Sentences with phrase «water quality infrastructure»

Also included were significant increases in the Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) and the establishment of a $ 200 million program to assist municipalities in funding water quality infrastructure projects.

Not exact matches

The Coalition Government is getting on with the job of delivering our water infrastructure needs, today annowncing $ 1 million to fast - track a feasibility study into improving water quality and supply to support the expansion of the Myalup and Collie River irrigation districts.

Building better communities Better communities come when governments work together to fund infrastructures such as roads, water, schools and transit that are the framework for a community's Quality of Life.

It also encompasses social, economic and ecological considerations, such as infrastructure, storage, waste reduction and improving and preserving water quality — all of which are critical to achieving global food security.

Environmental water is needed because the Basin's river system is often placed under pressure because the natural movement, distribution, and quality of water is altered due to river regulation and infrastructure that was built to support burgeoning communities and agricultural production.

The UN works on many water entities such as distributing drinking water during disasters, protecting ecosystems, making sure that water is of sufficient quality, ensuring that our cities have enough water infrastructure, measuring progress of access to sanitation, looking at how we will have enough water to make food.

Mass Audubon has received a $ 25,900 grant from the Massachusetts Environmental Trust (MET) for our work educating children and adults throughout central Massachusetts on improving water quality and habitat, focusing on the use of cost - effective Green Infrastructure and Low Impact Development (LID).

Mass Audubon has received a $ 25,900 grant from the Massachusetts Environmental Trust (MET) for our work educating children and adults throughout central Massachusetts on improving water quality and habitat, focusing on the use of cost - effective Green Infrastructure and Low Impact Development.

This will be followed by a breakfast workshop at Broadmoor, hosted by Mass Audubon, illustrating how natural green infrastructure can preserve and restore water quality and habitat through good planning, conservation design, and LID.

After facing sharp criticism over the state's response to water contamination in the village of Hoosick Falls, Gov. Andrew Cuomo this year signed the $ 2.5 billion Clean Water Infrastructure Act, which is aimed at upgrading drinking and clean water infrastructure across the state and instituting new quality control measwater contamination in the village of Hoosick Falls, Gov. Andrew Cuomo this year signed the $ 2.5 billion Clean Water Infrastructure Act, which is aimed at upgrading drinking and clean water infrastructure across the state and instituting new quality control measWater Infrastructure Act, which is aimed at upgrading drinking and clean water infrastructure across the state and instituting new quality conInfrastructure Act, which is aimed at upgrading drinking and clean water infrastructure across the state and instituting new quality control measwater infrastructure across the state and instituting new quality coninfrastructure across the state and instituting new quality control measures.

Individual municipalities from Shelter Island to Huntington continue to confront issues involving water quality, affordable housing, high - paying jobs and the infrastructure needed to support future development.

He also applauded the Governor for announcing a major commitment to clean water infrastructure and water quality protection and said he welcomes «a serious discussion about college affordability and making high quality college education accessible for all New Yorkers.»

Gov. Andrew Cuomo touted a $ 2.5 billion bond for water quality and infrastructure upgrades contained in the state budget, saying in Auburn on Wednesday it wasn't a «cheap solution» to a statewide problem.

«This administration has taken aggressive action to address water quality issues across New York, creating the Water Quality Rapid Response Team, enacting the historic $ 2.5 billion Clean Water Infrastructure Act and record $ 300 million Environmental Protection Fund,» said Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi in a statement released Wednesday afterwater quality issues across New York, creating the Water Quality Rapid Response Team, enacting the historic $ 2.5 billion Clean Water Infrastructure Act and record $ 300 million Environmental Protection Fund,» said Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi in a statement released Wednesday aftquality issues across New York, creating the Water Quality Rapid Response Team, enacting the historic $ 2.5 billion Clean Water Infrastructure Act and record $ 300 million Environmental Protection Fund,» said Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi in a statement released Wednesday afterWater Quality Rapid Response Team, enacting the historic $ 2.5 billion Clean Water Infrastructure Act and record $ 300 million Environmental Protection Fund,» said Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi in a statement released Wednesday aftQuality Rapid Response Team, enacting the historic $ 2.5 billion Clean Water Infrastructure Act and record $ 300 million Environmental Protection Fund,» said Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi in a statement released Wednesday afterWater Infrastructure Act and record $ 300 million Environmental Protection Fund,» said Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi in a statement released Wednesday afternoon.

