Sentences with phrase «levels of water supplies»

Moreover, a levee failure could allow saltwater to mix with the Delta's freshwater, increasing the salinity levels of water supplies and harming the local aquatic ecosystems.

The by - products of metal - working and plastic production are seriously toxic and mutagenic; pharmaceuticals and pesticides are found in all levels of the water supply.

Not exact matches

That month, the combined supply at all of California's biggest reservoirs stood at about 78 % of their average levels, but officials remained cautiously optimistic, saying there was no guarantee that the state would see enough storms to fully raise water levels.

The state's snowpack reserves, which typically supply California's farmers and residents with roughly a third of their water, lingered at their lowest level in history in 2015.

Rising sea - levels — particularly when combined with storm events — are just one of several factors that could endanger the integrity of the Delta's 1,100 miles of earthen levees, which protect the state's water supply and the region's agricultural, transportation, and energy systems from flooding and saltwater intrusion.35 Earthquakes, land subsidence, and floods present serious threats to the aging levees as well.

California's water supply levels were bolstered in March but still sit below normal, after several late winter storms increased snowpack and reservoir levels, according to the California Department of Water Resouwater supply levels were bolstered in March but still sit below normal, after several late winter storms increased snowpack and reservoir levels, according to the California Department of Water ResouWater Resources.

Water supply to about 27,000 rice farmers in Central Luzon in the Philippines was cut off due in part to decreasing water levels at Angat Dam, bringing attention again to the need for everyone to save water even for growing rice, the «thirstiest» of all cWater supply to about 27,000 rice farmers in Central Luzon in the Philippines was cut off due in part to decreasing water levels at Angat Dam, bringing attention again to the need for everyone to save water even for growing rice, the «thirstiest» of all cwater levels at Angat Dam, bringing attention again to the need for everyone to save water even for growing rice, the «thirstiest» of all cwater even for growing rice, the «thirstiest» of all crops.

Make sure you drink plenty of filtered water since hydration levels can affect your milk supply.

The water will not only help you drink less, but it will also help lower your blood alcohol level and thus lower the amount of alcohol in your supply.

Most reported cases have been ascribed to the use of contaminated well water for preparation of infant formula.1 — 3 Fifteen million families in the United States obtain their drinking water from unregulated wells.4 In a survey of 5500 private water supplies from 9 Midwestern states, 13 % of the wells were found to have nitrate concentrations > 10 mg / L or 10 ppm nitrate nitrogen, 5 the federal maximum contaminant level.6 It is estimated that 2 million families drink water from private wells that fail to meet the federal drinking - water standard for nitrate, and 40000 infants younger than 6 months live in homes that have nitrate - contaminated water supplies.4 In urban areas, municipal wastewater - treatment discharges (a source of nutrients) on surrounding farmland aggravate the problem.7

The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry is slightly more conservative, suggesting that the caries risk to the individual child also be considered: «The AAPD endorses the supplementation of a child's diet with fluoride according to established guidelines1, when fluoride levels in community water supplies are sub - optimal and after consideration of sources of dietary fluoride and the caries risk of the child.»

Nonetheless, state environmental officials downplayed residents» complaints and vehemently disputed local studies that found a link between elevated blood - lead levels among children and the water source switch, until, in October, Snyder conceded the situation had become a «public safety issue» and announced a $ 12m plan to transfer Flint back to its previous supply with the city of Detroit.

«The village of Hoosick Falls has incurred unbudgeted expenses over the past two years to address elevated PFOA levels in the village's municipal water supply,» said Dina Silver Pokedoff, a Saint - Gobain spokeswoman.

The state Department of Health has been aware that there were dangerous levels of PFOA in the water in the municipal water supply for Hoosick Falls since at least 2014, and that it was above the recommended federal level of 400 parts per trillion put in place in 2009.

The Hoosic River runs through the village, which has become the epicenter of a public health crisis after researchers discovered that the public water supply was tainted with high levels of perfluorooctanoic acid, which is used to make Teflon.

Months after the state of New York began responding to high levels of a toxic chemical in water supplies in Hoosick Falls, several steps have been taken, including the installation of filtration systems on the village water supply and private wells.

The presence of blue - green algae became more of a concern last year when detectable levels of toxins were found in drinking water supplies for Auburn and Owasco.

The timeline assembled by the village of Hoosick Falls — with assistance from a public relations firm, Behan Communications — details the outreach village leaders said they made to elected officials as far back as December 2014 seeking assistance in dealing with the growing realization that the town's water supply showed unsafe levels of the toxic compound.

Officials said the typical level of the toxic chemical found in the blood samples of more than 2,000 Rensselaer County residents is about 11 times higher than the national average, but well below levels detected in other areas of the nation where the contaminant has also polluted public water supplies.

Authorities have attributed the situation to the lowering level of water in the various hydro dams and the piecemeal natural gas supply from Nigeria.

Tests conducted more than a year later showed levels of PFOA — which has been linked to kidney and testicular cancer and thyroid problems — in the town water supply that are just below the federal warning levels, and the state is now helping distribute bottled water throughout the town.

