Sentences with phrase «local waterways»

It must not be placed on the ground surface because pathogens contained within the waste can cause harm to living organisms and create pollution in local waterways.

We also conduct regular water quality monitoring of local waterways.

Enjoy lunch in the garden of a private home and end the day on a relaxing boat ride along local waterways.

However, the complexity of local waterways and the number of favorable boating days per year leads to an increased risk of boating accidents.

Debris left on roadsides is often washed by rain and melted snow into local waterways through storm drains or blown directly into -LSB-...]

Some residents living along the pipeline's route, worried about the potential impact of a spill on local waterways, filed lawsuits and launched protests far from Washington.

The Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder is in regular (often daily) contact with local waterway managers.

Debris left on roadsides is often washed by rain and melted snow into local waterways through storm drains or blown directly into streams and lakes.

The Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder works closely with local waterway managers to ascertain whether providing environmental flows are likely to have a significant effect — the volumes and flows required to disperse blooms or dilute hypoxic blackwater events are often beyond what the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder holds or what can be delivered in regulated systems.

We collect and disseminate scientifically sound water quality data to aid decision - makers and the public in protecting local waterways, and to foster wider community awareness and involvement in protecting water quality.

Projects to stem overflows into the Buffalo River, Scajaquada Creek and other local waterways could be at risk, he said.

The town board decided in October not to pay a contractor to treat local waterways for the nuisance flies.

The Adirondack Council has viewed Stefanik, a sophomore Republican, as critical in efforts to preserve research grant funding for the Adirondack Lakes Survey Corporation (ALSC) in Ray Brook, a nonprofit laboratory that takes samples from local waterways annually to monitor acid rain recovery.

As local waterways silted up, Bruges lost its overseas trade and the diamond industry shifted to Antwerp, which in the late 15th century became the world's greatest trade centre overall.

This can however be complicated if the sources of additional water (e.g. the storage from which environmental water is released) is also affected or if local waterways are flooded and the threat of third party impacts is great.

The Sea Center takes pride in keeping local waterways marine debris free by hosting coastal cleanup days throughout the year.

If the Obama administration issues more unlawful and harmful permits, violating the very purpose of the Clean Water Act to protect the integrity of our nation's waters, coal companies could fill over 300 more valleys, level over 30,000 more mountain acres, destroy over 100 miles of streams, and pollute many more local waterways.

These events play an important role in keeping local waterways litter - free, ecologically viable and safe for drinking or other uses.

No matter what neighborhood you call home, you can help protect local waterways during Earth Week.

Therefore, he's invited the responsible parties to a public meeting next month in an attempt to bring transparency to a problem that's tainted local waterways for a century.

Cosmetics and other products that end up polluting local waterways could soon be banned from store shelves in Erie County.

State Senator Mark Grisanti is introducing legislation Saturday that would require prompt public alerts to sewage spills that enter local waterways.

However, problems like urban runoff and sewer overflows continue to trouble local waterways.

That «fracturing» process for natural gas is accompanied by use of toxic chemicals that often end up poisoning local waterways and aquifers.

In West Virginia and Pennsylvania, radioactive fracking waste is being processed at facilities like Antero Clearwater in Doddridge County, West Virginia, which claims it can produce water clean enough to be discharged back into nearby local waterways.

Local newspapers routinely urge Oak Lawn residents to look into buying flood insurance riders if their home lies in a flood plain, where local waterways can inundate an Oak Lawn property with water.

Your contributions help Channelkeeper monitor local waterways, protect and restore marine habitats, educate citizens and youth about the importance of water quality, and advocate for clean water and healthy watersheds in our community.

According to the suit, Chamandy cashed in more than $ 95 - million (U.S.) worth of Gildan stock in 2007 after the company's plant in Santo Domingo was hit both by a shutdown owing to managerial bungling and violent protests stemming from the plant's pollution of local waterways.

Bill Terribile of New City, a resident of the Lake Lucille community, said one day the water in the late turned a chocolate brown because of silt that made its way into local waterways as a result of problems at the Buena Vista Road development.

For the second time in five years, the state Department of Environmental Conservation has rejected Cheektowaga's plan to reduce sewer overflows into Scajaquada Creek and other local waterways.

Range begins planning to fill each impoundment months before a frack; it typically takes 90 days to purchase the water from local suppliers or withdraw it from local waterways.

Local elected officials, alongside leaders from Shedd Aquarium, Alliance for the Great Lakes and Illinois Environmental Council (IEC), announced a joint resolution to take on the nationwide fight against plastic pollution in local waterways in 2018.

The management of blue - green algal blooms is a responsibility of state government agencies and local waterway managers.

The association's 75 pilots, who are co-owners of the business, provide a critical service to the local and national economy by guiding all ships — including the Queen Mary and the thousands of cargo ships annually that dock in New Jersey chock full of consumer and industrial goods — through the local waterways.

Organic production also supports the environment, by focusing on improving the fertility of the soil, protecting biodiversity and protecting the health of local waterways.

Between 1999 and 2012 alone, mining in the Peruvian Amazon increased by 400 percent, resulting in rampant deforestation and the dumping of an estimated 3,000 tons of mercury into local waterways.

A new team led by biologist Andrew Casper will expand Shedd Aquarium's research of animals that live in local waterways — and how to protect them.

In this role, Dr. Casper will oversee a team of scientists studying the animals that live in local waterways and how to protect them.

«The bioswale filters storm water through native plants and a mixture of soil, organic compost and sand to remove harmful pollutants before releasing it into the storm drain system and back into our local waterways.»

That's 35 billion single - use plastic bottles with the potential of winding up local waterways and the ocean.

In celebration of Earth Day, fourth - grade students from Wantagh Elementary School shovel old clamshells into plastic mesh bags to create an oyster reef in the local waterways of the Great South Bay April 23, 2018.

• Last week, Suffolk County legislators banned microbeads, those tiny plastic balls found in some shower gels that experts say are a danger to local waterways.

But the hope for this law is to further expand protection of our local waterways and fresh water resources from contamination.

«Over a 25 - month period, the DEC measured that 57 million gallons of sewage was dumped right into our local waterways,» alleged Small, who is also Parkside Community Association executive director.

«In the western region of New York, despite the monumental efforts of wastewater operators, our region experienced sewer overflows which has caused thousands of gallons of raw sewage to flow into local waterways.

«We are particularly encouraged by her passion for improving the quality of drinking water and our local waterways.

«We are particularly encouraged by his passionate advocacy to improve the quality of drinking water and our local waterways.

From fighting for affordable housing and against pollution in local waterways, Councilmember Koo works hard to ensure the interests of his community are represented at the City Council.»