Sentences with phrase «public drinking water supply»

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.

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.

«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.

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

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.

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.

Not exact matches

New York's public water supplies need stronger protections to ensure clean drinking water and prevent contamination that could result in health problems, according to a report released today by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office.

The New York Democrat in September introduced an amendment to the Water Resources Development Act that would require the Environmental Protection Agency to expand water testing for unregulated drinking water contaminants to all public water suppWater Resources Development Act that would require the Environmental Protection Agency to expand water testing for unregulated drinking water contaminants to all public water suppwater testing for unregulated drinking water contaminants to all public water suppwater contaminants to all public water suppwater supplies.

Riverkeeper is actively involoved in litigation, advocacy, and public education surrounding the issue of shale gas extraction and related infrastructure, particularly because of the potential impacts on New York State's drinking water supplies.

Jimino says along with public water supplies, private wells are being tested in the two communities as federal and state initiatives continue in Hoosick Falls to ensure people have safe drinking water.

The EPA confirmed his finding and alerted the mayor in November that residents shouldn't be drinking from the public water supply.

It would address the decades - old issue of septic tanks on Long Island that threaten drinking water supplies and surface waters, according to a Senate report released last year after a series of public hearings chaired by Sen. Kemp Hannon (R - Garden City).

New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio warns that fracking could threaten drinking water and food supplies that might be contaminated by the gas drilling.

The amendments require the agency to control specific disease - causing organisms and indicators that may be present in drinking water and to require public water suppliers to disinfect water.

The researchers focused their global simulations on the U. S. and modeled the country's evolving economic activities in different geographic regions to determine the water requirements for five main sectors: thermoelectric cooling; public supply, such as for drinking water and other public utilities; industrial demand; mining; and irrigation.

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

Drinking water free of chemicals like sodium fluoride and chlorine is essential because water will help flush the waste away, but the chemicals dumped into most western public water supplies will kill off good intestinal flora, and therefore should be avoided.

A 2003 study by the nonprofit Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) found that due to a combination of pollution and deteriorating equipment and pipes, the public water supplies in 19 of America's largest cities delivered drinking water that contained contaminant levels exceeding EPA limits (either legal limits or unenforceable suggested limits) and may pose health risks to some residents.

For survival purposes, it all boils down to getting rid of the nasty organisms that have contaminated the ground water and even the public supply of drinking water.

Last year perchlorate was detected in eleven of Massachusetts drinking water supplies, including three public wells.

Meanwhile, EPA is also scheduled to release for public comment by year's end a long - awaited study on fracking's impact on drinking - water supplies.

In flood - prone locations, flush toilets back up and pit latrines overflow contaminating the environment and potentially drinking water supplies — with dire consequences to the public health through water - borne diseases like cholera.

Under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, chlorination is absolutely required for rain water used in a public water supply, and there is no administrative discreWater Act, chlorination is absolutely required for rain water used in a public water supply, and there is no administrative discrewater used in a public water supply, and there is no administrative discrewater supply, and there is no administrative discretion.

Polluted runoff from both rural and urban lands increases erosion and puts public health at risk by contaminating drinking water supplies.

Ms. Sanchez has also represented hundreds of municipalities and public water providers, as well as private well owners seeking solutions for polluted drinking water supplies in cases arising from MTBE, TCP, and PCE contamination.

Further on in the judgment, the Court answered the question whether under article 6 (4) of directive 92/43 irrigation and supply of drinking water constitute imperative reasons of overriding public interest that can justify the project impact on the integrity of the sites concerned.

Thus, supply of drinking water is a consideration relating to human health is an imperative reason of overriding public interest, but, on the other hand, irrigation is only so to the extent that it may have beneficial consequences of primary importance for the environment.

To which extent do you think the analysis of the ECJ in Case C - 43 / 10 Nomarchiaki on irrigation (environment) and supply of drinking water (human health) as imperative reasons of overriding public interest is transposalbe as a rule - of - reason - justification to the free movement provisions?