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.
Bretschger commented, «Working with the Roddenberry Foundation gives us a tremendous opportunity to improve sanitation and
water quality issues in developing nations.
This phase will also address numerous ongoing and emerging
water quality issues in order to help attract and support a multitude of recreation, tourism, and commercial businesses.
Turning to the ongoing controversy over the state's response to
water quality issues in Hoosick Falls and elsewhere, Cox called Gov. Andrew Cuomo's handling of the PFOA contamination crisis «despicable.»
More recently, Graber had been at the helm of addressing
water quality issues in Newburgh.
Assembly Democrats have scheduled hearings for September on
water quality issues in New York, to be held in Albany and on Long Island.
In April, the state Assembly is expected to hold hearings on
water quality issues in light of Hoosick Falls.
Hoosick Falls already has inspired a new state response to
water quality issues in municipalities across New York.
The congressional oversight of the PFOA situation in Hoosick Falls comes as the Democratic - led state Assembly plans hearings on
water quality issues in early September, assessing issues on both Long Island and in the Capital Region.
Owasco Lake has been plagued by
water quality issues in recent years, including the spread of blue - green algae throughout the lake.
But now, McLaughlin, a state assemblyman from Rensselaer County, is stepping up his efforts to shame his fellow Republicans in the upper house into holding hearings on
water quality issues in Hoosick Falls.
At the same time, the Democratic - led Assembly plans to hold public hearings on
water quality issues in early September.
By now,
the water quality issues in Hoosick Falls have been well documented.
The Democratic - led Assembly earlier this year signaled it would hold a series of hearings on
water quality issues in New York.
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie on Monday insisted the never - held hearings on
water quality issues in the state were not prompted by a request from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office.
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The job of overseeing the industry touches on
issues from protecting
water quality for fish
in streams near pot grows, to safely collecting hundreds of millions of dollars
in taxes from businesses that often operate
in cash.
In Spallumcheen, the Christy Clark government is allowing a farm operation to spray liquid manure on property above the local aquifer, causing a
water -
quality advisory to be
issued for the community.
Locally manufactured technologies — such as fine screening, for example — are already reducing maintenance and OH&S
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Mr Bambridge said the successes with FAST technologies were also significant, because of their low maintenance operational efficiency at remote locations such as mining and energy installations and commercial and recreational facilities operating
in areas where
water is a precious shared resource and where there may be
water table
quality issues.
Out of an abundance of caution and
in the interests of maintaining the highest possible standards for product
quality, Niagara is
issuing a voluntary recall for Spring
Water products produced from its Pennsylvania manufacturing facilities during the June 10th — June 18th time frame.
Meanwhile, the governor's own formation of a rapid response team to handle
water quality issues when they arise was called «a start» but the report embraced a independent entity to oversee
water quality issues based on a similar agency
in New Jersey.
Before people filled the auditorium at Hoosick Falls Junior - Senior High School for a state Senate hearing chaired by Marchione on the Hoosick Falls and Petersburgh
water crises and other
water quality issues, Shaun Francis held a news conference to unveil a billboard critical of his opponent's response to the discovery of perfluorooctanoic acid, a suspected cancer - causing chemical,
in both the village
water system and wells
in the village and surrounding town of Hoosick.
Hannon is the chairman of the Senate Health Committee, and would likely be
in line for calling the still - unscheduled hearings on
water quality issues Hoosick Falls residents and Republican Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin have sought.
Billed as a hearing on statewide
water quality and contamination, the daylong hearing did briefly touch on
issues of lead
in the
water of New York City's schools and a similar tainted -
water problem
in Newburgh,
in the Hudson Valley.
As we continue the strong efforts of the Governor's
Water Quality Rapid Response Team, the work of the Finger Lakes
Water Hub and the state's investments to study algae blooms will be valuable resources
in helping New Yorkers understand and mitigate this emerging
issue,» said DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos.
«Whatever criticisms one could have about the early response
in Hoosick Falls, I think this proposal is a laudable attempt for the state to get its hands around these
issues, «said Dan Shapley, Riverkeeper's
water quality expert.
He's reduced taxes and debt twice, continued to make
water quality a signature
issue, and addressed his long - standing concerns over the lack of affordable housing on the East End by working with developer Georgica Green Ventures and community members to gain town board approval for a 38 - unit workforce housing project
in Speonk.
