Sentences with phrase «water pollution»

With the large numbers of travelers wanting to trek and visit hill tribe villages they are the number 1 source of water pollution in remote areas.

Coal plants are now by far the largest source of toxic water pollution in the country.

They raised concerns of possible water pollution from mining activities.

The Chinese government recently released a report detailing some of those environmental efforts, including new laws focused on water pollution and treatment and plans to enforce them.

Also, fertilizer used in wheat production can cause major water pollution problems, which can then negatively impact the trees and the bees.

The project will focus on improving farm productivity and profits while reducing water pollution associated with agricultural runoff.

Provide environmental counseling and litigation support in matters such as improper land use, hazardous substance handling and disposal and water pollution control issues.

He was also interested in controlling environmental damage, but he was mostly thinking about atmospheric and water pollution by power plants and strip mining — including effects of acid rain.

Animal agriculture is a major cause of global warming and is responsible for water pollution, deforestation, soil erosion, and all sorts of unhappy environmental consequences.

This contributes to increased floods, erosion, and water pollution as well as periods of low or no flow in streams, which can stress fish and other aquatic life.

It is also imperative for developing cities and countries to prevent water pollution.

Students practice storm water pollution prevention, and environmental leadership.

The report says coal - fired power plants are the largest source of toxic water pollution in the country.

Air and water pollution levels do vary from place to place — for example, mountains and forests typically have cleaner air than highways or industrial areas.

But reducing other pressures, like water pollution and destructive fishing, could help.

Its cultivation spread rapidly during the industrial revolution and it is now responsible for a large part of global water pollution in rivers and coastal areas.

These combined forms of water pollution pose grave threats to human health.

The huge amount of land devoted to parking lots leads to increased water pollution and the urban heat island effect.

The project will focus on improving farm productivity and profits while reducing water pollution associated with agricultural runoff.

That means, in turn, less land required to grow the feed for animals, lower greenhouse gas emissions, and less water pollution.

But they also had a problem with local water pollution due to some of these chemicals and the farmers wanted to mitigate these problems.

The image at right is from a gallery of graphics describing some of the issues that persist despite extraordinary progress against water pollution problems in recent decades.

We also deal with breaches of Section 80 prohibition notices, breaches of smoke regulations and water pollution offences.

The regulations will aim to avoid water pollution and benefit farm businesses.

He pointed out that 200 British companies involved in metal - finishing each employed fewer than 40 people, but the industry as a whole causes severe water pollution.

They looked at Dutch water pollution data from 2003 to 2009.

The existing standards governing water pollution from power plants have not been updated in 30 years..

It meant water pollution and timber cutting within 300 feet of a public school.

Beyond water pollution, air pollution is the next - highest - ranking environmental issue.

The treatment capacity of the district's water pollution control plant is approximately 50 million gallons per day.

Reduced demand for fossil fuels will improve the environment by reducing air and water pollution as well as the heat - trapping gases that cause global warming.

A key to preventing storm water pollution is to utilize green infrastructure solutions.

According to a recent Chinese government survey, water pollution levels are actually twice as bad as they were reported to be in 2007.

Identify factors that contribute to water pollution in the community and analyze their impact in the water supply.

It's also the number one source of water pollution.

HOOSICK FALLS — At the first of three hearings into the Hoosick Falls water pollution crisis on Tuesday, the message from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration was clear: the federal Environmental Protection Agency was at fault.

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A water quality hearing on Wednesday largely focused on water pollution issues in Hoosick Falls.

And state officials have been criticized for their initial response to worries about water pollution in Hoosick Falls, located about an hour east of Albany.

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As state legislators began hearings on the Hoosick Falls water pollution crisis on Tuesday, state Department of Environmental Conservation commissioner Basil Seggos and Department of Health commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker sent a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency demanding reimbursement of continuing costs related to the mishandling of the crisis.

Over the course of the semester, students will advise a community group on an environmental justice advocacy strategy, help clients determine whether they have standing to bring an environmental case, negotiate a RCRA enforcement settlement and a regional - scale habitat conservation plan, design a litigation strategy to address changes to air quality standards, and testify at a hearing on water pollution reduction — among many other exercises.

At a microbiology lab in Aleppo that monitored water pollution, he was researching new methods of drinking water disinfection.

The purpose of the 2012 CWNS is to assess the capital costs for water pollution abatement or protection projects that are not completely funded as of January 1, 2012 or expected to occur within the next 20 years.

Represented a municipal water pollution control authority (WPCA) in claims against a centralized waste treatment facility for unpermitted discharges and unpaid sewer use charges.

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Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said in a statement that the NYBG «is leading efforts to reclaim the Bronx River by demonstrating the availability and effectiveness of environmentally - friendly approaches to eliminating water pollution.»