The greatest potential hazard from a leaking UST is that its contents (petroleum or other hazardous substances) can seep into the soil and contaminate groundwater, the source
of drinking water for nearly half of all Americans.
Coldwater Indian Band argued that the effects of the project on its reserve aquifer (which is the sole source
of drinking water for 90 % of its residents) were never assessed or understood.
Successfully represented a group of property and casualty insurers in a coverage and bad faith lawsuit in Houston, Texas, in which the insureds sought more than $ 100 million for alleged business interruption losses, costs associated with defense of toxic tort suits, Superfund project costs, and bad faith damages, all arising from the insureds» operation of a California landfill deemed to have polluted a key source
of drinking water for the Los Angeles area.
The Ganges river delta is the main source
of drinking water for hundreds of millions of people.
Temperatures dropping Opponents of the 1,900 - kilometre pipeline being developed by Texas - based Energy Transfer Partners say it threatens the Missouri River, a source
of drinking water for several American states.
The Aberdares Forest is the source
of drinking water for millions of Kenyans, including the population of Nairobi.
The solar - powered sculpture that could desalinate 1.5 billion gallons
of drinking water for California.
The Himalayas... provide more than half
of the drinking water for 40 % of the world's population... Within the next half - century, that 40 % of the world's people may well face a very serious drinking water shortage, unless the world acts boldly and quickly to mitigate global warming.»
The Silent Valley Reservoir in Northern Ireland collects H20 from the Moune Mountains and distributes it as the main source
of drinking water for the bulk of County Down and Belfast.
Over the approximately 11 - year life of a washer, that's enough water to fill up three backyard swimming pools or provide a lifetime
of drinking water for six people!
So carafes
of drinking water for customers on the beach, and reusable cups for divers needing a drink in their surface interval.
Use this as the only source
of drinking water for your cat.
Nestled between Glenmore Trail, Crowchild Trail and 37th Street (the westerly border of the Calgary city limits), the neighbourhood was originally named because of the view that area residents had of the Glenmore Reservoir — a large, artificial reservoir on the Elbow River that's a primary source
of drinking water for the city.
And if we cross the oceans and seas we also read in India aboutthe Children's Parliament, or the College of Thonnakutta Alli that had no infrastructure
of drinking water for its students.
Scientists over at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney have developed a new, revolutionary water that filter that could potentially improve the quality
of drinking water for millions of people worldwide.
Proposed new uranium mining threatens to contaminate the only source
of drinking water for 15,000 people on Navajo lands.
«The bottom line is: these rules fail to protect the nation's public lands — home to our last wild places, and sources
of drinking water for millions of people — from the risks of fracking,» said Amy Mall, a senior policy analyst at the Natural Resources Defense Council, in a statement.
Sorek can produce a thousand liters
of drinking water for 58 cents.
The results could have far - reaching consequences for Andean water resources as the lakes provide 60 per cent
of the drinking water for Cuenca, the third largest city in Ecuador.
City Manager Michael Ciaravino says the state of emergency was declared because of the discovery of Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) in Silver Stream and Washington Lake, the main source
of drinking water for Newburgh.
Before the methane storage project was approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in October 2014, hundreds of citizens tried every possible legal means to prevent the expansion of fracked gas storage at Seneca Lake, a source
of drinking water for 100,000 people and to object to a form of industrialization that places us in harm's way.
They then headed into the only stream serving as the source
of drinking water for the community.
Senator Schumer on Tuesday visited Washington Lake, the main source
of drinking water for Newburgh that is contaminated with PFOS.
The lake is a source
of drinking water for Onondaga County and the city of Syracuse.
In May, the public learned of PFOS contamination in the main source
of drinking water for Newburgh — Washington Lake.
That is the equivalent of a lifetime supply
of drinking water for a family of four.»
In 2006, two years after Vedanta acquired the mine, the company dumped hazardous waste into the Kafue River, a major source
of drinking water for the country, according to a lawsuit filed on behalf of 2,000 residents.
Similarly, there's a chance that the pipeline's multiple water crossings could also contravene Ontario's Clean Water Act, which is designed to protect the sources
of drinking water for the province's communities.
