Sentences with phrase «terms of water supply»

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This fund will provide relief to survivors in the form of emergency supplies like food, water, and medicine in addition to longer - term recovery assistance to help residents recover and rebuild.

12 DAYS OF FOOD STORAGE CHRISTMAS OVERVIEW Day 1: Emergency Preparedness Day 2: Shelves Day 3: Water Day 4: 3 Month Supply Day 5: Long Term Education Day 6: Grains Day 7: Legumes Day 8: Baking Goods Day 9: Fruits and Vegetables Day 10: Comfort Foods Day 11: Non-Food Items Day 12: Checklists

Nestlé Waters recognizes that the long term success of the company is built on effective water stewardship in the watersheds where our factories are located and where suppliers and consumers live.

Orland Park officials agreed Monday to extend the contract of a consultant who is helping negotiate a long - term contract between several southwest suburban communities and their water supplier, Oak Lawn.

Two companies blamed for contributing to the pollution of the Hoosick Falls» water supplies will pay the village $ 850,000 under the terms of a proposed settlement agreement released late Friday.

Top priorities for a second Walsh term include securing grants for replacement of the town pool and major upgrades to Rosendale's public water supply infrastructure.

She is poised to pursue New York State grant funding for two major local infrastructure concerns, upgrades to the town's public water supply system and replacement of the town pool, during her second two - year term.

By now, most Rockland residents understand that the county needs more water for homes, businesses and firefighting and that the State of New York has required United Water to develop a new long - term water suwater for homes, businesses and firefighting and that the State of New York has required United Water to develop a new long - term water suWater to develop a new long - term water suwater supply.

United Water itself continues to maintain that continued increases in construction, as well as upcoming and long - term projects such as the Bloomberg data center in Orangeburg, the new Tappan Zee Bridge and potential development for the grounds of the former Letchworth Village are likely to surpass the small supply drop seen during the recession.

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.

To that end, the long - term GAC filtration system for the municipal supply has been in operation since February of 2017 and the New York State Health Commissioner deemed Hoosick Falls» drinking water amongst «the cleanest in the entire nation.»

«I review what it is that we have done to date in terms of providing assistance initially to the village in determining what they might do to get that out of the water supply, connecting them with guidance from the state and federal governments that they could share with the residents.»

«I think what we're trying to do as a company is take a longer term view of water supply and meeting long - term water needs.»

In this study, he coins the term «groundwater citizenship,» which emphasizes the stewardship of aquifers and deliberate water conservation in order to conserve supplies of groundwater.

Based on a survey he conducted of 864 Kansans, Ternes discovered that well owners were significantly more aware of water supplies and water - related policies and agencies, including the Kansas Water Office, Groundwater Management Districts, and the Governor's Long - Term Vision for the Future of Water Supply in Kawater supplies and water - related policies and agencies, including the Kansas Water Office, Groundwater Management Districts, and the Governor's Long - Term Vision for the Future of Water Supply in Kawater - related policies and agencies, including the Kansas Water Office, Groundwater Management Districts, and the Governor's Long - Term Vision for the Future of Water Supply in KaWater Office, Groundwater Management Districts, and the Governor's Long - Term Vision for the Future of Water Supply in KaWater Supply in Kansas.

Public health departments regulate food service establishments, provide disease screening and treatment for communicable disease, offer prenatal care, regulate various aspects of the water supply, provide immunizations, and provide other services that can immediately improve population health, as well as improve population health over the longer term.

«Given that we will need to adapt to more uncertain fresh water supplies, a problem that the state of California is currently grappling with, we need to find ways to correct misperceptions to help people adapt to temporary or long - term decreases in freshwater supply,» Attari said.

On the drinking - water front, researchers from IBM, Central Glass, Ltd., of Japan, the King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) in Saudi Arabia, and the University of Texas at Austin are developing a new type of membrane that is resistant to damage by chlorine (the chemical most often used prevent bacterial growth in water supplies) and designed to filter out salts and harmful toxins in water such as arsenic (long - term exposure of which has been linked to cancer and other ailments) potentially creating new sources of drinking water.

The researchers assessed the impact of diet change on global water resources over four scenarios, where the meat consumption was gradually reduced while diet recommendations in terms of energy supply, proteins and fat were followed.

The team is also planning to evaluate the effect of different pollution mitigation scenarios on long - term changes in snow cover and fresh water supply.

Over the long term, however, scientists agree: As climate change messes with weather patterns, California will likely experience longer and more severe droughts in the coming decades, threatening the sustainability of the state's main water supply system.