Owasco Lake
water quality issues have existed for years, but there was heightened concern last fall when cyanotoxins from blue - green algae blooms were detected
in Auburn and Owasco's drinking
water supply.
A spokesman for DEP — they always have an answer — said the
issue wasn't muddy
water released
in torrents into the Esopus from the reservoir, but the
quality of
water coming out of taps
in Gotham.
«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 after
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 aft
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 after
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 aft
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 after
Water Infrastructure Act and record $ 300 million Environmental Protection Fund,» said Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi
in a statement released Wednesday afternoon.
Advocates for the Great Lakes are meeting
in Washington, D.C., this week to push for continued funding of cleanup programs and discuss
water quality issues such as algae blooms and oil transportation.
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.
The Poughkeepsie Journal wants the state to do more to preserve and protect
water quality, noting the contamination
issues in Flint, Michigan are far fro isolated.
Mangano's address covered
issues ranging from veteran homelessness to the
water quality in the Long Island Sound, but he focused on the revitalization of Nassau County's economy since taking office
in 2009.
«
Water quality conditions
in the northern two - thirds of the lake are now suitable for swimming,» said the report,
issued today by Onondaga County's Department of
Water Environmental Protection.
The panel discussed
water quality issues Thursday
in Hauppauge.
He said that although the committee requested information about
water quality issues from the health department
in April, it received only a stack of meaningless data hours before the hearing started.
Just one such
issue is the
quality of drinking
water supplies — particularly those found
in New York's schools.
For example, the LES Ecology Center has proposed a floating swimming pool below 14th Street — to highlight the
issue of
water quality in the East River.
Through the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative and the U.S. Department of Energy's Weatherization Assistance Program, work has already been conducted
in the home to reduce indoor air
quality issues, including repairs to the property's chimney, hot
water tank, windows and walls.
The coastal contingency plan is a potentially powerful chit for New York officials to use
in bargaining with Indian Point over its closure, since the federal Clean
Water Act gives states control over water quality is
Water Act gives states control over
water quality is
water quality issues.
The agency that oversees
water quality and quantity
in the Delaware River basin has
issued proposed regulations for the natural gas drilling industry.
A state task force on drinking
water quality will begin addressing emerging contaminants and
issues in New York communities.
Most people familiar with
water quality problems
in Buffalo were not surprised Thursday night when city officials
issued a warning that a «harmful blue - green algae bloom» surfaced
in Hoyt Lake at Delaware Park.
Then there's the thorny
issue of
water quality and the suspected carcinogen PFOA, which has been detected
in Hoosick Falls and Petersburgh.
Cuomo's health commissioner, Dr. Howard Zucker says as he examined numerous completed and still on going studies on fracking's effects on drinking
water, air
quality and other health
issues, several «red flags» were raised, and he says he has «identified significant health risks
in the current data» that have not been answered by conclusive long term studies with «large population pools».
Three main
water quality issues were cited by Mr. Cuomo during his 20 - minute speech: an underground plume left by Northrup Grumman
in Nassau county that measures one - by - three miles wide, runoff from mulching facilities on Long Island (of which there are 65) and saltwater intrusion.
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.
Mr. Bellone said on Thursday that
water quality is the «most important
issue for us here
in Suffolk County.»
In a press conference with Nassau and Suffolk officials at Stony Brook University Thursday, the governor announced a series of steps that will address water quality issues that have lingered for decades on Long Island, such as an enormous plume at the former Northrup Grumman site in Nassau and smaller composting facilities that have largely gone unregulated, mostly in Suffolk County, that have recently been found to have increased levels of harmful material
In a press conference with Nassau and Suffolk officials at Stony Brook University Thursday, the governor announced a series of steps that will address
water quality issues that have lingered for decades on Long Island, such as an enormous plume at the former Northrup Grumman site
in Nassau and smaller composting facilities that have largely gone unregulated, mostly in Suffolk County, that have recently been found to have increased levels of harmful material
in Nassau and smaller composting facilities that have largely gone unregulated, mostly
in Suffolk County, that have recently been found to have increased levels of harmful material
in Suffolk County, that have recently been found to have increased levels of harmful materials.