Sentences with phrase «water discharge into»

Scientists have recently observed major changes in these glaciers: several have broken up at the ocean end (the terminus), and many have doubled the speed at which they are retreating.2, 5 This has meant a major increase in the amount of ice and water they discharge into the ocean, contributing to sea - level rise, which threatens low - lying populations.2, 3,5 Accelerated melting also adds freshwater to the oceans, altering ecosystems and changing ocean circulation and regional weather patterns.7 (See Greenland ice sheet hotspot for more information.)

Goeddertz works for AECOM, a national engineering firm hired by the Niagara Falls Water Board in the wake of last summer's black water discharge into the Niagara River Gorge beside the Maid of the Mist dock.

DuPont Dordrecht also installed water purification technologies that allowed reuse of water, reduced consumption of purchased water, and eliminated water discharge into the Merwede River by 265,000 m3 (70 million US gallons).

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Another was opting to reinject produced water into the reservoirs to maintain pressure, through a closed circuit and without discharges into the ocean.

The water is reused to sidestep the need to tap natural water and discharge it into the environment.

The 1972 Clean Water Act makes it unlawful to discharge any pollutant from a single identifiable source — such as a pipe — into certain bodies of water without a peWater Act makes it unlawful to discharge any pollutant from a single identifiable source — such as a pipe — into certain bodies of water without a pewater without a permit.

As an example, Klein points to a 2003 incident in California when a Crystal cruise ship discharged 138,000 litres of waste water 14 km offshore into the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

For example, a few mutations in a critical binding pocket within the gamete receptors (the proteins that allow a male gamete to adhere to a female gamete) of various invertebrate marine organisms (these organisms simply discharge their gametes into the water in a blind shotgun mating strategy) can produce a reproductive isolation event between subpopulations.

A polluter finds it advantageous to discharge his wastes into public land, air, or water.

Indian industry can adopt a more responsible attitude in general while discharging waste water into water bodies or sewers to reduce contamination of surface and ground water.

The law requires any industry that discharges wastes into a public water supply to pay their pro rata share of treatment cost.

Currently, liquid waste generated within the region are discharged into open water bodies due to the lack of a facility to treat it.

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.

Indian Point needs state permits to use water from the Hudson River to cool its reactors and then discharge the warm water back into the river.

The water board and the water infrastructure in Niagara Falls have come under fire over the last several months because of various water main breaks and the discharge into the lower Niagara River in late - July.

Niagara Falls, NY (WBEN) The day it was due, the Niagara Falls Water Board has released its findings into the July 29th discharge into the Niagara River.

Niagara Falls, NY (WBEN)- A report from the Niagara Falls Water Board on the cause of the infamous discharges into the Lower Niagara is due out today.

To minimize instances of sewage backup into residential structures and onto streets, the current system releases the wastewater to various water bodies that include and ultimately discharge to the Mohawk River — a classified Impaired Water water bodies that include and ultimately discharge to the Mohawk River — a classified Impaired Water Water Body.

A plan to discharge treated fracking water into the Allegheny River continues raising concerns.

Still, Latvala pointed to some achievements during the 2017 Session, including a legislation backed by Senate President Joe Negron to build additional water storage south of Lake Okeechobee, which will help alleviate discharges into the Calooshatchee River.

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.

After a meeting with state DEC officials, representatives from the Niagara Falls Water Board said they will continue to be cooperative with the agency's investigation into a foul - smelling and jet - black discharge that poured into the Lower Niagara River last weekend.

While an investigation into the operations of the Niagara Falls water treatment plant continues, the DEC said it's clear an embarrassing black sewage discharge into the Niagara River earlier this summer was the result of operational deficiencies that led to human error.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has ordered the Niagara Falls Water Board to halt any further discharges into the Niagara River — a decision that comes after the third reported instance of wastewater discharge from the treatment plant in a matter of weeks.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo unleashed a torrent of criticism on the Niagara Falls Water Board for its recent sewage and wastewater discharges into the Niagara River, accusing the board of a «lack of training, lack of systems, lack of processes» and deeming its operational violations «inexcusable.»

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has announced an agreement with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection to reduce the impact of discharges into an Ulster County water body.

