Sentences with phrase «water contamination from»

Major Environmental Issues: air pollution from heavy industry, emissions of coal - fired electric plants, and transportation in major cities; industrial, municipal, and agricultural pollution of inland waterways and sea coasts; deforestation; soil erosion; soil contamination from improper application of agricultural chemicals; scattered areas of sometimes intense radioactive contamination; ground water contamination from toxic waste.

Locally, communities not only lose access to water and land resources, but are subjected to the environmental degradation that comes along with monocrop cultivation, including soil and water contamination from pesticide pollution and soil erosion.

There have been no reported cases of water contamination from geothermal sites in the United States [2].

«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.»

The risk of water contamination from fracking remains largely unknown.

Vague regulations let government officials hide drinking water contamination from the public.

For example, the Bioenergy Technologies Office has helped a company develop a process for making commercial airliner biofuel (now being tested by Boeing), and it sponsored research by public university scientists investigating how a bioenergy crop can help prevent water contamination from fertilizer runoff.

«In North Dakota, however, we find it is widespread and persistent, with clear evidence of direct water contamination from fracking.»

For example, hurricanes often involve water contamination from sewage, and petrochemical spills from ruptured boats or automobiles.

Briccetti says an EPA study, released in early June, said there is no widespread drinking water contamination from fracking, though it did find some specific instances of drinking water contamination.

Water contamination from industrial sites and inadequate treatment facilities, agricultural and storm water runoff, aging pipes and other structural problems are among the problems that must be addressed to ensure New York has clean and lead - free drinking water, DiNapoli said.

Water contamination from industrial sites and inadequate treatment facilities, agricultural and storm water runoff, aging pipes and other structural problems are among the problems that must be addressed, DiNapoli said.

Briccetti says an EPA study, released in early June, said there is not widespread drinking water contamination from fracking, though it did find some specific instances of drinking water contamination.

The North Dakota project, opposed by a Native American tribe fearful of water contamination from potential oil leaks, had stalled in Democrat Barack Obama's administration.

In 2006, a physician working at a clinic in Fort Chipewyan, Alta., raised the alarm over what he considered high rates of cancer in the community, the result, he surmised, of water contamination from the oilsands operations upstream.

Not exact matches

These vary during the different phases of well development and have different scales of impact: Vibration may affect only people very close to wells, whereas stress from, for example, concerns about possible water contamination may have a wider reach.

Flint, Michigan hit the headlines early this year when President Obama declared a state of emergency after the area's water supply was rendered undrinkable due to lead contamination from old pipes.

Factor in population increases, aging infrastructure, increased demand from agricultural applications and contamination issues and you are looking at a potential opportunity and windfall for water related companies to take advantage.

Not only do the animals suffer from this cruel trade but it also has serious negative effects on the environment, contributing to climate change, pollution and water contamination.

Climate - smart agriculture promotes a number of water conservation practices, such as planting a buffer of trees and bushes along streams and rivers to prevent erosion and contamination from crop runoff.

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.

Governments are increasingly concerned about the impacts of inappropriate practices on the health of the natural environment, especially from soil erosion, contamination from agrochemicals, and inefficient use of water resources.

A sloping top on the electrical cabinet prevents water pooling, and a top tray protects the film path from overhead contamination.

Used as a filler for ground beef, it is made from fatty trimmings that are more susceptible to contamination than other cuts of beef, and are therefore sprayed with ammonium hydroxide - ammonia mixed with water - to remove pathogens such as salmonella and E.coli.

In response to Stone's concerns about water contamination, a Naperville laboratory studied a sample from the well at the gun club in March.

For those using tap water from public water supplies, there is little danger as the water supply is constantly monitored and warnings are issued if there is a risk of contamination.

Nitrate poisoning is very very rare and when it does occur, it is typically traced back to ground water contamination — specifically from contaminated private wells.2

While PFOA contamination is believed to have leeched into the ground water from the nearby Saint Gobain Plastics factory, this story is less about the polluter and more about whether the concerns from residents of a small town near the Vermont border were taken seriously in a timely enough fashion.

