Sentences with phrase «source of drinking»

The greatest potential hazard from a leaking UST is that its contents (petroleum or other hazardous substances) can seep into the soil and contaminate groundwater, the source of drinking water for nearly half of all Americans.

Coldwater Indian Band argued that the effects of the project on its reserve aquifer (which is the sole source of drinking water for 90 % of its residents) were never assessed or understood.

Successfully represented a group of property and casualty insurers in a coverage and bad faith lawsuit in Houston, Texas, in which the insureds sought more than $ 100 million for alleged business interruption losses, costs associated with defense of toxic tort suits, Superfund project costs, and bad faith damages, all arising from the insureds» operation of a California landfill deemed to have polluted a key source of drinking water for the Los Angeles area.

For one thing, saving large open spaces protects the local aquifer, the underground layer of rock that stores rainwater and melting snow, and our prime source of drinking water.

Even though the spill hit way back in December, the repercussions keep on piling up — now, the Appalachian Voices has completed a study showing that the nearby Emory River, a source of drinking water, has been contaminated with «260 times the allowable amount of arsenic.»

The Ganges river delta is the main source of drinking water for hundreds of millions of people.

By harvesting water vapor from the air and condensing it into liquid, atmospheric water generators can essentially pull water from the air, and these devices hold a lot of promise for providing an independent source of drinking water.

Temperatures dropping Opponents of the 1,900 - kilometre pipeline being developed by Texas - based Energy Transfer Partners say it threatens the Missouri River, a source of drinking water for several American states.

Including adjacent Clermont State Historic Site, these protected properties span nearly 1,200 contiguous acres, safeguarding local aquifers — a prime source of drinking water — and the interconnected network of habitats on which many wildlife species depend.

If glaciers are the source of your drinking water or if you live in an area that is vulnerable to sea - level rise, then yes, you should be worried.

And, for hundreds of thousands of people, the only source of drinking water is from trucked - in shipments.

Five-fold increases in spontaneous abortion are seen in some California counties if women drink the tap water rather than bottled water; see S. H. Swan et al., «A prospective study of spontaneous abortion: relation to amount and source of drinking water consumed in early pregnancy,» Epidemiology 9 (2): 126 - 133 (March 1998).

Like all wood - lands, it also sequesters carbon and other harmful pollutants, and collects and purifies water that filters into the ground to recharge the local aquifer, a community's prime source of drinking water.

The Aberdares Forest is the source of drinking water for millions of Kenyans, including the population of Nairobi.

Coal from the Black Mesa Mine was mixed with water from the Navajo Aquifer — sole source of drinking water in the region — and slurried through a 273 mile long pipeline to the Mojave Generating Station (MGS) in Laughlin, Nevada.

The Silent Valley Reservoir in Northern Ireland collects H20 from the Moune Mountains and distributes it as the main source of drinking water for the bulk of County Down and Belfast.

Th Mayans still use the cenotes as a source of drinking water and hence avoid jumping into water, when wearing perfumes or sunscreens.

However, as with all dry foods, pet owners should ensure a fresh source of drinking water is always available.

This goes for your dog as well; bring along a clean source of drinking water.

Use this as the only source of drinking water for your cat.

Nestled between Glenmore Trail, Crowchild Trail and 37th Street (the westerly border of the Calgary city limits), the neighbourhood was originally named because of the view that area residents had of the Glenmore Reservoir — a large, artificial reservoir on the Elbow River that's a primary source of drinking water for the city.

The name «Cold Spring» refers to a cold stream which for many years served as the sole source of drinking water.

I recommend this as your main source of drinking water.

Leaders of a Navajo citizens group describe why three new uranium solution mines pose a threat to the region's sole source of drinking water, and to Navajo jurisdiction and authority over mineral development.

Proposed new uranium mining threatens to contaminate the only source of drinking water for 15,000 people on Navajo lands.

When you hear about desalination, you think about maybe if you are stranded and there is no other source of drinking water available, you make do with desalinizing the salt water.

She estimated it had spread through about 12 square miles of the aquifer, which is the only source of drinking water in the area.

The report also notes that the Sacramento - San Joaquin Delta — a key source of drinking and irrigation water for millions — is vulnerable to saltwater intrusion over the next decades that could render it inaccessible for freshwater supplies.

«Once it is known which wells are contaminated, these can either be avoided as a source of drinking water or filters can be utilized to remove the arsenic,» he said.

Since this water isn't a source of drinking water and is underground, the contamination isn't an immediate public health threat, says Sanial, now a geochemist at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg.

The U.S. can no longer afford to ignore sewage as a source of drinking water, scientists argue.

The state's Division of Oil and Gas and Geothermal Resources on July 7 issued cease and desist orders to seven energy companies warning that they may be injecting their waste into aquifers that could be a source of drinking water, and stating that their waste disposal «poses danger to life, health, property, and natural resources.»

Figures released by the United Nations suggest 1.8 billion people globally use a source of drinking water contaminated with faeces, putting them at...

«It could potentially contaminate one of the most important waterways that connect Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, an important source of drinking water, an important source of fresh water.»

Fed up with the seeming inaction of their local and state government, or in this case the adults, the students of Hoosick Falls High School held an emergency meeting to demand that Governor Cuomo help them find a reliable safe source of drinking water, that did not come in a plastic bottle.

City Manager Michael Ciaravino says the state of emergency was declared because of the discovery of Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) in Silver Stream and Washington Lake, the main source of drinking water for Newburgh.

Indeed, the lead situation in Syracuse has similarities to the ongoing situation in Flint, Michigan, where a change in the source of drinking water and a lack of preventative measures resulted in a dangerous increase in blood lead levels for residents.

Before the methane storage project was approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in October 2014, hundreds of citizens tried every possible legal means to prevent the expansion of fracked gas storage at Seneca Lake, a source of drinking water for 100,000 people and to object to a form of industrialization that places us in harm's way.

They then headed into the only stream serving as the source of drinking water for the community.

The Haverstraw Water Supply Project is the best solution to provide a reliable, sustainable and purified source of drinking water because it is the least costly to consumers, the most environmentally sensitive and the most drought - tolerant option.

Senator Schumer on Tuesday visited Washington Lake, the main source of drinking water for Newburgh that is contaminated with PFOS.

A 2014 Demographic and Health Survey report by the Ghana Health Service and the Ghana Statistical Service has revealed that 43 % of Ghana's urban dwellers depend on sachet water as a source of drinking water.

The lake is a source of drinking water for Onondaga County and the city of Syracuse.

In May, the public learned of PFOS contamination in the main source of drinking water for Newburgh — Washington Lake.

Have your pediatric dentist evaluate the fluoride level of your child's primary source of drinking water.

Try gently explaining that the water is yucky and redirect him to a more appropriate source of drinking water.

Fluoridated water and supplements (if your main source of drinking water has an insufficient concentration of fluoride).

In 2006, two years after Vedanta acquired the mine, the company dumped hazardous waste into the Kafue River, a major source of drinking water for the country, according to a lawsuit filed on behalf of 2,000 residents.

Similarly, there's a chance that the pipeline's multiple water crossings could also contravene Ontario's Clean Water Act, which is designed to protect the sources of drinking water for the province's communities.

As government struggles to deal with the age - old menace of illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, various reports from the Water Resources Commission and the Water Research Institute show the practice may soon leave Ghanaians without proper sources of drinking water.