Sentences with phrase «sources of its water supply»

The White Volta is the main source of water supply to five districts including the entire Tamale Metropolitan Area and the Sagnarigu district.

According to the residents, the Tano river which serves as a major source of water supply for the people is being polluted by galamsey operators.

In an interview with the GNA on Friday, Mr Emmanuel Kofi Opoku, Central Regional Chief Manager of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), attributed the situation to the erratic power supply to the Brimsu Dam, which is the main source of water supply to the Metropolis.

Residents had been complaining after the city changed the source of its water supply in 2014, and one resident, believing that her concerns were being ignored, contacted and began collaborating with Edwards.

Apart from relying upon imported freshwater and local yield as well as seawater (for flushing) to meet its demand needs, Hong Kong has been exploiting reclaimed water, recycled grey water (including rainwater) and desalinated water in order to enhance the sources of its water supply infrastructure.

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Just want to share some valuable info (http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/california-targets-wrong-water-wasters/Content?oid=4222724) since I'm writing from Los Angeles — almond crops are currently responsible for making the current extreme draught conditions even worse because they are such a water - intensive crop in an area that does not naturally have sufficient water supply, so please consider using other nuts and seeds instead, as CA is currently the only major source of almonds in the world (if you're able to find a small, local / non-CA supplier, wonderful!).

2025 GOAL: Improve the water - use efficiency of our direct agricultural supply chain by 15 % in high - water - risk * sourcing areas, a volume approximately equivalent to the entire water use of all PepsiCo direct operations

• Source our iconic ingredients sustainably; • Improve the livelihoods of small farmers who grow McCormick's iconic herbs and spices; • Champion equality for women and people of color through supplier diversity programs, educational programs and employee focused initiatives; • Reduce the company's environmental impact by lowering our carbon footprint, decreasing water use, reducing solid waste and developing sustainable packaging innovations.

The sugar backlash certainly has fed the trend, but purveyors say reports of lead contamination and other frightening news about what exists in municipal water supplies has people turning to a seemingly secure source.

Some projects involve developing «zero liquid discharge» plants to ensure optimum recycling of water resources, and the creation of production units for recycled plastic to secure supply source.

Highlights of these 2025 goals include McCormick's commitments to: — Source 100 percent of branded iconic ingredients sustainably; — Improve the livelihoods of 90 percent of smallholder farmers who grow McCormick's iconic herbs and spices; — Champion equality for women and people of color in leadership, and empower women farmers across the company's supply chain; and — Reduce the company's environmental impact by lowering its carbon footprint, decreasing water use, reducing solid waste and developing sustainable packaging innovations.

Most reported cases have been ascribed to the use of contaminated well water for preparation of infant formula.1 — 3 Fifteen million families in the United States obtain their drinking water from unregulated wells.4 In a survey of 5500 private water supplies from 9 Midwestern states, 13 % of the wells were found to have nitrate concentrations > 10 mg / L or 10 ppm nitrate nitrogen, 5 the federal maximum contaminant level.6 It is estimated that 2 million families drink water from private wells that fail to meet the federal drinking - water standard for nitrate, and 40000 infants younger than 6 months live in homes that have nitrate - contaminated water supplies.4 In urban areas, municipal wastewater - treatment discharges (a source of nutrients) on surrounding farmland aggravate the problem.7

Use of alternative sources of water should be advised, including deeper wells, public water supplies, or bottled water free of nitrate.

The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry is slightly more conservative, suggesting that the caries risk to the individual child also be considered: «The AAPD endorses the supplementation of a child's diet with fluoride according to established guidelines1, when fluoride levels in community water supplies are sub - optimal and after consideration of sources of dietary fluoride and the caries risk of the child.»

The state declared the base a Superfund site in August after identifying it as a source of PFOS contamination in the City of Newburgh's drinking water supply.

Nonetheless, state environmental officials downplayed residents» complaints and vehemently disputed local studies that found a link between elevated blood - lead levels among children and the water source switch, until, in October, Snyder conceded the situation had become a «public safety issue» and announced a $ 12m plan to transfer Flint back to its previous supply with the city of Detroit.

Oyu Tolgoi is making a significant effort to not take any of the water from the existing supplies and has committed to zero impact on community water sources.

«The consent orders with Saint - Gobain and Honeywell require both companies to produce an alternate water supply feasibility study, which will identify and evaluate all potential water sources for the village of Hoosick Falls,» said Sean C. Mahar, a DEC spokesman.

The city's water supply, Lake Washington, is near the Stewart Air National Guard Base in Orange County, which the state Department of Environmental Conservation declared a Superfund site because it is likely the source of the pollution.

The proliferation of the pollution in a variety of sites confirms that pollution in the village goes far beyond the Saint - Gobain facility that state officials have determined is responsible for the PFOA in the municipal water supply and could make finding a new water source more challenging.

For example, Nigeria is one of the African nations with least access to an improved water source that could supply safe drinking water.

Top officials of the Cuomo administration went to Hoosick Falls Friday to provide an update on their efforts to install water filters and flush out existing water supplies — and ferret out what could be other sources of the chemical in the area's groundwater.

