Sentences with phrase «on water quality»

Management guidelines are needed to address threats to the property including pollutants impacting on water quality in the underground river.

The modelling will enable testing of drought scenarios and a thorough representation of their impacts on water quality, agriculture, biodiversity and economic losses.

He focuses his energies and does his best work on water quality and land preservation.

The document includes information on water quality, habitat, living resources, maritime archaeological resources, and the human activities that affect them.

Environmental groups are hopeful the focus will stay on water quality concerns after a trio of legislative hearings on the issue.

Price manages a team of 35 scientists who advise private consumers and industrial customers on water quality and distribution issues.

It wants statutory controls on water quality and shipping, and is calling for fishing limits to be agreed.

Depending on water quality, some people find that natural laundry soaps don't work well on their clothes.

The type of fish a customer has is another factor to consider when educating fish owners on water quality.

The Democratic - led Assembly earlier this year signaled it would hold a series of hearings on water quality issues in New York.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie on Monday insisted the never - held hearings on water quality issues in the state were not prompted by a request from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office.

Yet, the site also stresses: «Even in areas where test results have come back good or moderate, out of an abundance of caution it is advised to avoid swimming at public beaches in the Keys at this time due to potential effects on water quality related to Hurricane Irma.»

Of those 57 % of people who had heard of fracking, 69 % of them were very or somewhat concerned about the impact on water quality of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas.

PALACIOS — A Texas Watershed Steward workshop on water quality related to the Carancahua Bay and Tres Palacios watersheds will be held from 1 - 5 p.m. Feb. 15 at the First United Methodist Church, 209 Lucas Ave., Palacios.

You can call up the National Rivers Authority's data on water quality in the Mersey river basin, or tap into the computer system of Halton Borough Council to find out today's levels of air pollution in the neighbourhood.

Assembly Democrats have scheduled hearings for September on water quality issues in New York, to be held in Albany and on Long Island.

WATER TESTING REGS ELUSIVE — POLITICO's Marie J. French: Gov. Andrew Cuomo has repeatedly highlighted the state's focus on water quality issues in recent months, traveling to the Finger Lakes to announce new planning efforts to combat toxic algae and to Long Island to focus on cleaning up a toxic plume there.

MONT BELVIEU — Due to inclement weather, the Texas Watershed Steward workshop on water quality related to the Cedar Bayou originally scheduled for Jan. 17 is postponed to Feb. 8, program coordinators said.

Already science students at nearby Deerfield High School are keeping tabs on water quality by testing it monthly, and the Highland Park Park District is working on an educational program for the slough.

Less than 24 hours before a state Senate hearing on water quality begins in the Rensselaer County community of Hoosick Falls, the DEC has declared municipal landfills in the Village of Hoosick Falls and towns of Petersburgh and Berlin to be «potential» state superfund sites.

The water quality fund — also called the 477 Fund — was intended to be used for environmental projects, but in recent years some of the fund was put toward paying the salaries of those working on the water quality projects, Mr. Schneiderman said.

N.Y. State Health Commissioner Howard Zucker, right, testifies at a joint legislative hearing on water quality at the Capitol in Albany on Wednesday.

Funding for the EPA's Science to Achieve Results grants could disappear, eliminating critical funding for academic research on water quality, air pollution, and other priorities.

«We don't say toss out the plan and start from scratch — action on water quality, sediment, and fertiliser remain important — but events mean it needs to be shifted.»

Improved productivity per unit of nitrogen will also result in improved environmental outcomes, such as the impact of off - farm nutrients on water quality, he added.

And whereas standard solutions might have been good enough when there were fewer pressures on water quality and demand on water as a shared community resource, today water managers have to design to a much tighter and demanding sustainability brief,» he says.

«Lead poisoning is one of those silent epidemics,» says Dr. Jeffrey Griffiths, professor of public health at Tufts University in Boston, who has advised the EPA on water quality for some time.

Democrats from the mainline conference on Thursday are trekking to Long Beach for a news conference on water quality, including Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins and Sens. John Brooks, Todd Kaminsky and Daniel Squadron.

During joint legislative hearings on water quality Sept. 7, New York State committed to improve the Source Water Assessment for Newburgh, a key step, if done well, in preventing future crises.

This is also unnecessary since the tidal Thames effectively complies with the EU Directives on water quality and there are options, proven in several US cities and on the continent, not only to reduce the occasional storm water flows into the Thames, enough to collect perhaps 5 % sewage on the way, but also retain rain water for other greener uses.

«Once you have reviewed the data and the facts on water quality in the Lake, I am hopeful you too will celebrate what has been accomplished in Syracuse and Onondaga County.»

ALBANY, N.Y. — Environmental groups are cheering a renewed focus on water quality from state officials.

State lawmakers and the governor are discussing whether to spend billions of dollars on water quality upgrades and projects and Cuomo, too, has decried the proposed federal budget cuts as having a negative impact on New York.

«We have opportunity before us right now, to make historic progress on issues where we have been at a standstill for decades on water quality and our economy,» Bellone said.»

The joint hearings are reviewing statewide policies on water quality, and discussing any broad policy changes that could better protect the health of New Yorkers.

Joint hearings from Assembly and Senate lawmakers on water quality in New York will be held next month, lawmakers on Tuesday announced.

Adrienne Esposito, center, of Citizens Campaign for the Environment, testifies on Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, during a Manhattan hearing on water quality improvement efforts.

«My record on water quality, I think, is very strong.»

Last year, the state OK'd a plan that would allow East End towns to use a certain amount of its Community Preservation Funds on water quality matters — if they so choose.

The Democratic leadership of the Assembly, which like the Senate had previously been resistant to holding hearings, announced on Wednesday it would schedule two sessions on water quality issues.

In 2012 the Rockland County Soil and Water Conservation District produced a report card on water quality in Sparkill Creek according to biomonitoring data.

On September 15th, FERC announced it determined the state DEC took too long to decide on a water quality permit needed to expand the pipeline.

On Sept. 7, the state Assembly and Senate will hold what could be a contentious joint hearing in Albany on water quality issues.

Dag Hessen underlines that the reduced sulphur pollution and acid rain reduction are environmental victories, even though the unwanted long term effects on the water quality shows that it can take a long time to get back to normal.

As the summer progresses, field observations on water quality, algal biomass and toxicity will be collected by NOAA GLERL and CILER, the Ohio State University's Sea Grant Program and Stone Laboratory, Heidelberg University, the University of Toledo, Ohio EPA, and LimnoTech.

In addition, mussels filter the water and have a major influence on the water quality as a result.

Researchers investigated the impact of the cormorants» feces on water quality.

A University of Illinois survey of randomly selected households in Champaign - Urbana concluded that people are willing to pay to reduce flooding in their own basement, but they may also place a high value on water quality and the health of local rivers and streams.