Sentences with phrase «of water supplies»

Growing organic foods help to keep chemicals out of the water supplies and help protect the farmers and other workers from having contact with harmful chemicals and pesticides.

The quality and safety of our water supply is also closely monitored with weekly checks to maintain safe drinking water standards.

Others include poisoning of water supplies, high levels of atmospheric ash, crop damage, and disruption to transport.

Throughout the year, the 2.3 million inhabitants of these two cities receive about 15 % of their water supply from glaciers, with this percentage almost doubling during the dry season.

As our leader he could and should have called for an independent professional examination of our water supply.

Testing of water supplies, isolation of virus strains, and identification of carriers are the types of measures undertaken by public health officials.

The detergent's cleaning ability is based on the ingredients in the formula, the quality of your water supply, and your laundry skills.

These pipes typically exhibit signs of failure at or around the 40 - year mark, and failure can be accelerated by the chemical composition of the water supply.

The utility implemented rate structures that reflect the costs of water supply and delivery and recognizes customers by their water - use efficiency.

We will ensure the future reliability of our water supply without any interruption to current operations.

For tenants, that means the lack of water supply can't be used as a convenient excuse to cancel a lease, penalty - free.

But looking at the industry's history and the severe problem with horizontal wells, they are not in a position to guarantee the integrity of the water supply.

In fact, more than half of our water supply came from groundwater during the last year.

The magnesium content of the water supply varied significantly between the municipalities, but had not changed over a 10 - year period.

Thus, we must be mindful of the water intensity of our energy supplies, as well as the energy intensity of our water supplies, as we address drought and climate change.

Thus, timing of water supply will be increasingly out of sync with demand, which is highest in the summer.

A hardworking individual who is well - versed in setting up irrigation channels to ensure delivery of water supply to each crop row on the farmland.

When this occurs, the uranium drops out of the water supply and can be recovered from the soil.

Inspection also covers the examination of the water supply and drainage systems, fuel storage systems as well as water heating equipment.

You can't easily alter the composition of your water supply every time you want a delicious cup.

And then there's the serious potential for contamination of the water supply in areas being fracked.

A company at the center of investigations into PFOA contamination of water supplies in Hoosick Falls, New York and Bennington, Vermont has received proposals to provide clean drinking water to a similarly affected community in New Hampshire.

According to the residents, the Tano river which serves as a major source of water supply for the people is being polluted by galamsey operators.

«This rollback will mean more asthma and other breathing disorders associated with air pollution, more contamination of water supplies by residue from mining fossil fuels and more money wasted on infrastructure for a dying energy industry,» Francis said.

Everyone across the district seems aware of the water supply issues in the Klamath Basin, but also with their own water supply.

Apart from relying upon imported freshwater and local yield as well as seawater (for flushing) to meet its demand needs, Hong Kong has been exploiting reclaimed water, recycled grey water (including rainwater) and desalinated water in order to enhance the sources of its water supply infrastructure.

Concerns about the availability of water supplies needed for gas production, and questions about wastewater disposal have been raised by water - resource agencies and citizens throughout the Marcellus Shale gas development region.

Other areas discussed included the introduction of a 3 year ACWY meningococcal vaccine program, a continued commitment to culturally appropriate and innovative Aboriginal health programs, and the extension of fluoridation of water supplies.

The Mayor donated $ 6 million of his personal fortune to the Environmental Defense Fund to write «responsible» legislation governing the protection of water supplies.

The Grand Dixence Dam is situated on the relatively small Dixence River, but collects a large amount of water thanks to a system of water supply tunnels over 100 km long bringing water from other rivers and valleys.

«The dilemma,» Holmes says, «is how do you improve the sustainability of water supply to increase food security and food production as we go out into the future?»

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.

There are ways of securing balanced meals through chemical analysis of the soil or purification of the water supply.

The village of Hoosick Falls has voted to file two lawsuits related to the contamination of water supplies with the chemical PFOA.

Case studies show how the privatization of water supplies aggravates pollution and compromises human health.

He begins the film pursued and eventually captured by the War Boys, a band of hairless psychopaths with powder - bleached white skin, fleshy skeletons under the thrall of Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays - Byrne), a warlord who has seized control over his corner of the wasteland through tyrannical control of the water supply.

Through the construction of water supply systems in communities and rainwater harvesting systems in school compounds, Acqua for Life and Green Cross ensure community members, particularly women and children, have sustainable access to safe water.

Water is not scarce and desalinisation plants already furnish one fifth of the water supply of a big city like Madras, in India, with a process that uses reverse osmosis membranes.

And while there is some evidence that fracking has contributed to the depletion of water supplies in drought - stricken Texas, a study by Carnegie Mellon University indicates the Marcellus region has plenty of water and, in most cases, an adequate system to regulate its usage.

Prior to being deprived of my water supply on the reg, I never realized how much I rely on good old H20 throughout the day.

With one eye on a future where sites are self - sufficient in terms of water supply and disposal, Patrick Durkan argues that council land zonings and development contributions structures could recognise and stimulate such innovation.

This would have the big added benefit of destroying germs toxics and drugs in those wastes that are the major source of ever expanding pollution of water supplies across the globe Dr. J. Singmaster, Fremont, CA.

In the short run, the melting is producing an increase of water supplies and feeding population growth in major cities of the Andes, the experts said.

They'll also let local officials and their customers understand the risks of water supply shortages from longer and more severe droughts and improve the information sent to both customers and the state during droughts.