Her report also includes some proposed solutions that would see a mix of state, federal and private dollars put to work to ease the discharge of sewage into potential drinking water sources.

The Niagara Falls Water Board said earlier this month that the dark, foul - smelling discharge that spewed into the Niagara Gorge in late July resulted from outdated technology at its water treatment plant and «a misunderstanding» among worWater Board said earlier this month that the dark, foul - smelling discharge that spewed into the Niagara Gorge in late July resulted from outdated technology at its water treatment plant and «a misunderstanding» among worwater treatment plant and «a misunderstanding» among workers.

The cheapest includes discharging treated water into Massapequa Creek.

Bay Park currently discharges its nitrogen - rich effluent into Reynolds Channel, degrading the water quality.

The Niagara County Legislature has called a special meeting for 6 p.m. tomorrow to vote on asking for local, state and federal criminal investigations of the Niagara Falls Water Board in the wake of a July 29 discharge of black water into the Niagara River near the Maid of the Mist Water Board in the wake of a July 29 discharge of black water into the Niagara River near the Maid of the Mist water into the Niagara River near the Maid of the Mist dock.

According to Groll, the OGS spokesperson, «lead - contaminated water was discharged into the storm sewer» on Oct. 24 during work on Building 4.

Lee also said the Newburgh city sewage - treatment system should control water pollution before it is discharged into local waterways.

He said that while he has confidence in the state DEC's investigation, the EPA should look into the situation, too, because the discharge may have violated the federal Clean Water Act as well as agreements involving the shared waters of the United States and Canada.

Millions of gallons of groundwater and stormwater pollutants associated with the Croton water filtration plant project in Van Cortlandt Park are being inappropriately discharged into parkland, says Karen Argenti on Waterblogged.

Treated water is discharged into the Valatie Kill, which runs through portions of Rensselaer and Columbia counties.

A 36 - inch stormwater discharge drain about 600 feet south of the beach — closer than permitted under the state beach code — dumps potentially hazardous chemicals and bacteria into the water during heavy rains.

On Thursday, Congressman Brian Higgins also released the letter he wrote to the EPA, calling for a full investigation into the discharge into the river, noting «the importance of this water body and its international nature.»

After it heats up, about 90 percent of that water is discharged back into the Sound at about 20 degrees warmer than when it was taken in, said Ken Holt, a spokesman for Millstone.

A plan is in the works to help prevent more «black water» and other illegal discharges into the lower Niagara River.

It later struck a multiphase contract with the firm for upgrades to pump stations and a sewer treatment plant that county officials said are necessary under the «Albany Pool» consent order, part of a regionwide blueprint developed to address the blight of sewer system discharges into the river and improve water quality.

Groundwater that seeps into the coastal zone beneath the ocean's surface — termed submarine groundwater discharge (SGD)-- is an important source of fresh water and nutrients to nearshore coral reefs throughout the globe.

Most places, the dirty rain water is directly discharged into the environment.

The compound seeped into the water from a Pacific Gas and Electric facility where it was used to coat cooling towers and discharged into holding ponds in the 1950s and 1960s.

Plant operators who accept drilling wastewater simply dilute it with regular sewage and then discharge it into water bodies.

The separation into two chambers means there are two separate flue gas streams to deal with too: air with a reduced concentration of oxygen is discharged from one chamber, water vapour and CO2 from the other.

In 2011, in response to growing public concern about the possible environmental and human health effects of fracking wastewater, Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection requested that the discharge of fracking fluids and other unconventional oil and gas wastewater into surface waters be prohibited from central water - treatment facilities that release high salinity effluents.

Even in a seemingly implausible accidental - release scenario in which all of a well's hydraulic fracturing fluid and untreated wastewater were discharged directly into surface waters for the lifetime of the well, shale - gas electricity had a lower lifetime human toxicity impact, or HTI, than coal electricity, according to the study.

There are fewer injection wells in the East, however, so much of the waste from drilling in the Marcellus Shale was initially discharged into surface waters.

Phosphates can be extracted from waste water before it is discharged into waterways, and the recycled phosphate used to manufacture washing powders.