At 10 a.m., Assembly Standing Committees on Environmental Conservation and Health, and the Subcommittee on Oversight of the DEC, hold a joint public hearing to examine water quality issues and to review implementation of the $ 2.5 billion in water infrastructure funding contained in the 2017 - 18 budget, 250 Broadway, Manhattan.

Riverkeeper Water Quality Advocate Tracy Brown: «To have the federal government continue to cut the state revolving fund monies that are available to support repair and maintenance is really gonna have a direct impact on water quality and it's gonna increase the number of sewage infrastructure failures and the amount of pollution in our waterways.&rWater Quality Advocate Tracy Brown: «To have the federal government continue to cut the state revolving fund monies that are available to support repair and maintenance is really gonna have a direct impact on water quality and it's gonna increase the number of sewage infrastructure failures and the amount of pollution in our waterways.Quality Advocate Tracy Brown: «To have the federal government continue to cut the state revolving fund monies that are available to support repair and maintenance is really gonna have a direct impact on water quality and it's gonna increase the number of sewage infrastructure failures and the amount of pollution in our waterways.&rwater quality and it's gonna increase the number of sewage infrastructure failures and the amount of pollution in our waterways.quality and it's gonna increase the number of sewage infrastructure failures and the amount of pollution in our waterways.»

But the crisis in Flint, where dangerous levels of lead were found in drinking water in February 2015, has raised serious questions about water quality in cities like Buffalo that have older infrastructure.

Cuomo pushed a package of water quality measures last year, culminating in a budget appropriation of $ 2.5 billion for water infrastructure, new testing requirements for smaller water systems like the one serving Hoosick Falls and state authority to set new limits for toxic chemicals like the one found in the Rensselaer County village.

Another of Cuomo's infrastructure concerns was Long Island's water quality.

The budget deal is likely to include $ 2 billion to $ 2.5 billion for water quality and upgrades to aging water infrastructure, Republican Senate Leader John Flanagan said, as well as $ 163 million to make college tuition more affordable.

On the environmental side, Dan Shapley, Water Quality Program Director for Riverkeeper, applauds the governor's continued multiyear $ 2.5 billion investment in drinking water infrastructure and source water protecWater Quality Program Director for Riverkeeper, applauds the governor's continued multiyear $ 2.5 billion investment in drinking water infrastructure and source water protecwater infrastructure and source water protecwater protection.

«We are now at the point where we'll be putting shovels in the ground, another milestone in this major infrastructure project,» said Steven P. Devan, P.E., commissioner of the Oneida County Department of Water Quality and Water Pollution Control.

Before traveling to Brentwood, Cuomo visited Bethpage State Park, where he signed the $ 2.5 - billion Clean Water Infrastructure Act, which he called a «historic water - quality initiative.&rWater Infrastructure Act, which he called a «historic water - quality initiative.&rwater - quality initiative.»

Smyth identified infrastructure improvements, particularly to water systems and quality, providing shovel ready sites for economic development and expanding economic opportunities as important issues in the race to become the county government chief executive.

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, D - N.Y., has introduced new legislation to improve infrastructure and water quality.

Hopfensperger works with undergraduate students and community partners to conduct research on topics including water quality, green infrastructure, greenhouse gas flux and invasive species.

This so - called urban health advantage is usually attributed to better access to health care and improved overall infrastructure, such as clean water, safety and education.But many of the globe's cities are already bursting and actually offer a far worse quality of life to those on the lower end of the income spectrum, whose plights can get overshadowed in large - scale statistics.

Slum - defining characteristics such as poor water and sanitation infrastructure, crowding and poor structural quality of housing offer ample opportunities for mosquitoes to breed and spread the Zika virus.

Mauricio Pardón, the Senior Advisor for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), focused on the importance of investing in universal access to quality water and sanitation services through innovation, accountable and just governance, and the safe and expeditious construction of infrastrucWater, Sanitation and Hygiene at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), focused on the importance of investing in universal access to quality water and sanitation services through innovation, accountable and just governance, and the safe and expeditious construction of infrastrucwater and sanitation services through innovation, accountable and just governance, and the safe and expeditious construction of infrastructure.

Addressing the audience in the aftermath of the discovery of high levels of lead in the water system of Flint, Michigan, Edwards framed his presentation in terms of water infrastructure inequality in the United States, including lack of access to both adequate quantities of water and to water of safe quality.

