Sentences with phrase «polluted urban runoff»
The Board of Public Works Commissioner Paula Daniels, who initially drafted the ordinance last July, explained that the new requirements would prevent over 104 million gallons of polluted urban runoff from ending up in the ocean.»
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http://www.epa.gov/salish-sea/shellfish-harvesting Nearly 183,000 acres (739 square kilometres) of shellfish beds are currently closed to harvesting in the Georgia Basin, and about 36,000 acres (147 square kilometres) are closed in Puget Sound... The primary sources of pollution that lead to closure of shellfish harvesting areas are polluted runoff from urban areas and farms, and uncontrolled sources of sewage and septic wastes.
Polluted runoff from both rural and urban lands increases erosion and puts public health at risk by contaminating drinking water supplies.
Like providing appropriate housing for indigenous people living on the city centre fringe, providing sustainable infrastructure support for the burgeoning urban sprawl, reinvigorating discussion on urban renewal by population density consolidation, managing the extensive stormwater runoff that pollutes the beaches and waterways, while wasting precious rainwater.