Sentences with phrase «polluted water entering»

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By Sean Ryan Utilities and businesses are claiming the state is digging too deeply into their wallets to prevent polluted water from entering lakes and streams.

The rest enters the water table, polluting local wells and running off into rivers, lakes and oceans, overloading them with nitrates that create «dead zones» in which aquatic life can not survive.

Plastic isn't made to pollute the ocean, but there are up to 13 million tons of plastic entering marine waters each year.

New York City has great quality tap water because the city invested in water protection by purchasing land around its Catskills reservoirs to ensure that polluted runoff from roads and lawns doesn't enter the water supply.The city's $ 600 million investment in Catskills land protection and restoration did the job of $ 6 billion in capital costs to construct a water filtration plant as well as $ 200 - 300 million in annual operation and maintenance costs.