Sentences with phrase «other water quality»

Maintains instrumentation and control equipment including recorders, flowmeter and other water quality monitoring equipment.
For this reason, aquarium heaters should be displayed in the aisle with other water quality products.
Dedicating the state money to the rebate program would allow the town to advance other water quality improvement projects, or make additional land purchases, using the preservation fund money, he said.
As the quality of drinking and surface water declines, why not use some of the money for water treatment systems and other water quality improvement programs?
Cuomo's office touted the grant and other water quality efforts, including the launch of the Finger Lakes Water Hub that provides staff to study algal bloom and focus on Owasco Lake watershed projects and other watersheds in the region.
Putting into practice techniques that keep contaminants like manure, phosphorus and pesticides — as well as road salt — from running off the land into creeks and streams and leading to bigger problems like algal blooms, bacteria proliferation and other water quality problems.
Before people filled the auditorium at Hoosick Falls Junior - Senior High School for a state Senate hearing chaired by Marchione on the Hoosick Falls and Petersburgh water crises and other water quality issues, Shaun Francis held a news conference to unveil a billboard critical of his opponent's response to the discovery of perfluorooctanoic acid, a suspected cancer - causing chemical, in both the village water system and wells in the village and surrounding town of Hoosick.

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Shel Horowitz's ebook, Painless Green: 111 Tips to Help the Environment, Lower Your Carbon Footprint, Cut Your Budget, and Improve Your Quality of Life — With No Negative Impact on Your Lifestyle, offers 111 tips to save energy, water, and other resources.
While many men continue to shave with cheap, canned creams, body soap, or worst of all, with nothing but water, the fact is that using a high quality shaving soap can easily help you get a closer shave and also reduce or eliminate razor burn, skin irritation and other common problems.
Various permits are also being advanced with state and federal agencies — such as water discharge, wetlands, air quality, water use and fish habitat permits and other approvals that will give them right - of - way access.
Bel Soley provides training to the farmers and monitors water quality, crop rotation and other production methods to manage quality control.
Water entitlements are used by environmental water managers to improve water quality, increase native fish and bird populations and promote the growth of native vegetation, among other beneWater entitlements are used by environmental water managers to improve water quality, increase native fish and bird populations and promote the growth of native vegetation, among other benewater managers to improve water quality, increase native fish and bird populations and promote the growth of native vegetation, among other benewater quality, increase native fish and bird populations and promote the growth of native vegetation, among other benefits.
Our other farm is in the Mulgowie area and has the best quality water in the valley.
The prerequisites include practices that protect air and water quality, conserve water, promote energy efficiency and reduced pesticide use, and preserve ecosystems and animal habitat, among many others.
The energy workshops will augment other workshops on topics such as integrated pest management, ecosystem management, and air and water quality, being planned by CSWA for late fall 2005 and early 2006 as part of the California wine community's Sustainable Winegrowing Program.
«Icelandic Glacial will not be positioned as a luxury good, but rather, a premium, high - quality water for the masses similar to other premium water brands who already have a presence in China.
Cabazon's AWS Gold certification is reflective of the facility's meeting of advanced - level criteria, including the site's positive contribution to the local groundwater system, best practice of the site's water balance, best practice of the site's water quality, and implementation of a water education program, among others.
In addition to earth - friendly methods for vineyards and surrounding ecosystems, sustainability includes energy efficiency, protection of air and water quality, enhanced relations with employees and neighbors, environmentally preferred purchasing, among many others.
Vidal blows any other target out the water for quality and what he'd offer us.
You can find some quality jewelry that is not affected by water, like Jewish Jewelry, but there are some other problems.
We have received a grant from the Foundation for MetroWest to assist Hudson and other MetroWest communities to protect and restore natural water balance and water quality through resilient landscapes.
Warm water adds to this causing the fibers to become entangled with each other, a quality we see in the fabric as felting.
Mass Audubon's Shaping the Future of Your Community program has received a grant from the Foundation for MetroWest to assist Hudson and other local communities with protecting and restoring natural water balance and water quality through resilient landscapes.
But commenting on the issue, the outspoken NPP man noted that the quality of water from rivers and other water bodies have been deteriorating over the years, adding that mining is a major contributory factor to the problem.
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.
