Sentences with phrase «water quality standards»

The government said it is determined to ensure compliance with the state's groundwater quality control regulation and the state drinking water quality standard.

Similar to carbon trading, WQT lets an entity that needs to meet water quality standards meet those by buying pollution reductions from another source, for a lower cost.

According to a transcript of a Florida Cabinet Meeting, «MR. [VP of Georgia - Pacific Palatka Ted] KENNEDY: However, as part of the administrative order, the DEP, EPA and Georgia - Pacific agreed that post installation of the technologies and subsequent optimization and testing period of a year each, we would test as to whether we could meet water quality standards in Rice Creek.

Would - be swimmers will still get advisories up and down the lakefront letting them know if bacteria levels exceed federal water quality standards set by theU.S.

The Niagara Falls Water Board violated water quality standards last week with a combined sewer overflow into the Niagara River near Niagara Falls, the state Department of Environmental Conservation reported today.

Department spokesperson Sean Mahar said the discharge is «clearly» a violation of water quality standards, because it adversely effects the color, order and natural conditions of the water.

Would - be swimmers will still get advisories up and down the lakefront letting them know if bacteria levels exceed federal water quality standards set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

«It's a fact that the two - thirds of the northern end of the lake meet water quality standards for swimming today,» Martens said.

Governor Cuomo on Tuesday called for an investigation and later stated he does not believe the Water Board's claim that the discharge, which was said to related to maintenance of a basin, was within acceptable water quality standards.

ALBANY — The federal Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday recommended a more - stringent water quality standard in Hoosick Falls.

«It's not just that you can do something satisfactorily... The ultimate goal is compliance with water quality standards.»

The notice of appeal filed by the Sierra Club cites, among other things, what the Sierra Club says it the mine's inability to meet the new water quality standards outlined in EPA's major guidance document on conductivity.

But large - scale implementation of small, structural runoff infiltration and treatment devices would be extremely difficult to complete over the next decade, the approximate time period for compliance with California water quality standards.

Recent polling shows that 85 percent of Long Island voters strongly support tougher water quality standards if it means that less nitrogen pollution will enter our waters, and they understand that it's going to cost quite a few... clams.

In April of this year, the DEC denied a water quality permit to the Constitution pipeline, saying it «failed to provide sufficient information to demonstrate compliance with New York State water quality standards.»

The RAPTOR ™ process is complemented by and integrated with a high - efficiency GWE waste water treatment plant to achieve the very high waste water quality standards and the optimum biogas production efficiencies specified by Remo - Frit.

«Our actions are based on the merits and we're pleased this ruling upholds this principle and — specifically — this agency's work to uphold New York's strict water quality standards,» said DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos.

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos Friday announced that the Niagara Falls Water Board violated water quality standards as a result of an August 15 combined sewer overflow discharge that caused a substantial visible contrast to the natural conditions in the Niagara River.

He asked why the state could not raise water quality standards on its own, without waiting for guidance from the EPA.

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WBEN)- The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation released a statement on Friday morning that said the Niagara Falls Water Board violated water quality standards due to the August 15 combined sewer overflow incident.

It will significantly increase the effort necessary to achieve water quality standards required by the EU.

Every Monday, water samples are collected at the 16 most popular beaches in southern Santa Barbara County to monitor levels of fecal indicator bacteria to determine whether they exceed water quality standards designed to protect public health.

The beach is RNLI lifeguard patrolled and meets European Water Quality standards.

«At atmospheric CO2 levels as low as 450 ppm, large parts of the Southern Ocean, the Arctic Ocean, and the North Pacific would experience a rise in acidity that would violate US Environmental Protection Agency water quality standards.»

«These cuts represent the single largest attack on marine water quality standards in a decade,» says Nelsen.

Under the CWA, authority to establish and monitor water quality standards remains with the states.

The Blue Water Task Force Presented by Emergen - C monitors bacteria levels at beaches and freshwater sites, and compares them to federal water quality standards established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to protect public health in recreational waters.

Water filtration systems: best - in - class water filtration technologies will be incorporated to achieve nationally - recognized water quality standards.

Administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the CWA establishes regulations designed to protect the water from sources of pollution and sets forth water quality standards for contaminants.

Wydysh cited a news report on radio station WBFO that quoted DEC Spokesman Sean Mahar as saying the discharge was «clearly» a violation of water quality standards.

The Niagara Falls Water Board insists it was a routine maintenance and within acceptable water quality standards.

TVA spokesman Mike Bradley said TVA's coal - fired plants have water discharge permits that require them to meet «stringent water quality standards to protect water quality in our service areas.»

But earlier this year, the chairman of the NRA, Lord Crickhowell, complained in a letter to the government about the «new myth» that water charges were rising because of new water quality standards.

According to the report, tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of treatment and infiltration devices are needed throughout the watersheds to come close to meeting California water quality standards.

An EPA spokeswoman declined to address the contradiction, instead pointing to a portion of Johnson's letter stating that the agency worked with Interior to include requirements that «no mining activities may occur in or near streams that would violate Federal or State water quality standards.»

Water quality standards for fishing, known as limited contact recreation, allow a maximum of 11.8 colony - forming units per gram of water.

«New York reserves the right to pursue those who violate water quality standards to protect the public and the environment,» said DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos.

Though the administration has approved other pipelines, the Constitution pipeline application did not contain adequate information to determine whether it would meet water quality standards, the DEC's chief permit administrator, John Ferguson, wrote in the rejection.

But the state denied the application in April 2016, saying the company failed to provide sufficient information to determine whether the project would comply with the state's water quality standards.

Citing the state's water quality standards, the state DEC has denied the necessary permits for a company to construct a controversial, 97 - mile, natural gas pipeline in Western New York.

The DEC said Constitution's application «fails to meet New York state's water quality standards.»

«Any violations of the state's water quality standards are a serious issue,» Cuomo said.

«We can conclude the Niagara Falls Water Board is responsible for a number of operating deficiencies, which led to human errors and led to the black water discharge on July 29 violating water quality standards,» said Kenneth Lynch, executive deputy commissioner of the DEC..

«The Application fails in a meaningful way to address the significant water resource impacts that could occur from this Project and has failed to provide sufficient information to demonstrate compliance with New York State water quality standards,» wrote John Ferguson, the «Constitution's failure to adequately address these concerns limited the Department's ability to assess the impacts and conclude that the Project will comply water quality standards.»

«The violation of the state's water quality standards are subject to fines, but this investigation is very much ongoing right now so it's hard to say exactly what any enforcement actions could be levied against the water treatment board,» Mahar said.