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr. today called upon the New York State Canal Corp. to take pro-active steps to reduce the amount of water flowing out of Hinckley Reservoir due to the extremely low water level in the reservoir, which serves as the major drinking water source for the Utica region and also supplies water to the Erie Canal.

New York City will adjust its procedure of testing for lead in the water supply of schools, after experts said the city's methods could lower the levels found.

«The Clean Water Infrastructure Act of 2017 commits historic levels of funding and takes aggressive actions to preserve our water supply while creating a national model for the protection of drinking water,» said New York State Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Howard ZuWater Infrastructure Act of 2017 commits historic levels of funding and takes aggressive actions to preserve our water supply while creating a national model for the protection of drinking water,» said New York State Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zuwater supply while creating a national model for the protection of drinking water,» said New York State Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zuwater,» said New York State Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker.

Poughkeepsie... The Dutchess County Department of Health (DCDOH) has issued a report summarizing the significant decline in methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) levels in Dutchess County public water supplies over the past decade.

ALBANY — Hoosick Falls residents who drank from the tainted municipal water supply have, on average, more than 30 times the national level of a toxic chemical in their blood, according to state health department data obtained by POLITICO.

The level of PFOA in affected areas has been much higher than the new benchmark, leading communities to establish alternate water supplies.

Newburgh's municipal water supply has tested at twice the Environmental Protection Agency's recommended safety level of PFOS, or perfluorooctanesulfonic acid.

The city water supply, which recorded a level almost three times the new federal safety limit of 70 parts per trillion, first tested positive in 2014.

The town of Petersburgh nearby also had dangerous levels of PFOA in its municipal water supply.

Last November, we took you to the small and rural village of Hoosick Falls, which was grappling with a report of contaminated water after elevated levels of the chemical perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA was detected in the water supply.

Hoosick Falls, which had high levels of PFOA in its water supply, has since installed a temporary filter on its water system, though many private wells have not been cleared for use.

supply for Hoosick Falls High School, which so far has not found detectable levels of the toxin in its water.

As NY1 reported last month, elevated levels of a hazardous chemical were detected in the village's water supply, and residents felt that the state was slow to respond.

It was 16 months, remember, from August 2014 — when state officials first learned of high levels of perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, in Hoosick Falls» public drinking water supply and private wells — to the time the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency stepped in and told residents not to drink or cook with their tap water, in December 2015.

In the Capital Region, concerns about PFOA found in water supplies in Rensselaer County erupted in 2014 when Michael Hickey, a former village trustee whose father died of cancer, sent samples from the Hoosick Falls water system to a Canadian lab that reported levels of PFOA that the EPA had advised were not safe for human consumption.

In June 2015, tests of the public water supply in Hoosick Falls were found to contain more than 600 parts per trillion of PFOA, according to a November letter from the E.P.A., with levels near the plastics factory going as high as 18,000 parts per trillion.

Marc Edwards — Dr. Edwards was recognized by AAAS for his efforts to apply his engineering expertise to revealing dangerous levels of lead contamination in water supplies in Flint, Michigan.

The primary aim of the study was to determine how rising carbon dioxide levels will affect Asia's «water towers» — the glaciers whose meltwater supplies drinking and irrigation water for 1.4 billion people.

Then, another agency, the California Department of Public Health, will adopt a regulation setting a maximum allowable level for water supplies based on the health goal but also considering economic and technological complications.

But the balance between DVMs and the limited deep - water oxygen supply could be easily upset, Bianchi said — particularly by climate change, which is predicted to further decrease levels of oxygen in the ocean.

The muddying of coastal waters by climate change could drastically increase levels of neurotoxic mercury in sea life, contaminating food supplies.

The initiative allowed stakeholders at all levels of the food supply chain to exchange ideas and increase awareness of water as a scarce resource12.

In 2005, water supplies to the northeastern city of Harbin had to be cut off after an explosion at a chemical plant on the Songhua River spilled benzene into the water, pushing levels to more than 100 times safe limits.

Reservoir levels were retreating so sharply during summer in the Southern Hemisphere that officials had warned that the city's water supply would be shut off on «Day Zero» in April, forcing most of the city's 4 million inhabitants to queue for rationed potable water.

In 2005, water supplies to the northeastern city of Harbin were cut off after an explosion at a chemical plant spilled benzene into the Songhua River, pushing levels to more than 100 times safe limits.

The sensors will be used for anything from constantly monitoring the traffic on a local road, or the water level in a river to the temperature at the beach or the supply of food in a refrigerator.

A team of environmental scientists hired by New York City in 2009 to evaluate fracking's environmental impact concluded that the process could be «catastrophic» to the city's water supply because it degraded water quality and exposed residents to potentially «chronic low levels of toxic chemicals.»

After the city returned to the Lake Huron water source supplied by the Great Lakes Water Authority, the risk of a Flint neighborhood presenting with Legionnaires» disease retreated to historically normal lewater source supplied by the Great Lakes Water Authority, the risk of a Flint neighborhood presenting with Legionnaires» disease retreated to historically normal leWater Authority, the risk of a Flint neighborhood presenting with Legionnaires» disease retreated to historically normal levels.

Shutting down the region's water supply was an «appropriate level of precaution,» he adds.