A look back on the stories covering the water quality issues affecting Owasco Lake and other central New York waterways.
«The Environmental Facilities Corp. is pleased to assist New York City and 17 other local governments in their efforts to provide safe and reliable clean water systems, improving the environment and water quality, protecting public health, and creating jobs throughout the state,» said EFC President and CEO Matthew J. Driscoll.
Cuomo yesterday kicked off the first in a series of four summits addressing upstate lakes and other waterways threatened by harmful algal blooms, which can affect water quality and diminish recreational opportunities and tourism.
There is no reason to believe that the DRBC might somehow do other than what it always has done — protect water quality and water supply and conserve the resources of the basin for the public's recreation and enjoyment,» he said.
These models take into account other factors that can affect water quality, such as wind, rainfall and cloudiness of the beach water.
We should find some more about this and other park and river issues today at the Bronx Council on Environmental Quality's annual water conference today.
We encourage anglers to vigilantly follow the regulations prohibiting the movement of baitfish and other fish between waters to protect New York's high - quality fishing.»
They said Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration had failed to protect people in Hoosick Falls and other communities and asked why officials had refused to admit even the smallest mistake, which they said could signal that future water quality emergencies will be mishandled.
Its protection ensures ongoing timber resource protection, safeguards water quality of the Salmon River and allows for continued public access to state sanctioned snowmobile trails and other outdoor recreation,» according to Conservation Fund press release.
«NYSTA's knowledge of highway use and regulation and traffic impacts, while important, is highly limited within the context of a complex environmental review covering surface and groundwater, soils, bedrock and geology, storm water, air quality, habitat, and climate, among other areas of specialized knowledge and expertise,» they wrote.
Cuomo's health commissioner, Dr. Howard Zucker says as he examined numerous completed and still on going studies on fracking's effects on drinking water, air quality and other health issues, several «red flags» were raised, and he says he has «identified significant health risks in the current data» that have not been answered by conclusive long term studies with «large population pools».
Other concerns included contamination from future hydrofracking, the impact of water quality on house prices and residency, and safer and more cost - effective alternatives such as drainage repairs.
Other budget lines include land acquisition and water quality and land stewardship.
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York gets a D - plus grade for its regulation of industries that effect air and water quality, job growth and other essentials, according to a report by...
In Los Angeles, air quality, particularly from traffic, is one of the worst, but other areas have different problems — coal - fired power plants, chemical factories, contaminated water, hazardous waste.
The wasted earth and other materials are either put back onto the mountaintop in an approximation of their original contours, wreaking havoc on local ecosystems and biodiversity, or dumped into neighboring valleys, polluting lakes and streams and jeopardizing water quality for humans and wildlife.
«The challenge is how to integrate and scale up these and other parts of the solution to treat the number of acres needed to see measureable improvements in water quality,» he said.
Some are trying to promote regeneration of timber species, whereas others are trying to yield a broad array of ecosystem services such as carbon storage, maintenance of water flow and quality, and biodiversity.»
He said formal collaboration on environmental issues in the region dates back at least as far as 1983, during the Reagan administration, when bilateral cooperation was called on to assure healthy air quality, develop appropriate management of hazardous and other waste, and control water - borne pathogens.
Not only do they provide predators food, mussels regulate water quality and clarity through the filter system that is engaged when they feed, and their colonies provide a habitat for other species.
«They constitute hard sciences that help us understand the world we live in and provide a basis for knowledge and understanding of natural hazards, weather forecasting, air quality, and water availability, among other concerns.»
No crop will survive a severe drought, he says, and other factors such as nutrient availability and soil quality are at play during water shortages, which tend to be more frequent but less severe than droughts.
The challenges of supplying sufficient water has led authorities, water utility companies, technology suppliers, and knowledge institutions from all over the world to coin the phrase «fit for purpose water» — where water of a quality other than drinking water is used for washing clothes, watering lawns, and cleaning the car, for example.
Time and dilution The EPA and other agencies are monitoring wildlife and testing water quality downstream from the mine, all the way into New Mexico.
To distinguish between water quality impacts from groundwater and stormwater runoff from the St. Lucie Estuary versus other impacts directly related to periodic discharges from Lake Okeechobee, Lapointe and his collaborators conducted a comprehensive analysis of the interactions of septic systems, groundwater, and surface waters.
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