Sentences with phrase «water department on»

Enclosure for the new water filtration equipment, left, at the Hoosick Falls water department on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, in Hoosick Falls, N.Y. (Will Waldron / Times Union)

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St. Louis - based Anheuser - Busch, the largest U.S. brewer, said earlier this month it had cut its water use by 32 per cent in the last five years by sponsoring preservation initiatives in water basins critical to its breweries, and by installing U.S. Department of Agriculture real - time weather and crop water - use data meters on suppliers» farms.

There is the famous story of the farrier on the Detroit Water and Sewer Department's payroll, to the tune of $ 56,000 in annual pay and benefits.

The department is seeking to water down or scrap the rules and wants to avoid imposing compliance costs on energy firms since it may ultimately kill the regulations.

«They're designed to hold a lot of water while the dredging is going on,» said Mike McGarry, who oversees dredging projects for Brevard County Natural Resources Management Department.

CHAMPIONS INCLUDE: Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco (Chair) Erik Solheim, Executive Director, United Nations Environment (Co-Chair) Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development John Bryant, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé Nguyen Xuan Cuong, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam Michael La Cour, Managing Director, IKEA Food Services AB Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Rabobank Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute Peter Freedman, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum Louise Fresco, President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University & Research Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute Marcus Gover, Chief Executive Officer, Waste and Resources Action Programme Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture Gilbert Houngbo, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Selina Juul, Chairman of the Board and Founder, Stop Wasting Food Movement in Denmark Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International Sam Kass, Former White House Chef, Founder of TROVE and Venture Partner, Acre Venture Partners Michel Landel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sodexo Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister of Environment and Food, Denmark José Antonio Meade, Minister of Finance, Mexico Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Rajiv Shah, President, The Rockefeller Foundation Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa

Both sources are approved by the New York State Health Department and undergo rigorous testing in the on - site microbiological laboratory and by outside laboratories to meet the water analysis requirements of all 50 states.

Consultation on the 2017 — 18 plan has occurred with South Australian Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (including the South Australian Murray - Darling Basin Natural Resource Management Board), New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage, Victorian Environmental Water Holder, Victorian Catchment Management Authorities, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries - Fisheries, Water New South Wales, the Murray — Darling Basin Authority, the Murray - Darling Wetlands Working Group, Nature Foundation South Australia, Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority, Renmark Irrigation Trust, scientists engaged in monitoring the outcomes of Commonwealth environmental water use, the Murray - Lower Darling Environmental Water Advisory Group and various community groups and individWater and Natural Resources (including the South Australian Murray - Darling Basin Natural Resource Management Board), New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage, Victorian Environmental Water Holder, Victorian Catchment Management Authorities, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries - Fisheries, Water New South Wales, the Murray — Darling Basin Authority, the Murray - Darling Wetlands Working Group, Nature Foundation South Australia, Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority, Renmark Irrigation Trust, scientists engaged in monitoring the outcomes of Commonwealth environmental water use, the Murray - Lower Darling Environmental Water Advisory Group and various community groups and individWater Holder, Victorian Catchment Management Authorities, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries - Fisheries, Water New South Wales, the Murray — Darling Basin Authority, the Murray - Darling Wetlands Working Group, Nature Foundation South Australia, Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority, Renmark Irrigation Trust, scientists engaged in monitoring the outcomes of Commonwealth environmental water use, the Murray - Lower Darling Environmental Water Advisory Group and various community groups and individWater New South Wales, the Murray — Darling Basin Authority, the Murray - Darling Wetlands Working Group, Nature Foundation South Australia, Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority, Renmark Irrigation Trust, scientists engaged in monitoring the outcomes of Commonwealth environmental water use, the Murray - Lower Darling Environmental Water Advisory Group and various community groups and individwater use, the Murray - Lower Darling Environmental Water Advisory Group and various community groups and individWater Advisory Group and various community groups and individuals.

Trending Story: California releases five - year water plan As California experiences one of the driest winters on record, the California Natural Resources Agency, the California Environmental Protection Agency, and the California Department of Food and Agriculture released the final California Water Action Plan, laying out goals and vision for the next five years... Today's News -LSBwater plan As California experiences one of the driest winters on record, the California Natural Resources Agency, the California Environmental Protection Agency, and the California Department of Food and Agriculture released the final California Water Action Plan, laying out goals and vision for the next five years... Today's News -LSBWater Action Plan, laying out goals and vision for the next five years... Today's News -LSB-...]

