Sentences with phrase «underground water supplies as»

An inquiry by the Energy and Climate Change committee concluded that fracking, the process by which gas is extracted from shale rock, poses no risk to underground water supplies as long as drilling wells are properly constructed.»

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Rainforests act as natural water filters, keeping pollution and debris from flowing into water supplies; they also slow down rainwater, sending it into underground reserves.

The process, which involves blasting a mixture of chemicals and water underground in order to extract gas underneath, is seen as a potential economic boon for the upstate region, but environmentalists fear it could damage public water supplies.

This water is obtained from underground aquifers, and as ethanol production reaches a fever pitch in Iowa, the state's water supply is threatened.

Surface mining techniques are even more damaging, both in regions such as Central Appalachia, where mountaintop removal methods are deployed, and in deserts and prairies, where arid conditions make reclamation and restoration of underground water supplies difficult.

As Wendy explained how the coal mines have decimated the underground water supply, vital to the agriculture, viniculture, and animal husbandry in Hunter Valley, Wendy told me, «Water is life.&rwater supply, vital to the agriculture, viniculture, and animal husbandry in Hunter Valley, Wendy told me, «Water is life.&rWater is life.»

Impervious surfaces such as roads, parking lots, and roofs associated with sprawling urban development significantly change natural river flow patterns and the recharge of underground water supplies.

Yet, as surface water becomes less reliable, Californians are turning to underground aquifers to supply water.