Not exact matches
In 2006, design and marketing agency Aruliden helped devise a branding and product - design strategy
for Q
Drinks, a line
of all - natural tonic
water that had yet to hit store shelves.
Instead
of going
for the desserts though, Allred recommends
drinking water before you cave in to your sugar cravings.
We also have monthly events like Fit
for Fall, a fitness initiative that encourages employees to get active, eat healthy, and
drink lots
of water.
Sure, you show up because
of the desks and Wi - Fi, but you keep coming back
for the funky decor, the free fruit
water, and the «colleagues» you can grab a
drink with after work.
The role
of skin absorption as a route
of exposure
for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in
drinking water.
The United Nations estimates that by 2050 more than 60 %
of the world's population will lack fresh
water for drinking and cooking.
That's
for two nights in a standard five - star hotel room, two pub meals
for two, two restaurant dinners
for two, car rentals
for two days, two pints
of beer, four liters
of soft
drinks or
water and some shopping: a pair
of jeans and sports shoes.
I dealt with running out
of clean
drinking water for days on end (which is truly horrifying when you are actually without
water); countless illnesses and protests that forced my team and I to be put on lockdown.
Known
for its long stretches
of white sandy beach, Negril is one
of the island's hot spots, as is the area's not - so - creatively - named Seven Mile Beach; by day, revelers sip on rum punch and frolic in the warm
waters, and my night they
drink more rum punch and dance to live reggae bands and steel drum performances.
The good news
for investors is the promise held out by a growing cadre
of companies working to take on that infrastructure upgrade, turning unusable
water into something we can
drink and making
water consumption more efficient.
Water technology companies, which are the fastest - growing businesses, are finding ways to make the 99 % of the earth's water that we can't drink (seawater, waste water, polluted water) safe for
Water technology companies, which are the fastest - growing businesses, are finding ways to make the 99 %
of the earth's
water that we can't drink (seawater, waste water, polluted water) safe for
water that we can't
drink (seawater, waste
water, polluted water) safe for
water, polluted
water) safe for
water) safe
for use.
This massive undertaking will help scientists better understand how much liquid
water is contained within snow and how viable snow is as a resource
of liquid
water on our planet
for drinking, agriculture, and hydropower.
In the study, 87 college students from the University
of Chicago were given the task to
drink 1.4 litres
of water in two minutes
for different cash rewards.
After you get your fill
of playing in the
water, you can hop over to the British Virgin Islands
for a day and
drink on a pirate ship.
In the Slingshot's current form (soon to be updated in a beta stage), it can deliver around 800 litres
of clean
drinking water daily — enough
for about 300 people — and uses as much electricity in an hour as a basic hair dryer.
Luckily scientists have come up with a handful
of ways to get the salt out
of water and make it safe
for drinking, and they're working on developing more.
The startup has installed systems in areas
of Ecuador, Jordan, Mexico, and the Philippines that lack the infrastructure
for drinking water.
For, say, a half - hour meeting of six writers and an editor at a company the size of Inc., the $ 189 spent could give clean drinking water to 9 people in Africa for 20 years, or «significantly impact» relief efforts in Hai
For, say, a half - hour meeting
of six writers and an editor at a company the size
of Inc., the $ 189 spent could give clean
drinking water to 9 people in Africa
for 20 years, or «significantly impact» relief efforts in Hai
for 20 years, or «significantly impact» relief efforts in Haiti.
The biggest hurdle
for the pro-industry side: The rapid expansion
of fracking over the last five years has resulted in confirmed cases
of drinking water contamination, a house explosion, and air pollution.
With VR having such a positive impact with potential donors, nonprofits have created a wide range
of immersive experiences, from Oxfam's 360 experience
of searching
for clean
drinking water in Kenya to Conservation International's exploration
of the Amazon «s fragile canopy.
Five years on, he makes up one - third
of WateRoam, the company behind a portable
water filtration system that has gained United Nations recognition
for providing clean
drinking water to more than 30,000 people in remote villages and disaster areas across Southeast Asia.
Rather than
drink small cups
of water, I always ask
for the full bottle.