Many of these projects also improve grazing and water supplies for ranchers, benefitting cattle herds and the long - term future of ranching in the West.

They do particularly pick on processed meats, but in terms of global crises: «There is a... tsunami brewing, namely, we are seeing the confluence of growing constraints on water, energy, and food [supplies] combined with the rapid shift toward greater consumption of all animal source foods,» which, they note, are «inefficient, wasteful, and polluting.»

With endangered species dangers, and a shrinking snow - cap water supply due to climate change, legislators will have to determine not just how to get water to the masses this year, but also how to transition and wean current users off into new sectors of the economy for the long term, as some job sectors dry up.

A new study casts doubt on the long - term ability of the Athabasca River to supply the water Alberta's oil sands industry relies on.

Oceania experiences long - term impacts, including contamination of fresh water and loss of food supplies, although the highest surges in this region are lower than most other basins.

The water supply situation in the coastal area in terms of coverage, quality and quantity is very poor.

There are immense direct and indirect public benefits in transitioning to an efficient renewable energy system in terms of reduced incidence of diseases such as asthma, freeing up of most of the supplies of water that are now used for thermal electricity generation (and hence reduced conflict over water), reduced air, water, and soil pollution that accompanies fossil fuel production, processing and use, and greatly improved prospects of avoiding the worst consequences of climate change.

In response to long - term declining rainfall, Perth's Water Corporation, Western Australia's main water supplier, has been moving away from its reliance on dams, and is now planning to move away from reliance on the Gnangara mound, a surface groundwater system made up of four main aquifers beneath Perth's coastal pWater Corporation, Western Australia's main water supplier, has been moving away from its reliance on dams, and is now planning to move away from reliance on the Gnangara mound, a surface groundwater system made up of four main aquifers beneath Perth's coastal pwater supplier, has been moving away from its reliance on dams, and is now planning to move away from reliance on the Gnangara mound, a surface groundwater system made up of four main aquifers beneath Perth's coastal plain.

Even where increases are projected, there can be short - term shortages due to more variable streamflow (because of greater variability of precipitation), and seasonal reductions of water supply due to reduced snow and ice storage.

The index looked at 177 countries and analyzed their adaptive capacity in terms of vulnerability and readiness by looking at food supply, ecosystems, habitat, health infrastructure, water, economy, governance, and social readiness.

Already, water users, governments, and businesses worldwide are starting to recognize the value of green infrastructure, both in terms of securing water supply and reducing water risks, and have begun to increase their investments in these measures.

Glaciers supply about half of the total freshwater input to the Gulf of Alaska.68 Glacier retreat currently increases river discharge and hydropower potential in south central and southeast Alaska, but over the longer term might reduce water input to reservoirs and therefore hydropower resources.67

This short - term increase in runoff is interpreted as the consequence of glacier retreat, but in the long term there will be a reduction in water supply as the glaciers shrink beyond a critical limit (Jansson et al., 2003).

CfC's in amounts humans ever produced would have had an impact upon the water supply by a ration of perhaps 10 million: 1 in terms of reaching the O3 layer 10 - 25 miles > the surface of the earth.

Many of the biggest drains on our water supply come not from the kitchen tap but from inside the fridge of a typical home: ice cream, fresh meat and soft drinks, says Dutch scientist Arjen Hoekstra, who coined the term «water footprint» and founded the international Water Footprint Network in water supply come not from the kitchen tap but from inside the fridge of a typical home: ice cream, fresh meat and soft drinks, says Dutch scientist Arjen Hoekstra, who coined the term «water footprint» and founded the international Water Footprint Network in water footprint» and founded the international Water Footprint Network in Water Footprint Network in 2008.

California has been in the grip of a prolonged and remorseless drought that is one of the worst in history, with immediate and long - term threats to the supply of water for agriculture and the crowded cities of the region.

The planet's stock of natural wild woodland — the technical term is intact forest landscape — which protects biodiversity, stores carbon and manages the water supply, is dwindling.

«To the extent that people are thinking long - term about where's energy going to come from,» she said, «the Arctic is one of the places where it is highly likely that it will be a supply source — whether it's from Russian waters or Canadian waters or U.S. waters or Norwegian waters.

Energy efficiency is a prime concern and the institute is 100 % self sufficient in terms of captive power and water supply and promotes rain water harvesting and waste water re-cycling.

Dimick cited water and food scarcity, pointing to the effects of countries that have lots of money but little water: «They are in the business of trying to buy up land or long - term leases on land in other continents so they can secure a future food supply.»

Climate change, in terms of change in the means or variability, could affect water supply systems in a number of ways.

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