«I believe it's just as important to study how human factors influence local water policy as it is to study the science of water quality or the costs of upgrading water infrastructure,» said Haeffner.

Other factors that can impact on poverty and equality include access to quality basic services such as education, health care, essential infrastructure including water, sanitation, and electricity, and early childhood development.

The new infrastructure will meet all modern code requirements for fire protection flow demands and potable water quality and storage.

Then there is the generally degrading quality of U.S. infrastructure, which could easily lead to more outbreaks similar to the 1993 Milwaukee cryptosporidium epidemic — as well as the more general problem of not having enough water to meet basic needs, let alone any economic expansion.

Extreme rainfall events and flooding have increased during the last century, and these trends are expected to continue, causing erosion, declining water quality, and negative impacts on transportation, agriculture, human health, and infrastructure.

Municipalities may be forced to invest in new infrastructure to protect human health and water quality in the Great Lakes, and local communities could face tourism losses from fouled nearshore regions.

Extreme heat, heavy downpours, and flooding will affect infrastructure, health, agriculture, forestry, transportation, air and water quality, and more.

Portland uses green streets, ecoroofs, trees, and other green infrastructure to manage stormwater, protect water quality and improve watershed health.

We have launched the Unconventional Gas Technical Engagement Program to share best practices on issues such as water management, methane emissions, air quality, permitting, contracting, and pricing to help increase global gas supplies and facilitate development of the associated infrastructure that brings them to market.

There are three main categories in which gas and oil companies» water conservation efforts generally fall; using lower quality water from nontraditional sources, reusing produced water and creating new infrastructure to transport water

The World Health Organisation reports that climate change related variations to weather patterns such as more intense and frequent extreme events, changes in water, air, food quality and quantity, and to ecosystems, agriculture, livelihoods and infrastructure, will all have an impact on health.

Many thanks to the City of Portland, Ecotrust, the Willamette Partnership and the Urban Greenspaces Institute for helping to pull it together and even more so, for their ongoing work pioneering natural infrastructure innovations that are saving money, beautifying communities, improving air and water quality, and capturing carbon.

The rural beauty of Eastern Long Island draws many visitors to the coast, but the population swells during the busy summer months, adding increasing pressure to infrastructure and water quality issues in local communities.

This approach has provided DEP a platform for ongoing green infrastructure design and construction and will have a direct and substantial impact on improving water quality in New York City's waterways.

A community that generates revenue by producing excess energy, has superior air and water quality, and a world class infrastructure that enables and enhances the very essence of community.

It includes 127 initiatives on how we're going to achieve ten main goals, which include affordable housing, access to open space, cleaning up our brown fields, insuring proper transit infrastructure and shorter commutes, making sure we have clean, reliable energy, achieving the cleanest air quality of any big city, insuring our waterways are cleaner and our water network is secure so we have drinking water.

You can't just build an infrastructure for storm - water and water quality, you have to focus on water conservation and storm - water management.

Basically, the campaign requests that restaurants stop buying bottled water for these reasons: - Tap water is no less safe than bottled water, especially if the tap is filtered - Restaurants will protect customers from the chemicals and pollutants found in various brands of bottled water - The city of San Francisco's water is tested more than 100,000 times each year, and it meets state and federal water quality standards that are stricter than bottled water standards - It's cheaper - It's better for the environment to end the manufacturing of plastic bottles - Focusing on using tap water will refocus monies towards the repair and maintenance of our water infrastructure

Beyond the tragic fatalities that can result directly, extreme weather events can damage infrastructure, jeopardizing access to lifesaving care for extended periods of time, and can compromise water quality and food supplies.

Climate impact concerns include environmental quality (e.g., more ozone, water - logging or salinisation), linkage systems (e.g., threats to water and power supplies), societal infrastructures (e.g., changed energy / water / health requirements, disruptive severe weather events, reductions in resources for other social needs and maintaining sustainable livelihoods, environmental migration (Box 7.2), placing blame for adverse effects, changes in local ecologies that undermine a sense of place), physical infrastructures (e.g., flooding, storm damage, changes in the rate of deterioration of materials, changed requirements for water or energy supply), and economic infrastructures and comparative advantages (e.g., costs and / or risks increased, markets or competitors affected).