Sentences with phrase «public drinking»

The chlorine compounds used in public drinking water may not provide sufficient protection for water supplies in these facilities.

After testing 17 infant formulas, 27 cereal bars and three different «energy shot» drinks, the team found levels significantly above the level established for public drinking water.

These include major explosions, groundwater contamination impacting public drinking water, tank truck accidents, major tank farm failures, and governmental civil and criminal investigations.

After years of public debate and months of negotiations, New York City began directing its police officers yesterday to issue civil tickets rather than criminal summonses for petty offenses such as public drinking and public urination.

Last Wednesday, stories that Salzman presented in the book were sourced extensively in a Washington Post article about the slow disappearance of public drinking fountains in the era of bottle water.

«One of the reasons for the explosive growth in the sales of bottled water is the disappearance of public drinking water fountains.

At least a third of the faculty at Shorter University, a Southern Baptist school in Georgia, have resigned after being required to sign a «personal lifestyle statement» that condemns public drinking, premarital sex, and homosexuality.

The downtown area is turning into a cargo - short Hamsterdam public drinking zone aka the Josh Gordon district where Patriots and Seahawks fans alike are welcome to get blasted to the moon off high gravity booze.

Erie County Department of Health is responsible for overseeing and regulating public drinking water supplies» compliance with State and Federal standards.

«One of Governor Cuomo's key priorities is protecting and preserving public drinking water source areas,» DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos said.

In a move aimed at dampening the impact of «broken windows» policing, the New York City Council passed bills to create a civil process for some of the most common low - level infractions observed by police officers, including public drinking and public urination.

After a detour working for the Texas state public drinking - water program, he decided that he missed teaching, so in 1995, he took a full - time job at Austin Community College, a public, 2 - year college in Texas.

«While public drinking water is safe, it is clearly more safe if you are healthy than if you have medical conditions that enhance your vulnerability to infections.

State and federal oversight has ensured generally safe and good quality public drinking water in the U.S.. However, premise plumbing systems — the pipes and fixtures in homes and buildings that transport water after delivery by public water utilities — are largely unregulated, which can lead to inconsistent monitoring and reporting of potentially harmful deficiencies.

Most public drinking fountains are turned off in the winter, so you'll have to carry your own fluids using a hand - held water bottle or belt water bottle holder.

Today fluoride is still added to about 74 % of U.S public drinking water supplies despite it being classified 2 years ago, along with mercury and lead, as a neurotoxin «that injures the developing brain» by The Lancet — one of the world's oldest and best peer - reviewed medical journals.

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On the heels of the EPA announcement, an in - depth article in the New York Times, «Clean Water Laws Are Neglected, at a Cost in Suffering,» offers new insights into public drinking water supply contamination.

Criminal fraud and denial, and nothing less, is what they did and now we all get to feel the heat for a lazy public drinking their Kool - Aid.

A new project between Google and the Pacific Institute will help you find public drinking fountains in a jiff using your smart phone.

WeTap users can quickly add or modify information about public drinking water fountains right from their smartphones, uploading the location of fountains, their condition, the quality of water, and even adding a comment or a photo.

Bratton continued to oversee the drop in stop and frisks that started during the Bloomberg administration and also agreed to other changes such as reducing marijuana arrests and giving police the discretion to arrest people for other minor offenses such as public drinking and public urination.

In 2001, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-- using recommendations from a series of independent panels — set the limit for public drinking water at 10 parts per billion (ppb).

At 11 a.m., Toxics Targeting Inc. holds a news conference releasing photos of algal blooms threatening the sources of public drinking water for residents of Syracuse, Auburn, Rochester, Ithaca and other communities across New York, state Capitol, third floor, adjoining to the LCA Press Room, Albany.

Near fracking operations in Pavillion, Wyoming, monitors with the Environmental Protection Agency detected unsafe levels of benzene in water - monitoring wells and methane and various hydrocarbons in public drinking water wells.

Democratic Long Island Rep. Kathleen Rice called for federal and state action to address perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) contamination in public drinking water in New York and in communities across the country.

Tap water that is regulated by a municipal water treatment system is regularly monitored the public drinking water to ensure that it is safe to drink.

And fueled by drinking water contamination in Hoosick Falls and Newburgh, there is companion legislation that requires nearly all public drinking water supplies in the state to be tested for emerging contaminants.

«Curbing buskers, pavement artists, public drinking, and swearing are just some of means that artists express themselves in public space, for a direct engagement with an audience.»

As the Manhattan District Attorney, Mr. Vance often makes news — whether it's doling out $ 808 million from a BNP Paribas settlement with the city, announcing an end to arrests for public drinking or urination, or railing against tech companies like Apple encrypting their devices and making them «warrant - proof.»

Just as the debate over PFOAs in Hoosick Falls in heating up, with the Senate announcing the date for its hearing (Aug. 30, as Zack Fink reported earlier), the state DEC has declared Stewart Air National Guard Base in Orange County to be a Superfund site, identifying it as the likely culprit for PFOS contamination of the City of Newburgh's public drinking water supply.

«I urge you to move beyond accusatory letters and, rather, work cooperatively with EPA Region 2 and the residents of Hoosick Falls on the important work of cleaning up the contamination in the Village and protecting the public drinking water supply,» she wrote.

No public drinking water has been affected by the plume.

A proposal to reduce arrests for minor offenses such as public drinking that was unveiled by the de Blasio administration is receiving a rough reception from some members of the New York City Council.

Violators who can't make bail might sit in jail for days or weeks for minor transgressions — such as disobeying park signs, public drinking, or hanging out in parks after dark.

In the first 16 weeks of a new law that downgraded penalties for minor offenses such as public urination, public drinking and littering, the city has seen a 90 percent decrease in criminal court summonses issued citywide, according to new data.

«We will continue to advance the latest treatment technologies to ensure our public drinking water systems are safeguarded from these unregulated chemicals that threaten the health of citizens and the environment,» Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said in a news release announcing the approval of the Suffolk system.

Teams will work with communities to set local priorities, which could include targeting anti-social behaviour, drug abuse or public drinking.

He harshly criticized Mayor de Blasio's relationship with the NYPD, as well as the Mayor's recent expansion of civil penalties, as an alternative to criminal charges, for quality of life crimes such as public drinking and urination.

Asked several times about his statements about the importance of enforcement against quality of crimes such as public drinking and urination, Massey was non-committal about what the appropriate penalties are.

«This sort of investment, and more of it, is the only way way that our public drinking water stays safe, our waterways become better places to swim, boat and fish, and our energy demands get met sustainably.»

A proposal to reduce arrests for minor offenses such as public drinking is receiving a rough reception from some members of the New York City Council.

The Criminal Justice Reform Act, championed since 2015 by City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, focuses on quality - of - life violations, such as public drinking, spitting and urinating or being in a park after dark.

It was 16 months, remember, from August 2014 — when state officials first learned of high levels of perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, in Hoosick Falls» public drinking water supply and private wells — to the time the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency stepped in and told residents not to drink or cook with their tap water, in December 2015.

The US water system has a reputation for high standards, and the safety of public drinking water is taken for granted by most Americans.

Some public drinking water analysis» have found over 2000 different toxic chemicals in public water supplies tested.

The school discipline discussion has paralleled the wider debate in urban America over «broken windows» or «quality of life» policing, which entails aggressive enforcement of low - level crimes if they threaten to disrupt the social order — vandalism, turnstile jumping, public drinking, and the like.

With results in for 138 buildings, 119 buildings had no lead levels above the public drinking water standard.

And the public drink it up, spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on these puppies only to find they have health problems, behavior problems or they are just too much work.