Sentences with phrase «lake water quality»

Earlier this year, the researchers reported that poorer lake water quality increased the odds of living in a hot spot.

Surprisingly, we got one last week, as Environment Minister Peter Kent and EPA administrator Lisa Jackson approved a new Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement in Washington.

A new report shows that if farmers apply agricultural best management practices (BMPs) on half the cropland in the Maumee River watershed, the amount of total phosphorus and dissolved reactive phosphorus leaving the watershed would drop by 40 percent in an average rainfall year — the amount agreed to in the 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement between the U.S. and Canada.

Owasco Lake water quality issues have existed for years, but there was heightened concern last fall when cyanotoxins from blue - green algae blooms were detected in Auburn and Owasco's drinking water supply.

Denning said that the clay pigeons and lead shot that had settled to the bottom of the lake pose relatively little or no hazards to wildlife or lake water quality in relation to other deposits.

«From improving lake water quality and protecting farmland, to creating good paying local jobs and battling the heroin epidemic; we need a representative that will be present in our counties and not just send press releases from D.C.»

«In 40 % of Europe's lakes the water quality does not meet the demands of EUs Water Framework Directive, mainly due to phosphorus pollution.

Our objective was to develop an eco-epidemiological modeling approach to characterize the spatial relationships between areas of higher than expected ALS incidence and lake water quality risk factors derived from satellite remote sensing as a surrogate marker of exposure.

To the best of our knowledge this work represents one of the first studies to spatially link residential location, ALS cases, and inland lake water quality.

The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 1972 was signed by Canada and the United States.

Auburn and Cayuga County leaders have urged the state to provide more funding to improve Owasco Lake water quality and upgrade water infrastructure.

By improving drainage to retain or remove more phosphorus before it discharges into waterways, this strategy will contribute to the binational and provincial 40 % phosphorus reduction target under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement and the Western Lake Erie Collaborative Agreement.

Broadly, we found that poorer lake water quality was significantly associated with increased odds of belonging to an ALS cluster in the region.

The Wastewater Investment Initiative will include media tours of the wastewater treatment plant, public announcements and a forum with selected Great Lakes water quality and environmental experts.

Researchers hope improvements to forest health and lake water quality will follow.