Sentences with phrase «quality of water resources»

NAR supports voluntary, market - based solutions that enhance the quality of water resources and protects property rights, while minimizing unnecessary regulations, costs and uncertainty for property owners and buyers.

As climate change, drought, mismanagement and over-allocation of water in Australia has significantly decreased the availability and quality of water resources, these issues impact on Indigenous peoples» ability to fulfil our cultural and customary responsibilities on sea and water country.

«These projected changes will significantly influence our lives by shrinking and degrading the quality of our water resources, increasing the risk of brushfires, worsening pollution and altering the timing and intensity of seasonal illnesses and other health hazards.»

This phenomenon can directly affect the hydrologic cycle and, through it, the quantity and quality of water resources.

Climate factors, especially rainfall has significant impacts on availability and quality of water resources systems of the region.

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Shel Horowitz's ebook, Painless Green: 111 Tips to Help the Environment, Lower Your Carbon Footprint, Cut Your Budget, and Improve Your Quality of Life — With No Negative Impact on Your Lifestyle, offers 111 tips to save energy, water, and other resources.

The NDP has also pledged to protect Canada's water resources by placing some restrictions on the export of bulk water, encouraging more efficient water consumption, and improving water quality through stronger regulations.

Mr Bambridge said the successes with FAST technologies were also significant, because of their low maintenance operational efficiency at remote locations such as mining and energy installations and commercial and recreational facilities operating in areas where water is a precious shared resource and where there may be water table quality issues.

To support the Sustainable Winegrowing Program, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service has awarded a $ 475,000 matching fund grant for the development of air and water quality innovations.

The guide uses best practices from multiple sources including industry, academic and government experts to address water conservation and efficiency, water quality protection, soil conservation and management, air quality protection, human resource management, energy conservation and efficiency, integrated pest management, weather monitoring and preventive planning, selection of appropriate insurance policies and tools, and proactive business planning and management.

(1) The Basin Plan (including any environmental watering plan or water quality and salinity management plan included in the Basin Plan) must be prepared so as to provide for giving effect to relevant international agreements (to the extent to which those agreements are relevant to the use and management of the Basin water resources).

Stefanie Covino, Coordinator of the Shaping the Future of Your Community program notes, «Our water resources are increasingly stressed, but conserving and restoring the natural landscape with native plants can offer social, environmental, and economic benefits such as improved air quality, property values, energy savings, and habitat — both locally and downstream.»

The week - long workshop introduces teens to various fields of natural resources management, including soil and water conservation, forestry, water quality and wildlife.

As we continue the strong efforts of the Governor's Water Quality Rapid Response Team, the work of the Finger Lakes Water Hub and the state's investments to study algae blooms will be valuable resources in helping New Yorkers understand and mitigate this emerging issue,» said DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos.

«While these cuts have necessitated reducing the size of the Office of Water Resources, Suffolk County has adequate resources to protect water quality and remains committed to its core public health mission.&rWater Resources, Suffolk County has adequate resources to protect water quality and remains committed to its core public health missioResources, Suffolk County has adequate resources to protect water quality and remains committed to its core public health missioresources to protect water quality and remains committed to its core public health mission.&rwater quality and remains committed to its core public health mission.»

There is no reason to believe that the DRBC might somehow do other than what it always has done — protect water quality and water supply and conserve the resources of the basin for the public's recreation and enjoyment,» he said.

Riverhead Town Supervisor Sean Walter said no one from the Corps reached out to his office about the proposal and he believes more discussion is needed before the plan is adopted since a lot of money and resources have gone into improving water quality in the Sound.

The mission of the Lake Erie Watershed Protection Alliance (LEWPA) is to foster collaboration and partnerships within the watershed to address regional water quality and quantity concerns and in doing so, protect and enhance our Lake Erie resource.

We applaud Governor Cuomo's growing commitment to the protection of New York's precious natural resources and the communities which depend on them for survival, as demonstrated through his rejection of the 401 Water Quality Certification for the Constitution Pipeline.

Its protection ensures ongoing timber resource protection, safeguards water quality of the Salmon River and allows for continued public access to state sanctioned snowmobile trails and other outdoor recreation,» according to Conservation Fund press release.

«The department must... take into account the cumulative impact to water quality of the full complement of affected water resources in making any determination in connection with any license, order, permit or certification,» state Department of Environmental Conservation officials wrote.

A water purification project in Accabonac Harbor — the first in East Hampton Town to be funded by the portion of the community preservation fund that voters approved last year for water quality improvement — is moving ahead, Kim Shaw, the town's natural resources director, told the town board this week.

«It is evident that our regional economic revitalization directly correlates to how we embrace, protect and enhance the quality of our water, and this planning effort helps us maximize these resources without sacrificing our quality of life and environment».

«If we can understand how the landscape has changed over decades and what that does to water quality, human health, and ecosystem health, we can begin to make predictions for the future,» said senior author Kathleen Alexander, professor of wildlife conservation in the College of Natural Resources and Environment and a Fralin Life Science Institute affiliate.