Legislation from Sen. Kathy Marchione and Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin would permit the village to issue serial bonds for «extraordinary expenses incurred by the village as a direct result of the discovery of the contamination of the village's municipal water supply,» according to the bill memorandum.

Congress has launched a federal investigation into the water - contamination crisis in upstate Hoosick Falls — with members demanding answers from Gov. Cuomo's administration.

EPA administrator Judith A. Enck said, «as a result of this settlement, the health of people living in communities throughout Suffolk County will be better protected from the threat of petroleum contamination to ground water,»

There are frequent rail accidents and pipeline explosions, evidence of long term water contamination esp around Dimock PA and in WY, non disclosure agreements forced on people whose health has been damaged from exposure to toxic emissions, secrecy about all of these issues, and climate changes caused by too much fossil fuel emissions.

NEWBURGH, N.Y. — Representatives from the Campaign for Water Protection held a forum Saturday to discuss how the PFOS and PFOA contamination is affecting the city's water soWater Protection held a forum Saturday to discuss how the PFOS and PFOA contamination is affecting the city's water sowater source.

Seggos and Hutton were at the press conference with Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney, who announced legislative action he is taking to ensure the Department of Defense pays for the remediation of PFOS contamination at Stewart Air National Guard Base and halts PFOS - laden discharges from the base into area water bodies, including the city's main drinking water source, Washington Lake.

The Cuomo administration has defended its response to the water contamination crisis in the village, the result of PFOA from a plant owned by Saint Gobain seeping into the village's water supply.

«The state's comprehensive response to help Hoosick Falls recover from water contamination caused by Saint Gobain and Honeywell has been unprecedented.

Rep. Chris Gibson, a Republican from the Hudson Valley, announced in a statement earlier in the morning the House panel would investigate the circumstances of a PFOA contamination of the drinking water in the rural village of Hoosick Falls.

Cuomo (and his windbreaker) is yet to travel to Hoosick Falls, which is reeling from a chemical contamination in its drinking water.

Representatives from the Campaign for Water Protection held a forum Saturday to discuss how the PFOS and PFOA contamination is affecting the city's water soWater Protection held a forum Saturday to discuss how the PFOS and PFOA contamination is affecting the city's water sowater source.

The DEC last week received a draft feasibility study on new water sources the contamination - ravaged Hoosick Falls could draw from and Commissioner Basil Seggos said the findings will be shared soon.

Students from Academia Avance in Los Angeles, California, traveled to Hoosick Falls as part of their senior project about communities impacted by water contamination.

«This funding will play a critical role in helping address the contamination issues facing the Central New York communities that draw their drinking water from Owasco Lake.»

The closing is another blow for a small community that was hit with chemical contamination of its drinking water supply from a factory owned by its other major employer, Saint Gobain.

The Rensselaer County village is currently dealing with a water contamination crisis after samples taken from public and private water wells detected perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, at levels above federal guidelines.

Adrienne Esposito, executive director of the Citizens Campaign for the Environment, said there were two ways the chemical was getting into the water supply — from legacy manufacturing contamination and consumer personal - care products that get washed down the drain.

It took the efforts of the group Riverkeeper, which advocates for clean water in the Hudson River, to convince the DEC to investigate sewage contamination from a discharge pipe maintained by the City of Troy and Rensselaer County Sewer districts.

State regulators blame the use of firefighting foams at Stewart Air National Guard Base for the contamination and, in response, have funded Newburgh's purchase of water from New York City and a new filtration system designed to eliminate PFOS from water.

Governor Cuomo's health commissioner faced an intense grilling from lawmakers at a joint hearing on how the administration handled water contamination in the eastern New York village of Hoosick Falls.

Constituents of Republican Sen. Kathy Marchione this week received a mailer from her Senate office detailing the lawmaker's efforts on clean water following water contaminations in Hoosick Falls and Petersburgh.

As the lead educational organization in the Hoosick area, continuing research and education on hydrology and geology is vital as the community recovers from the PFOA water contamination crisis.