Sentences with phrase «water as a hazard»

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Playing Through A player at Vista Valencia Golf Course in Valencia, Calif., continued his round last Saturday as a water - dropping helicopter reloaded its tank from a water hazard.

Johnson has been unable to get anything going, his final hole of the first round a microcosm of his PGA stint, as his tee shot found the water hazard on the left.

Any level of standing water is a hazard, as children can drown in as little as two inches of water.

When you have a newborn, you should avoid water and air mattresses as these models are suffocation hazard.

First, infants shouldn't be fed whole peanuts or whole peanut butter, which are both choking hazards, and instead be fed peanut - containing foods, such as watered - down peanut butter or peanut puffs.

The problem is that water hazards are allover your home and many are not recognized as dangerous to parents.

You might not see your toilet as a hazard, but the water in it, and the toilet lid, can be a danger for a curious child.

Reduced speeds are also necessary to ensure safe boating, as many hidden hazards and debris have been covered by elevated water levels and can threaten boaters.

Yet even as worry grew in Hoosick Falls, the Health Department told local officials last January that the amount of PFOA that had been found in the water supply «does not constitute an immediate health hazard,» though it recognized a need to «take measures to reduce it.»

Sustaining fresh water and energy resources; mitigating the effects of natural hazards such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, severe weather, landslides, coastal erosion, and solar flares; and dealing with the consequences of global warming and sea - level rise are issues that affect all populations, regardless of gender, ethnicity, or cultural traditions.

They say they need precise data on the prevalence and onset of medical conditions, as well as from air and water sampling, to properly assess the hazards of drilling.

Kibler now works as a researcher at the International Centre for Water Hazard & Risk Management in Tsukuba, Japan, and as an Associate Professor at Japan's National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies in Tokyo.

They regulate the risks of natural hazards and climate change, offer cultural and spiritual values to our society, and support key ecological functions such as nutrient and water cycling, filtering and buffering, and are central to economic vitality.

Think wine country, hikes with views of the mountains and golf with the Pacific ocean as your water hazard.

The expansion will continue to play with the Kingdom Battle formula in other ways too with new arena hazards such as water fountains that blast you out of position to new ramps that DK can utilise to cover large distances.

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This great lesson is designed to help students understand how the Homesteaders overcame the problems they faced on the Great Plains such as water supply, natural hazards, extreme weather, protecting crops, bankruptcy, insects and Native Americans.

Your city or state may have laws requiring buyers or sellers to test for environmental hazards such as leaking underground oil tanks, the presence of radon or asbestos, lead water pipes, and other such hazards, and to take the steps to clean - up any such hazards.

Keep kids and animals away from hazards such as downed power lines and water that may be contaminated.

You need to ensure that the body of water you are using is deep enough and free of underwater hazards such as rocks or debris for your dog to jump into without causing injury.

It's a good idea to assess water quality and potential hazards such as ocean or river currents before a dog is allowed to enter the water.

Towering pink - hued mountains, known as the Hazards, shadow the landscape, and at their foot are the calm, blue waters of Wineglass Bay.

The course is almost entirely flat, but it features a lot of water and sand hazards, as well as some stunning views.

To avoid hazards for your students, as a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor you need to know when specific gases are becoming toxic.

Track design is varied as there are 21 tracks full of shortcuts, while some tracks even require avoiding action to be taken from moving obstacles such as trains and trucks in addition to water hazards that cars must jump over.

Each level is filled with equally nasty hazards you must avoid, including giant pitfalls or pools of ice water, automated guns and traps such as spikes and blades.

Add to that the random hazards such as water or snow on the course and winning a race is really a tricky endeavor.

From a side - scrolling perspective, players traverse platforms and hazards as groups of «pikmin» aliens follow and assist him with tasks: removing obstacles; navigating chasms, water; battling «cartoony» enemies (e.g., ducks, snails, giant plants).

The third track would be a water - based track and one major hazard would be avoiding Big Bertha who would attempt to swallow racers as they went by.

As a scuba diver for International Golf — a company that makes a business out of retrieving, refurbishing and reselling 6 million sunken golf balls a year — he spends much of each week submerged in water hazards.

The pollution and poverty index is a ranking of each census tract as scored by the CalEnviroScreen (CES 2.0)-- it's a combination of poverty, language isolation, and exposure to toxics in both air and water that was generated by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (see oehha.ca.gov/ej/ces2.html for more details).

