Sentences with phrase «surface water contamination»

The commission has also cited the potential for groundwater and surface water contamination.

In addition, farming organically also reduces ground and surface water contamination by refraining from the use of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers, particularly important in areas prone to water shortages.

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Indian industry can adopt a more responsible attitude in general while discharging waste water into water bodies or sewers to reduce contamination of surface and ground water.

New York Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney and state Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker were in Newburgh today, giving an update on the PFOS drinking water contamination that surfaced some 10 months ago.

New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo is assembling a Statewide Water Quality Rapid Response Team, which will be tasked with identifying and solving any possible contamination of drinking water, groundwater and surface wWater Quality Rapid Response Team, which will be tasked with identifying and solving any possible contamination of drinking water, groundwater and surface wwater, groundwater and surface waterwater.

Those include possible exposure to chemicals used in hydrofracking, potential contamination of drinking water sources, and health impacts from naturally occurring radium that could be brought to the surface through the gas drilling process.

By comparing this fingerprint to the geochemical and isotopic profiles of 29 background surface water samples collected across the region, the team was able to determine where and to what extent contamination associated with brine spills had occurred, and rule out the possibility that it had been caused by other sources.

Water washing halves the surface contamination, making it easier for ICL to meet tougher military specifications.

Surface spills near fracking sites implicated in water contamination.

The data from Keck Observatory shows that peroxide is widespread across much of the surface of Europa, and the highest concentrations are reached in regions where Europa's ice is nearly pure water with very little sulfur contamination.

To go to Enceladus, she added, any lander would need to be very clean as liquid water is in contact with the moon's icy surface, so contamination of the subsurface ocean would be a very real possibility.

It also reduces flooding, erosion and contamination of surface water.»

From another treatment plant located in India, the final effluent contained up to 31 mg / L of broad - spectrum fluoroquinolone antibiotics, including ciprofloxacin [11], leading to unprecedented contamination of surface, ground and drinking water [12].

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Fallout's advanced pH - balanced (pH - 7) formula safely breaks down ferrous metallic contamination caused by automotive brakes, and hard water from delicate vehicle and marine surfaces.

Kent also claims that contamination of groundwater and surface water will be reduced by installation of a newer and larger cesspool.

The contamination of Flint's water system dates to before 2013, when public uproar surfaced over cases of contamination attributed to the system's privatization.

The study also concluded that the coal ash caused contamination in surface waters and that accumulation of toxic contaminants in river sediment could poison fish.

Injecting fluids into the Earth at high pressure can have consequences: causing earthquakes; contamination of surface aquifers by the injected fluid; and by connecting together of shallow geological layers (like drinking water aquifers and shallow coals seams) by the numerous boreholes required, some of which will have faulting casing and cement jobs.

Adverse effects on quality of surface and groundwater; contamination of water supply; water scarcity may be relieved

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has identified over 600 coal ash sites and documented at least 67 proven or potential cases of surface water or groundwater contamination from coal ash in at least 23 states.

Fracking has been demonstrated to be a threat to surface and groundwater, and has been blamed for fatal explosions, the contamination of drinking water, rivers, and streams.