Sentences with phrase «on public water supplies»

Beyond the benefits to individual homeowners, rainwater harvesting can also be good for the local community, as it reduces the erosion, flooding and pollution runoff associated with heavy rainfall, and lessens reliance on public water supplies, alleviating some of the burden on utilities.

I was sitting at my desk at the EPA, buried in paper, and the phone rings, and an elected official asks if I have two to three million dollars to give to the Village of Hoosick Falls to install a carbon filtration system on their public water supply that serves thousands of people.

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Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville), 49th State Senate District candidate, today is calling on the New York State Senate to join the state Assembly and the U.S. House of Representatives and hold public hearings on the safety of our state's water supply.

HOOSICK FALLS — Gov. Andrew Cuomo made his first visit to Hoosick Falls on Sunday, about 100 days after the polluted town water supply blew up into one of the most serious public health crises his administration has experienced.

Following the devastation in Puerto Rico caused by Hurricane Maria, and months without sufficient electricity, water and supplies, the public school system on the island now faces potential manmade devastation: closures of almost 350 public schools.

«I urge you to move beyond accusatory letters and, rather, work cooperatively with EPA Region 2 and the residents of Hoosick Falls on the important work of cleaning up the contamination in the Village and protecting the public drinking water supply,» she wrote.

The town water supply in Petersburgh showed elevated results of PFOA of almost 100 parts per trillion, according to results made public on Saturday.

Riverkeeper is actively involoved in litigation, advocacy, and public education surrounding the issue of shale gas extraction and related infrastructure, particularly because of the potential impacts on New York State's drinking water supplies.

He has focused his efforts on saving taxpayer dollars through Government Reform — boosting Economic Development to create local and lasting Suffolk County jobs — improving Long Island's Water Quality to protect the region's water supply — and enhancing the Quality of Life of Suffolk residents by improving public safety and investing in County parks and rWater Quality to protect the region's water supply — and enhancing the Quality of Life of Suffolk residents by improving public safety and investing in County parks and rwater supply — and enhancing the Quality of Life of Suffolk residents by improving public safety and investing in County parks and roads.

Depending on the extent of the pollution in Newburgh, an even larger portion of the public could have been exposed to chemicals in their water supply.

Gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon is scheduled to visit Hoosick Falls on Wednesday afternoon to meet with residents of the embattled community who learned four years ago that their public and private water supplies had been polluted with a toxic manufacturing chemical.

It would address the decades - old issue of septic tanks on Long Island that threaten drinking water supplies and surface waters, according to a Senate report released last year after a series of public hearings chaired by Sen. Kemp Hannon (R - Garden City).

They also urged community members to turn out for PSC public hearings in Rockland October 1 and 2 on the county's water supply needs and the proposed plant.

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.

The researchers focused their global simulations on the U. S. and modeled the country's evolving economic activities in different geographic regions to determine the water requirements for five main sectors: thermoelectric cooling; public supply, such as for drinking water and other public utilities; industrial demand; mining; and irrigation.

The detector should not use certain inflammable material for safety reasons, and power and water supplies should be connected to the public networks, and so on.

There is a public water supply on the island but this isn't very wide reaching and so most resorts rely on their own wells and bore holes for year round fresh water.

Meanwhile, EPA is also scheduled to release for public comment by year's end a long - awaited study on fracking's impact on drinking - water supplies.

Here's the mission: «The Caucus will serve as an organization to educate members on economically - viable options to reduce climate risk and protect our nation's economy, security, infrastructure, agriculture, water supply and public safety.»

Socio (s): CBD, IAEA, UNCCD, UNCTAD, UNDESA, UNECLAC, UNHCR, UNU, United Nations Secretary General Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation, Gender and Water Alliance, Global Water Partnership, International Association of Hydrogeologists, International Association of Hydrological Sciences, International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage, International Hydropower Association, International Water Association, International Water Management Institute, Public Services International, RAMSAR — Convention on Wetlands, Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future, Stockholm International Water Institute, The World Conservation Union, Aquafed, WaterAid, Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council, Women for Water Partnership, World Business Council on Sustainable Development, World Water Council, World Wide Fund for Nature

Urban Water Management Plan (2015) presents the latest information on the San Francisco Public Utility Commission's service areas, Hetch Hetchy Regional Water System and other water systems operated by the SFPUC, system supplies and demands, water supply reliability, Water Conservation Act of 2009 compliance, water shortage contingency planning, and demand manageWater Management Plan (2015) presents the latest information on the San Francisco Public Utility Commission's service areas, Hetch Hetchy Regional Water System and other water systems operated by the SFPUC, system supplies and demands, water supply reliability, Water Conservation Act of 2009 compliance, water shortage contingency planning, and demand manageWater System and other water systems operated by the SFPUC, system supplies and demands, water supply reliability, Water Conservation Act of 2009 compliance, water shortage contingency planning, and demand managewater systems operated by the SFPUC, system supplies and demands, water supply reliability, Water Conservation Act of 2009 compliance, water shortage contingency planning, and demand managewater supply reliability, Water Conservation Act of 2009 compliance, water shortage contingency planning, and demand manageWater Conservation Act of 2009 compliance, water shortage contingency planning, and demand managewater shortage contingency planning, and demand management.

On the heels of the EPA announcement, an in - depth article in the New York Times, «Clean Water Laws Are Neglected, at a Cost in Suffering,» offers new insights into public drinking water supply contaminaWater Laws Are Neglected, at a Cost in Suffering,» offers new insights into public drinking water supply contaminawater supply contamination.

«On 29 November 2012 the Queensland Parliament, with a Liberal National Party government, reversed the previous Labor government's mandate requiring certain public potable water supplies to add fluoride to the water.»

In a Ghanaian town called Savelugu, for example, a public water company supplies bulk water to the community, which takes care of pricing, distribution, and maintenance of water pipes on its own.

EPA said that the draft environmental analysis needed further work on a range of issues, ranging from the basic need for the pipeline given U.S. clean energy and carbon pollution reduction goals to its potential impacts on greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution, wetlands, migratory birds, public water supplies and minority communities.

• Green roof on storage area for growing herbs • The restaurant and the recycling site is open to the public, schools, and trainee chefs as an educational resource • Water purification on site to minimize road miles, plastic and glass use • Uses green electricity where possible and energy efficiency measures • Carefully honed supply chain emphasizing local producers

Further on in the judgment, the Court answered the question whether under article 6 (4) of directive 92/43 irrigation and supply of drinking water constitute imperative reasons of overriding public interest that can justify the project impact on the integrity of the sites concerned.

Thus, supply of drinking water is a consideration relating to human health is an imperative reason of overriding public interest, but, on the other hand, irrigation is only so to the extent that it may have beneficial consequences of primary importance for the environment.

To which extent do you think the analysis of the ECJ in Case C - 43 / 10 Nomarchiaki on irrigation (environment) and supply of drinking water (human health) as imperative reasons of overriding public interest is transposalbe as a rule - of - reason - justification to the free movement provisions?

(Board of Environmental Review)(Public Water and Sewage System Requirements) Notice of Public Hearing on Proposed Amendment - Plans for Public Water Supply or Wastewater System - Fees - Definitions - Water Supply - Chemical Treatment of Water

(b) For each new or current account to supply water, the public and private water suppliers shall maintain a record of identifying information on the applicant for the water service and shall seek reimbursement of unpaid charges for water service furnished initially from the person who incurred the charges.