Sentences with phrase «poor water quality»

In one project, a group of boys decided to tackle the issue of poor water quality in our school dam.

The tests also indicate poor water quality in the area overall due to local industrial activities.

Environmental water flows were directed toward mitigation of poor water quality rather than enhancement of ecological assets.

Likewise, women fulfilling traditional roles like cooking and taking care of children are more apt to notice, and be affected by, environmental problems such as poor water quality.

the impact of threats such as pests, grazing or poor water quality on ecological improvements through environmental flows.

Managed flow pulses should also be considered to meet multiple ecological objectives in the Warrego and Darling rivers, including to ameliorate poor water quality downstream of the junction.

The lake has been plagued by poor water quality, erosion and an overabundance of goldfish.

«Poor water quality leads to health issues for fish and eventually fish loss.

Due to poor water quality issues at Sayulita's Beach and Surf Break, we encourage all our guests to opt for our Surf lessons or Guided Surf Trips at Punta de Mita / La Lancha.

Currently there are about 400 coastal areas, with a combined area larger than the size of Oregon, with such poor water quality, with so little oxygen that only microbes can survive in it.

The factors leading to poor water quality in ponds are constant and include poor design, overstocking and overfeeding of fish, inadequate water circulation and poor filtration.

For those people who live in areas of poor water quality, home water filtration is an option.

The Bight's baby white sharks declined for a number of reasons, Lowe says: poor water quality, their decimation as gillnetting bycatch, and the near - extirpation of the prey that adult sharks rely on.

The Chicago Park District has issued swim bans for Montrose and South Shore beaches and swim advisories for Rainbow, Leone and Howard beaches due to poor water quality, according to the agency's Web site.

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Dr. Duah highlighted that, generally, destruction of the environment caused by mining activities had reached alarming proportions, and needed to be controlled to avoid the negative impact of inadequate water supply, poor water quality, loss of aquatic life and loss of recreation.

Other factors also make people «water poor,» such as a lack of household and community water storage and poor water quality and sanitation.

«Poor water quality, increased sediments and nutrients — conditions increasingly being faced by the modern day reef — caused a delay in the Reef's growth of between seven hundred and two thousand years duration,» said Belinda Dechnik, lead author of an article published in Marine Geology in May.

The increase in sediments and nutrients following the flooding of the pre-existing reefs is likely to have been responsible for the poor water quality.

Increased land development, poor water quality and disease are leading drivers of their habitat loss.

Poor water quality is particularly harmful for coral growth, reproduction and the survival of young corals, severely limiting reef recovery potential.

Once the fish are acclimatized (stress induced from the fires, poor water quality and transportation are usually risk factors for opportunistic infections), a complete physical examination under anesthesia will be performed by AAH.

If there is any question about size, suggest a slightly more powerful one — over-filtration is not harmful, but under - filtration leads to poor water quality, extra work and overall frustration.

The cause may be poor water quality, gill parasites or blood parasites.

Remind pondkeepers that their fish will grow, and overstocking may result in future problems, including overcrowding, poor water quality and decreased levels of oxygen.

The main purpose of these systems, Chub explains, has been to keep leaves and other debris from settling to the bottom of the pond and decaying, resulting in poor water quality.

Poor water quality can lead to irritation of the gill and skin membranes, and a reduced ability of blood to transport oxygen.

In other words, clams are not your average mollusks, and they succumb quickly to poor water quality, inadequate lighting and pests such as bristle worms.

-- Of the coal plants surveyed, 71 are discharging toxic pollution into rivers, lakes, streams, and bays that already have been declared impaired because of poor water quality.

Currently in the Zona Sul, where Rio's wealthiest neighbourhoods and tourist areas are located, 12 different test points showed that the ocean is unsafe for swimming due to poor water quality.

In fact, when oysters are concerned it's downright awful.Globally, about 85 % of the world's oyster reefs have vanished and in many areas oyster reefs are functionally extinct: The report says that the main factors in the decline of oyster reefs are: Destructive fishing practices, coastal over-development, the effects of upstream activities such as altered river flows, dams, poorly managed agriculture, and poor water quality.