a method for testing a variety of environmental samples such as river water, animal tissue, or human urine and blood that can detect nanomaterials at a concentration level of nanogram per liter (ppb — parts per billion).

Another robot, operated remotely from a ship, allowed the team to get a closer look at specific features in and around the caldera, and to take rock and water samples.

In collaboration with the Geneva Water Ecology Service (SECOE) and the PhycoEco environmental office in La Chaux - de-Fonds, Switzerland, the researchers analyzed the 90 or so samples taken in different rivers in Switzerland and determined their ecological status using the DI - CIn collaboration with the Geneva Water Ecology Service (SECOE) and the PhycoEco environmental office in La Chaux - de-Fonds, Switzerland, the researchers analyzed the 90 or so samples taken in different rivers in Switzerland and determined their ecological status using the DI - Cin La Chaux - de-Fonds, Switzerland, the researchers analyzed the 90 or so samples taken in different rivers in Switzerland and determined their ecological status using the DI - Cin different rivers in Switzerland and determined their ecological status using the DI - Cin Switzerland and determined their ecological status using the DI - CH.

Beginning in 2008, the EPA took water samples from residents» drinking water wells, finding hydrocarbons and traces of contaminants that seemed like they could be related to fracking.

«SUPR - REMUS lets us take discrete samples in the water, in a way that nets can't do in shallow water,» said Annette Govindarajan, lead author on the paper.

Scientists took nearly 200,000 water, plankton, atmosphere particles and gases samples in 313 points of the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans at depths of up to 6,000 meters.

Well - known techniques that took place in Flint include preflushing water from taps the night before sampling and using small - mouthed bottles, which artificially lowers lead concentrations in samples, as well as failing to identify and test homes known to have sources of lead in their plumbing from lead services lines or older brass components that contain significant amounts of lead.

The rule, enacted in 1994, requires cities to monitor drinking water at customer taps and take action to reduce corrosion if certain numbers of samples contain lead or copper above specific levels.

The researchers studied water samples taken during cruises by Chinese ice breaker XueLong, (meaning «snow dragon») in summer 2008 and 2010 from the upper ocean of the Arctic's marginal seas to the basins as far north as 88 degrees latitude, just below the North Pole, as well as data from three other cruises.

After the city detected elevated lead in the Walters family's water, and she was refused help by MDEQ, Mrs. Walters took her case to EPA Region 5 employee Miguel Del Toral, who collaborated with our lab to sample her tap water.

Taking steps to prevent outside contamination from plumbing fixtures or sampling equipment, they sampled from sink taps before building closure; while the water was fresh from the city supply; and again after the water sat in contact with the interior plumbing for a week.

Traditionally, water was tested for contamination with bacteria by taking a sample and trying to grow the bacteria in the lab.

In July and August, volunteers also collect water samples that are taken to the Marine Biological Laboratory where they are analyzed for nitrogen, phosphorus, and chlorophyll.

Already the team has improved its sensor design and plans to take a series of samples in the waters off Bermuda to examine seasonal variations and other fluxes.

A summer internship taking water samples at a plant in Butte that her father had helped build «made me realize I did not want to spend my life in the lab,» she says.

In an expedition to the same region four years later, she had the chance to compare the measurements taken at different times, and found significantly less methane in the water sampleIn an expedition to the same region four years later, she had the chance to compare the measurements taken at different times, and found significantly less methane in the water samplein the water samples.

In order to solve this question, the team took samples from the seabed, from the boundary layer between the seabed and seawater, as well as from different water layers in the tropical oxygen minimum zone during the Expedition M92 with the German research vessel METEOR in January 201In order to solve this question, the team took samples from the seabed, from the boundary layer between the seabed and seawater, as well as from different water layers in the tropical oxygen minimum zone during the Expedition M92 with the German research vessel METEOR in January 201in the tropical oxygen minimum zone during the Expedition M92 with the German research vessel METEOR in January 201in January 2013.

Townsend - Small says water samples finding natural gas - derived methane in wells near Pennsylvania fracking sites were taken only after fracking had occurred, so methane levels in those wells were not documented prior to or during fracking in Pennsylvania.

