Sentences with phrase «water quality initiatives»

In the near future, 20 percent of all Community Preservation Funds generated from East End real estate transfers will also be set aside for water quality initiatives.

East End state Assemblyman Fred Thiele (I - Sag Harbor) called the proposal «bold and unprecedented,» noting that it builds on the recent extension of the Community Preservation Fund, a 2 percent tax on real estate transfers in the five East End towns that was enacted in the late 1990s and now features a provision mandating that 20 percent of those monies be used toward water quality initiatives.

Not exact matches

A program dealing with San Francisco Bay that received $ 4.8 million last year would be eliminated, as would initiatives for reducing diesel emissions and beach water quality testing.

Students learn about water quality indicators, tolerant and intolerant species, and citizen science initiatives while identifying preserved macroinvertebrates.

County Executive Bellone has made improving Long Island's Water Quality one of his administration's highest priorities and introduced the Reclaim Our Water initiative.

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.»

Trump has called climate change a hoax and has promised to refocus the EPA on protecting air and water quality, while scrapping many of Obama's initiatives to curb carbon dioxide emissions.

The first consultation of the initiative was held in Geneva on 29 - 30 January with Member States and technical experts to have a concrete exchange on the proposed indicator framework and methods for the analysis of wastewater, water quality and water resources management.

The winter 2010 People Speak Poll, conducted in conjunction with the Center for Urban Initiatives and Research at UWM and The Business Journal Serving Greater Milwaukee, focuses on water issues including quality, quantity, governance, and economic...

Carroll County farmers have enrolled more than 34,000 acres of farmland this year in the state's Cover Crop Program — a grant funding initiative aimed at improving water quality in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.

These include hygiene, water quality, sand quality, management and environmental education initiatives.

The joint effort produced the Thames River Phosphorus Reduction Collaborative, an initiative using land management and drainage solutions for agriculture, co-operatively with partners, to reduce phosphorus and improving water quality in the Thames River and the Western Basin of Lake Erie.

«Scott Peters has a long and distinguished record of leading initiatives that improve coastal water quality while increasing jobs and raising quality of life in San Diego,» said David Wilmot, Ph.D., Ocean Champions» President and Co-Founder.

As part of their support of the Surfrider Foundation's clean water initiatives, Volkswagen of America, Inc. is contributing more than $ 100,000 to the organization to fund ongoing efforts to protect the water quality of our nation's coastlines and watersheds.

This report — the first on power plant water use and related water stress from the Energy and Water in a Warming World initiative (EW3)-- is the first systematic assessment of both the effects of power plant cooling on water resources across the United States, and the quality of information available to help public - and private - sector decision makers make water - smart energy chowater use and related water stress from the Energy and Water in a Warming World initiative (EW3)-- is the first systematic assessment of both the effects of power plant cooling on water resources across the United States, and the quality of information available to help public - and private - sector decision makers make water - smart energy chowater stress from the Energy and Water in a Warming World initiative (EW3)-- is the first systematic assessment of both the effects of power plant cooling on water resources across the United States, and the quality of information available to help public - and private - sector decision makers make water - smart energy choWater in a Warming World initiative (EW3)-- is the first systematic assessment of both the effects of power plant cooling on water resources across the United States, and the quality of information available to help public - and private - sector decision makers make water - smart energy chowater resources across the United States, and the quality of information available to help public - and private - sector decision makers make water - smart energy chowater - smart energy choices.

Ecosystem Marketplace, an initiative of Forest Trends, is a leading source of news, data, and analytics on markets and payments for ecosystem services such as water quality, carbon sequestration, and biodiversity.

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.

Behind BCREA's Quality of Life initiative is the recognition that the environment — clean air and water, parks and open space — is a big reason people want to live in B.C.,» says Andrew Peck, president of BCREA.