Sentences with phrase «local drinking water»

Certain harmful algal blooms, or HABs, have the potential to produce dangerous toxins that can contaminate local drinking water supplies, sicken people, harm aquatic life, and interfere with lake recreation activities.

Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville) today says two water main breaks in Rotterdam and a sewer break in Amsterdam underscore the continued urgent need for a new state program to repair and maintain vital local drinking water, sewer, storm water management and gas line infrastructure to protect lives, secure the viability of roads and bridges aboveground, and save tax dollars.

The Democrat on Thursday proposed a $ 65 million plan to study, treat and prevent the blooms, which can contaminate local drinking water supplies, sicken people and animals in the water and interfere with recreation.

The five - page fact sheet asks and responds to 17 of the most common questions about health risks and concludes with a section recommending links for additional information, which comes in response to what is now a well - documented issue involving the pollution of local drinking water sources over a period of years by a factory manufacturing non-stick products.

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

After exploring all possible mechanisms by which fracking might possibly negatively impact local drinking water supplies, the EPA reported: «We did not find evidence that these mechanisms have led to widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water resources in the United States.»

Fracking can lead to local drinking water becoming undrinkable and even flammable.

Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville), Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin (R,C,I - Schaghticoke) and Assemblyman Phil Palmesano (R,C,I - Corning) are joining with several local Capital Region officials in seeking a new state program to repair and maintain vital local drinking water, sewer, storm water management and gas line infrastructure to protect lives, secure the viability of roads and bridges aboveground and save tax dollars.

Martins, a former state senator and mayor of Mineola Village, framed himself as the most serious, experienced candidate to rebuild Nassau's «crumbling infrastructure» and protect the quality of local drinking water.

The 600 - plus - page report that resulted looks at a variety of ways fracking could have an effect on local drinking water: withdrawing millions of gallons of water needed to frack a well, improperly mixing chemicals with the water at the well, injecting that fracking fluid into the ground at high pressure to fracture rock as much as two miles beneath the surface, handling the contaminated water then produced by the well and finally improperly storing or disposing of that water.

In Prince Rupert and many other communities throughout British Columbia, there are widespread concerns about high lead levels in schools and local drinking water.

«An increase in these petroleum barges would pose a direct threat to fish and wildlife, local drinking water, the safety of waterfront communities, and economic development in our beautiful Hudson Valley region.

Howie Hawkins applauded the citizen activists who are protesting to protect Seneca Lake and their local drinking water from Crestwood's gas storage facility.

At 11 a.m., Assemblyman Jim Tedisco, Steve McLaughlin and Phil Palmesano join with several local Capital Region officials in seeking a new state program to repair and maintain vital local drinking water, sewer and storm water management infrastructure, back of the Assembly chamber, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

«An increase in petroleum tankers would pose a direct threat to coastal fish and wildlife, local drinking water, the safety of waterfront communities and economic development in our beautiful region,» said Assemblywoman Didi Barrett, a Hudson Valley Democrat.

«An increase in petroleum tankers would pose a direct threat to coastal fish and wildlife, local drinking water, the safety of waterfront communities, and economic development in our beautiful region.»

Too much chemical intrusion is polluting the local drinking water and marshlands, especially nitrogen, from industrial polluters, inadequate sewage infrastructure, and fertilizers and pesticides from farms and lawns.

It touted the Obama administration's $ 2.2 billion funding for restoration of the Everglades, which among other things will help improve the local drinking water supply.

(So that know how to convert the numbers, here are two examples: If your local drinking water contains 9 ppm of magnesium, that amount is the same as 9 milligrams per liter while if it contains 90 ppm, that amount is the same as 90 milligrams per liter.)

Local drinking water isn't always the microbe soup that some imagine.

Firms in both Pennsylvania and New York are handling the large number of cases which allege that local drinking water has been contaminated with PFOS and PFOA, unregulated chemicals which are ingredients in the foams.