«We're using that fund to fix all of these problems and go after a clean water supply source,» Seggos said in an interview.

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 opWater 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 opwater because it is the least costly to consumers, the most environmentally sensitive and the most drought - tolerant option.

In 2006 and again in 2010, after thorough consideration and expert testimony from the Rockland County Department of Health, New York State decided Rockland could not wait any longer and ordered United Water to have a long - term source of supply online by the end of 2015.

Although the source of the contamination has not been identified, officials have focused on the Saint - Gobain Performance Plastics plant, which is located near several wells that supply Hoosick Falls» water treatment plant.

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr. today called upon the New York State Canal Corp. to take pro-active steps to reduce the amount of water flowing out of Hinckley Reservoir due to the extremely low water level in the reservoir, which serves as the major drinking water source for the Utica region and also supplies water to the Erie Canal.

BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY — The Rockland County Legislature voted Tuesday evening to request the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation schedule a hearing on United Water's proposed desalination plant, as well as to reopen proceedings requiring United Water to develop water supply source pWater's proposed desalination plant, as well as to reopen proceedings requiring United Water to develop water supply source pWater to develop water supply source pwater supply source plans.

A number of sources have been examined, Seggos said, including the possibility of tapping into the Tomhannock Reservoir in Pittstown, water supplies in Bennington, Vt., and other surface or groundwater sources.

NEW CITY — The Rockland County Legislature voted Tuesday evening to request the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation schedule a hearing on United Water's proposed desalination plant, as well as to reopen proceedings requiring United Water to develop water supply source pWater's proposed desalination plant, as well as to reopen proceedings requiring United Water to develop water supply source pWater to develop water supply source pwater supply source plans.

The study also should marry the two areas Cuomo identified as his most challenging — the environment and terrorism — by evaluating whether the Lloyd aquifer, our deepest and most pure source of water, should be considered a strategic asset that must be reserved as much as possible for emergency use, for example, in the event New York City's water supply is disrupted.

The chair of a county legislature in the Hudson Valley says the New York State Public Service Commission has answered her call to reschedule public hearings concerning the continuing need for a new water supply source.

New York State officials identified the plant as the source of the perfluorooctanoic acid in Hoosick Falls's water supply.

Did you know that 663 million people live without safe water supply close to their homes, making them spend countless hours queuing or trekking to distant sources, and coping with the health impacts of using contaminated water?

The industrial facility is being investigated as the source of PFOA contaminats found in the town's municipal water supply and private wells.

Professor Bill Keevil, Director of Environmental Healthcare at the University of Southampton, says: «If a contamination event (accidental or deliberate) occurs in a drinking water network, it is essential to identify the sources of contamination and to determine the area which is likely to be contaminated, in order to isolate and decontaminate the affected area only, as well as keep supplying drinking water in non-affected areas.

The facility's deep well supplied hundreds of local residents who had no other source of clean drinking water.

It's nearly impossible to tell how much water would flow from one into the other, but figures in the documents make it clear that the water sources are heavily relied on as sources of both groundwater and surface supplies at the same time.

At ASDA, for example, through sourcing from International Procurement and Logistics Limited (http://www.ip-limited.com/), we launched a water - trickle scheme for celery growers in Spain that provided a water - spray kit to farmers with the aim of ensuring a secure supply of product to our stores.

They can only thrive as businesses if they appropriately manage the dependencies of their supply chains on water sources.

Other sources of BPA exposure include water - supply pipes and some paper receipts.

Urban water managers in Australia have been forced to put in place aggressive strategies to curb water use and to expand sources of new and unconventional supplies.

Arsenic is one of the most common environmental pollutants, finding its way into drinking water supplies through natural or humanmade sources and affecting millions of people worldwide.

Water inside the Moon's mantle came from primitive meteorites, new research finds, the same source thought to have supplied most of the water on EWater inside the Moon's mantle came from primitive meteorites, new research finds, the same source thought to have supplied most of the water on Ewater on Earth.

The loss is more than cosmetic: The Alps supply a crucial source of water for irrigating crops across Europe.

And their concentration in water sources is also a function of the amount of water which is taken for use in public supply.

Watersheds not only supply water for domestic use but also provide a multitude of ecological and cultural services, including water for irrigation and industry, shelter, habitats for biodiversity and, in very poor areas, sources of livelihoods.

Since life originated on the earth in a span much shorter than the present age of the earth, we have additional evidence that the origin of life has a high probability, at least on planets with an abundant supply of hydrogen - rich gases, liquid water and sources of energy.

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.

After the city returned to the Lake Huron water source supplied by the Great Lakes Water Authority, the risk of a Flint neighborhood presenting with Legionnaires» disease retreated to historically normal lewater source supplied by the Great Lakes Water Authority, the risk of a Flint neighborhood presenting with Legionnaires» disease retreated to historically normal leWater Authority, the risk of a Flint neighborhood presenting with Legionnaires» disease retreated to historically normal levels.