According to the NH Water Resources Research Center at UNH, Great Bay has experienced a deterioration of water quality and aquatic life as a result of high nitrogen leWater Resources Research Center at UNH, Great Bay has experienced a deterioration of water quality and aquatic life as a result of high nitrogen lewater quality and aquatic life as a result of high nitrogen levels.

The study grew out of work the authors undertook in the Pacific, where scientists met with community members and local, regional, and national government experts to examine issues such as food security, access to fresh water, quality education, sustainable tourism, and protection of marine and terrestrial resources.

Our data clearly demonstrate that cleaning up air pollution continues to have the desired effect of improving water quality for our region's lakes,» said NHAES researcher William McDowell, professor of environmental science and director of the NH Water Resources Research Cewater quality for our region's lakes,» said NHAES researcher William McDowell, professor of environmental science and director of the NH Water Resources Research CeWater Resources Research Center.

Now, the focus has shifted to supply, the problem of finding and managing water resources while protecting their quality.

Citizen scientists can join the World Water Monitoring Challenge to test the quality of their waterways, share their findings and protect our most precious resource

«Leadership from both industry and the U.S. government may be needed to assure that economic benefits of shale gas development are realized without significant regional impairment of water resource quantity and quality,» the authors conclude.

The primary goal of World Water Monitoring Challenge is to educate and engage citizens in the protection of the world's water resources, as many people are unaware of the impact their behaviors have on water quaWater Monitoring Challenge is to educate and engage citizens in the protection of the world's water resources, as many people are unaware of the impact their behaviors have on water quawater resources, as many people are unaware of the impact their behaviors have on water quawater quality.

Fulbright scholar Muthiah Muruganandam, left, a senior scientist at the Indian Council of Agricultural Research Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, and fisheries biologist Steven Chipps, leader of the U.S. Geological Survey, South Dakota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, will examine how land - use changes affect water quality and fisheries resources in northeastern South Dakota lWater Conservation, and fisheries biologist Steven Chipps, leader of the U.S. Geological Survey, South Dakota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, will examine how land - use changes affect water quality and fisheries resources in northeastern South Dakota lwater quality and fisheries resources in northeastern South Dakota lakes.

The Baywatchers program has amassed more than two decades of data that has been a valuable resource over the years not only to the Coalition's education and outreach efforts, but also to agencies that monitor water quality and draft clean up plans.

Examining how land - use changes may affect water quality and fisheries resources in lakes and rivers will help natural resource agencies manage wildlife populations, according to Steven Chipps, leader of the U.S. Geological Survey, South Dakota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit at South Dakota State University.

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This will require system innovations — to further reduce the use of resources such as water and minerals, to increase production per unit area, and to obtain the high - quality, healthy products that consumers want.

The Berkeley Lab study is the first of its kind for Africa, using multiple criteria - such as quality of the resource, distance from transmission lines and roads, co-location potential, availability of water resources, potential human impact, and many other factors - to characterize wind and solar resources.

We support a rare assembly of plant and animal species — including 200 - year old American oak trees and wetlands that are home to the blue - spotted salamander — and contributes significantly to the protection of the area's water resources, air quality and carbon sequestration.

Water Quality in New Mexico - Proceedings of the Twenty - eighth Annual New Mexico Water Conference, New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute, NMSU; «The Puerco River: Muddy Issues Raised by a Mine Water Dominated Ephemeral Stream,» Bruce Gallaher, Water Resource Specialist, NM EID; April 5 - 6, 1983.

«Water Resources and Water Quality,» presented by Chris Shuey before the Water and Environmental Health Training, Navajo Division of Health CHR Outreach Program, revised March 6, 2013.

The GCMRC makes consistent, long - term repeated measurements using scientifically accepted protocols to measure status and trends of key resources, including native and nonnative fish, sandbars, water quality, aquatic food base, riparian vegetation, and cultural sites.

The study was made possible through a partnership with Jason Green, Mark Vander Borgh and Elizabeth Fensin from the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Water Resources.

Authors: Daniel Wiltsie, Astrid Schnetzer, North Carolina State University; Jason Green, Mark Vander Borgh, Elizabeth Fensin, North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Water Resources Published: Toxins

Nancy Stoner is the project manager of the Natural Resources Defense Councils annual report Testing the Waters: A Guide to Water Quality at Vacation Beaches.

«Water quality is of great concern to California's Tribal governments not only for personal consumption, but also for the long term health and restoration of cultural habitats for traditional plants and animal life, ecosystems for healthy fish population, and access to traditional plants for food and ceremonial use,» adds Anecita Agustinez, a Tribal Policy Advisor at California's Department of Water Resources.

Dynamic simulation of water resources in an urban wetland based on coupled water quantity and water quality models

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) dictates that organic foods must be produced by farmers who «emphasize the use of renewable resources and the conservation of soil and water to enhance the environmental quality for future generations.»

Data they gather goes to the Department of Marine Resources, a government agency that manages the water quality of Maine's state fisheries.

The challenge of the Decade is to focus attention on action - oriented activities and policies that ensure the long - term sustainable management of water resources, in terms of both quantity and quality, and include measures to improve sanitation.

The first consultation of the initiative was held in Geneva on 29 - 30 January with Member States and technical experts to have a concrete exchange on the proposed indicator framework and methods for the analysis of wastewater, water quality and water resources management.