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Further information on drought management of the Menindee Lakes is available on the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries Office of Water Drought Management website.

Consultation on the 2017 - 18 plan has occurred with New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage, Central Tablelands Local Land Services, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries - Fisheries, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries - Water, the Murray - Darling Basin Authority, the Lachlan Environmental Water Advisory Group, scientists engaged in monitoring the outcomes of Commonwealth environmental water use and various community groups and individWater, the Murray - Darling Basin Authority, the Lachlan Environmental Water Advisory Group, scientists engaged in monitoring the outcomes of Commonwealth environmental water use and various community groups and individWater Advisory Group, scientists engaged in monitoring the outcomes of Commonwealth environmental water use and various community groups and individwater use and various community groups and individuals.

The Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy, through the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office, is the administrative authority within Australia for the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance.

For further information on MICoR and to assist with the navigation of the database the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources have released a MICoR fact sheet, and MICoR User Guide.

A statement from the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources - the live export industry's «independent regulator» - said Animals Australia provided new information, including video footage, on April 9 this year, alleging ESCAS breaches in Qatar.

In May Australia said a panel of scientific experts from the Federal Department of Agriculture and Water Resources would review the ban, while loosening restrictions on some other imported prawn products.

Information about how to make a FOI request and the address, telephone number and email address for a contact officer who can be contacted about access to Commonwealth Environmental Water's information and documents can be obtained on the Department of the Environment's (the Department) Freedom of Information page.

From the care of the raw liquid, to the addition of water to meet the exact proof requirements with a 0.3 % tolerance, and finally to the filtration of the liquid so that it's clearer than municipal water, all lay solely on the Processing Department.

The Australian Government Department of the Environment, through the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office, is the administrative authority within Australia for the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance.

The seventh - graders used Gatorade, hot water and saliva to learn how scientists can break apart cells to reveal DNA during the hands - on lesson from Dr. Roy Mason, biology instructor and department

Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco (Chair) Erik Solheim, Executive Director, United Nations Environment (Co-Chair) Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development John Bryant, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Rabobank Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute Peter Freedman, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum Louise Fresco, President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University & Research Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute Marcus Gover, Chief Executive Officer, Waste and Resources Action Programme Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture Selina Juul, Chairman of the Board and Founder, Stop Wasting Food Movement in Denmark Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International Sam Kass, Senior Food Analyst at NBC News and former U.S. White House Chef Michael La Cour, Managing Director, IKEA Food Services AB Michel Landel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sodexo Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister of Environment and Food, Denmark José Antonio Meade, Minister of Finance, Mexico Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa

According to the Federal Department of Agriculture,» [e] ach animal must have access to food and water on demand and enough space to lie down.»

Water, on the other hand is free and readily available — but it doesn't do anything in the flavor department.

IRRI's work in India is supported by contributions from ICAR, the DAC; state agricultural universities (SAUs); the Government of India and its Department of Biotechnology; state agriculture departments (MOA); Asian Development Bank (ADB); United States Agency for International Development (USAID); International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD); Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF); Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR); Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC); International Initiative for Impact Evaluation; SARMAP; German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ); CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF); CGIAR Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security Research Program (CCAFS); Generation Challenge Programme (GCP); Japan's Ministry of Finance; the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council of the UK (BBSRC), the Department for International Development (DFID); and the European Commission (EC).

I think he's in hot water already (or at least the scouting department should be) in my book, and if they don't nail this upcoming draft (something we may not know until 2020 at the earliest), then it's time to move on.

Meanwhile, the Department of Environmental Conservation on Friday denied a water quality certification for a proposed pipeline in New York.

Local groups and citizens held a rally over the weekend to call on the U.S. Department of Defense to halt PFOS discharges from Stewart Air National Guard base in Newburgh, New York, which drain into the city's main drinking water source and the Hudson River.

Three congressional lawmakers from New York are calling on the U.S. Department of Defense to install filtration units immediately at Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh to stop the spread of PFOS - contaminated 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.