Researchers must understand their subjects only by glimpses, bodies on beaches, orby what RV Shearwater is doing today, which is taking samples of water, squirting them with formaldehyde, then analyzing how rich the water is in copepods and what that means for the reproduction, health, and survival of the right whale.

After taking the samples back to the lab, the team sterilized the outside of the rocks, carved away their outer layers, then incubated the exposed samples in 65 °C waters similar to those infiltrating the sea floor at the site — poor in oxygen but rich in chemicals such as dissolved hydrogen, sulfates, acetates, methanol, and dimethyl sulfide.

[Music plays and an image appears of Dr Dong Han Seo walking towards the sea and taking a water sample from the sea with the Sydney Harbour bridge in the background and text appears: Sydney Harbour's secret to life - saving water filtration]

Subsequently, the researchers took water samples at regular intervals over a period of six days in order to be able to evaluate the efficiency of the eDNA analysis over time as well.

University of Delaware researchers take water and sediment samples in the St. Lawrence Seaway to study the dynamics of low - oxygen zones.

The rover has since taken its first photos and soil samples in what is expected to be at least a two - year study that may prove Mars once held water — and possibly life as we know it.

Scientists from Tsinghua University took samples from surface water the industrial wastewater, in the municipal wastewater treatment plant, and from Ouijang River, at Wenzhou city, which receives the treated wastewater.

For the current project outlined in the Nature article, research scientists drilled through the ice, down to the lake and took samples of the water for further study.

Moreover, we do cruises and take samples of waters in different locations in order to study the regional distribution of ocean acidification.

The students learned to take water samples for pollutants in a nearby creek, and soon expanded their project, testing all the streams in the area and following the water's path from their landlocked town to Chesapeake Bay.

At the same time, fifth and sixth graders were taking water samples from all the streams and lakes in town to test for pollution.

Ask students to think on the scale of their own homes: ask students what they would do if the water that came from the taps in their homes looked like the sample in your hands and engage in a brief class discussion about some possible actions students would take.

Water samples taken last fall at La Mirada Elementary School in San Ysidro found alarming levels of lead coming from eight drinking fountains.

Ten to 15 samples were to be taken at each school, including the city water connection, a water fountain in the gym, a water source in the kitchen and random samples.

All 38 of those sample locations, which are in 19 schools, have been disconnected and taken out of service until repairs can be made and water retested.

Be sure to take in a urine sample and monitor your french bulldog's water intake for a day or so prior to taking them to the veterinarian.

Along the way you might uncover the story of Portugal's famous fortified wine, take a pleasureable stroll through villages steeped in tradition, admire a range of magnificent historic architecture and sample some of the fresh and mouth - watering seafood for which Portugal is justly renowned.

Santa Barbara Channelkeeper preserved a critical public health service when we took over weekly beach water quality sampling from Santa Barbara County Environmental Health Services in the winter of 2008 - 2009.

Take to the waters for a spot of Greek island hopping or sample Portugal's finest wines in the Douro Valley.

Once you have made birth at the private pontoon you can take part in such water sports as snorkeling in the un-spoilt and beautiful reefs and lagoons, take trip on the glass bottomed boat and unlimited banana boat rids as well as parasailing on request and even sample SCUBA diving in this amazing scenery.

Samui Buri Beach Resort is a four - star resort located beachfront at Maenam, in Samui, Thailand.Maenam is a quiet beach, with picturesque views of Koh Phangan, and a wide stretch of white sand and blue waters, providing ample spots to just chill out by the beach.Maenam Walking Street, an exciting night market taking place on Thursdays 17:00 onwards, is a great opportunity to sample street side snacks and explore the local life a little bit more, with plenty of live music, and cheap shopping options such as t - shirts, toys and handicrafts.Samui Buri Beach Resort has 84 luxurious units of guestrooms and pool villas, and all of it are furnished with conveniences such as air conditioning, IDD phone, TV with satellite and cable channels, in - house movies, DVD player, in - room safe, en - suite bathroom with shower and toiletries, and private plunge pool (only for pool villas).

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A couple of years ago I went out with my rowing boat (I live 100 yards from the sea) and took water samples in a container from various depths and measured the temperature after leaving the water in the bucket for various timings.