The convoy of two winds its way around the course, pausing politely as golfers make their shots, then continuing on to the next water hazard.

The obsession with average sea level rise compared with other coastal hazards (increases in water levels driven by storms as well as tsunamis) is a good illustration of how the focus on climate change is distorting assessments of risks and hazards.

Ten Great Public Health Achievements — United States, 1900 - 1999 Vaccination Motor - vehicle safety Safer workplaces Control of infectious diseases Decline in deaths from coronary heart disease and stroke Safer and healthier foods Healthier mothers and babies Family planning Fluoridation of drinking water Recognition of tobacco use as a health hazard

Disputes within climate science concern the nature and magnitude of feedback processes involving clouds and water vapor, uncertainties about the rate at which the oceans take up heat and carbon dioxide, the effects of air pollution, and the nature and importance of climate change effects such as rising sea level, increasing acidity of the ocean, and the incidence of weather hazards such as floods, droughts, storms, and heat waves.

«There are no publicly reported instances of potable water contamination from subsurface releases in California... Well stimulation technologies, as currently practiced in California, do not result in a significant increase in seismic hazard... Overall, in California, for industry practice of today, the direct environmental impacts of well stimulation practice appear to be relatively limited.»

As Secretary, Matt oversees the activities of the California Air Resources Board, the Department of Toxic Substances Control, the Department of Pesticide Regulation, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and the State Water Resources Control Board.

Given past work at attempting water bath stabilised temperatures in good laboratory surroundings, I'd hazard a guess that the best one can do, in the sense of all variation in a natural setting, as about + / -0.1 deg C for uses such as ocean heat content.

This network is delivering unprecedented monitoring and detection capabilities across the U.S. Arctic, with impacts ranging from seismic monitoring and natural hazards assessment to enhanced weather, water, and climate forecasting, as well as atmospheric and permafrost monitoring.

One can always make the point that the problem of global warming is not one of direct temperature hazard against human beings, but against the ecossystem as a whole, glaciers with their fresh waters, animals, vegetation, etc..

Sometimes the reason for a single - bike accident is a road hazard, such as an improperly - marked construction zone, a sudden narrowing of lanes, standing water on the road, falling objects from a truck, or poor road construction.

A property owner or occupier also has a duty to perform routine inspections of the premises to ensure hazards, such as water or another substance on the floor, are spotted and removed.

It includes falls as a result of water, ice or snow, as well as abrupt changes in flooring, poor lighting or even a hidden hazard such as a gap or hard to see hole in the ground.

Finally, the court accepted evidence that, though an engineer ought to have been aware of the extent of the water infiltration, it was conceivable that, in exercising his or her own judgment (described as poor judgment), an engineer could still determine that the infiltration was not a safety hazard.

Slip and fall injuries can result from such problems as water, rain, ice, snow, grease or other slippery substance on a walking surface, as well as abrupt changes in flooring, poor lighting, or a hidden hazard, such as a gap or a hard - to - see hole in the ground.

It means «(1) the building structure itself is unstable and there is a risk of collapse in whole or in part; (2) there is exterior or structural damage allowing elemental intrusion, such as rain, wind, hail or flood; (3) immediate safety hazards have yet to be cleared, such as debris on roofs or downed electrical lines; or (4) the rental property is without electricity or water.»

Your destination is uninhabitable if: (i) the building structure itself is unstable and there is a risk of collapse in whole or in part; (ii) there is exterior or structural damage allowing elemental intrusion, such as rain, wind, hail, or flood; (iii) immediate safety hazards have yet to be cleared such as debris on roofs or downed electrical lines; or (iv) the rental property is without electricity or water.

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Your primary place of residence or destination is uninhabitable if: (i) the building structure itself is unstable and there is a risk of collapse in whole or in part; (ii) there is exterior or structural damage allowing elemental intrusion, such as rain, wind, hail, or flood; (iii) immediate safety hazards have yet to be cleared such as debris on roofs or downed electrical lines; or (iv) the property is without electricity or water.

Your primary place of residence is uninhabitable if: (i) the building structure itself is unstable and there is a risk of collapse in whole or in part; (ii) there is exterior or structural damage allowing elemental intrusion, such as rain, wind, hail, or flood; (iii) immediate safety hazards have yet to be cleared such as debris on roofs or downed electrical lines; or (iv) the rental property is without electricity or water.