A Hudson Valley congressman has called on the Department of Defense to investigate water contamination in Newburgh.

A New York state lawmaker is among the latest to call on the U.S. Department of Defense to take responsibility for the PFOS drinking water contamination in Newburgh.

By Jesse McKinley ALBANY — For the second time in two weeks, New York State Department of Health officials sought to blame the Environmental Protection Agency for a contaminated water crisis in upstate New York, saying on Wednesday that they were confused and hamstrung by changing federal standards on perfluorooctanoic acid, a toxic chemical known as PFOA.

The state's Department of Environmental Conservation issued a statement citing its own «ongoing and aggressive response» to the Hoosick Falls water, and saying that the E.P.A. was «finally acting» on a January response for federal Superfund consideration.

«We knew that when it came time to start paying back the debt service on these facility improvements and upgrades that there would be an impact on the ratepayers,» said Steven P. Devan, P.E., Commissioner, Oneida County Department of Water Quality and Water Pollution Control.

U.S. Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney, Assemblyman Frank Skartados, Newburgh City Manager Michael Ciaravino and Riverkeeper are calling on the Department of Defense to stop the discharge of PFOS contaminated water from outfalls at the base to Silver Stream and other tributaries to Washington Lake, the city's main drinking water source.

And on Tuesday, State Senator Kemp Hannon, a Nassau County Republican who is the chairman of the Health Committee, criticized a December fact sheet from the Health Department — which did not warn against drinking the water, but did note possible health problems associated with PFOA — as «the most inconsistent letter I've ever seen.»

Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin listens as Howard Zucker, commissioner Department of Health, answers a question during a joint legislative public hearing on water quality and contamination on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016, in Albany, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)

Taconic sought to address the issue immediately by providing DEC, the New York State Department of Health and the Rensselaer County Department of Health with sampling results, installing carbon filtration on facility wells and providing bottled water to employees and company - owned residences.»

On Janurary 18, United Water New York officials announced that the New York State Department of Enviromental Conservation has provided draft permits for the Haverstraw Water Supply Project.

According to Plastiras, the email from the engineer to other department officials shows only that they thought it was possible that PFOA was being used in manufacturing near Petersburgh, and that it was not on an EPA list of chemicals used at area facilities whose presence in local water sources would have required the state to take action.

And long after village officials indicated concern over the detection of PFOA in the water — they requested advice from the state health department on what to tell residents — the department continued to assure the county and village that the levels of PFOA in the water were not harmful, emails show.

Mr. Romaine said he will introduce a resolution in the county Legislature this Tuesday instructing the Department of Health Services» well drilling unit to install fire wells capable of providing 400 gallons of water per minute on county parkland within the Pine Barrens.

On Tuesday City Council members Ydanis Rodriguez and Mark Levine, Assemblywoman Gabriela Rosa and state Sen. Adriano Espaillat sent a joint letter to the Parks and Transportation Departments asking them to find a way to add water service without jeopardizing the park.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has directed state health department staff to St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center in Syracuse after «preliminary tests» on Friday found Legionella bacteria in part of the building's water system.

Republican Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin, who represents Hoosick Falls, is calling for legislative hearings on what critics claim has been the Cuomo administration's slow response to the village's water crisis, and wants to subpoena records related to the Department of Health's reaction to the unfolding situation.

The state Labor Department threw ice cold water on the Buffalo Niagara job market, releasing revised numbers based on more complete payroll tax and census data, indicating that hiring by local employers was just a third of what was initially reported.

Taconic Plastics has been designated a state superfund site after it was determined to be the source of a PFOA contamination of drinking water in the town of Petersburgh, the Department of Environmental Conservation on Thursday announced.

The Head of Department of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in the state, Alhaji Muhammad Maisamari, confirmed this on Monday through Malam Nasiru Yusif, the Information Officer of the affected local government council.

The Department of Environmental Conservation and Department of Health on Tuesday announced the filtration system will be installed by Taconic Plastics, the company deemed to be responsbile for the chemical seeping into the drinking water in Petersburgh.

The department also provided technical guidance to the water systems on temporary changes they could make to lower the levels of cyanotoxins.