• The project, to be carried out by United Utilities, aims to upgrade the sewer network and improve the water quality of the River Lune.

    BBC: Lancaster ?18m sewer upgrade meeting held

  • The film highlights key water quality problems such as lack of access to safe water and sanitation, inefficient wastewater management in urban areas, water pollution caused by intensive use of nutrients and chemicals in agriculture, the invisible threat of new and emerging pollutants in water and the economic costs of water quality degradation.

    UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

  • David Ford of the Alliance Party said there were also issues of water quality not being addressed and the viability of shops affected by congestion.

    BBC: Adjournment debate: Parkgate quarry

  • "The fears about seismic effects can be dealt with, but there are all sorts of immediate environmental effects in terms of methane release, water quality and the release of chemicals, " he said.

    BBC: Enterprise Committee

  • They include water supply and sewerage, including abstraction and impounding of water, resources management, water quality, the water industry, water charges, safety of reservoirs and so on.

    BBC: Highly politicised liquid assets

  • Thames Water said the works at Abingdon would ensure the quality of the water in the River Thames was "exceptionally high".

    BBC: Thames Water's ?3m Abingdon sewage works complete

  • And climate change has already started to profoundly impact the availability, distribution, and quality of water.

    FORBES: World Water Day 2013: Water as a Catalyst for Peace

  • Poland is affected by periodic flood events and pays great attention to the issue of water quality.

    UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

  • The degradation of water quality in rivers, streams, lakes, and groundwater systems has a direct impact on ecosystems and human health.

    UNESCO: World Water Day 22 March 2010: Clean Water for a Healthy World

  • Engineers have completed work on a project to improve the quality of water in rivers near Penrith in Cumbria.

    BBC: Work to boost river water quality

  • In addition, the quality of water from private firms tends to be higher.

    ECONOMIST: Profit stream

  • In the global strategy to improve the overall quality of water resources, local actions often present the starting point the most fruitful efforts.

    UNESCO: World Water Assessment Program (WWAP)

  • But the Federal Water Quality Coalition, a group composed of industrial and metropolitan water users, has launched its own lawsuit in opposition to the first.

    ECONOMIST: Nutrient pollution

  • Population growth, urbanisation and climate change are putting stress on the quantity and quality of water supplies, a concern for businesses that rely on water.

    ECONOMIST: 2012 in focus

  • Data retrieved from HICO have been validated with data collected from samples collected on the ground and used to develop algorithms to map indicators of water quality.

    FORBES: New Crew Launches On Fastest Trip Yet To Space Station

  • But water quality at the majority of public beaches is not tested, or in some cases, it's tested but the public is not notified of the results.

    CNN: Surf's up for beach water quality

  • But one expert said any claim would be complicated by the variations in water quality and the lack of a contamination finding from state or federal agencies.

    NPR: Cause Of Off-Color, Fetid Water Eludes Pa. Town

  • The unique water quality and mild climate of Jing County in Anhui Province in eastern China are two of the key ingredients in the craft of making Xuan paper that thrives there.

    UNESCO: Culture

  • The degradation of water quality in surface and groundwater systems is further exacerbating water scarcity and negatively impacting our natural environment and the ecosystem services and goods that it provides, jeopardizing food security and livelihoods.

    UNESCO: World Water Day 22 March 2010: Clean Water for a Healthy World

  • The scheme is an agri-environment scheme, which provides funding for farmers to manage their land in a way designed to benefit biodiversity and landscape features and improve the quality of water and soil.

    BBC: Environment and Sustainability Committee

  • The Global Chemistry Experiment is a set of experiments developed by IUPAC and UNESCO for pupils of different ages to analyze the quality of water and learn how to treat their local water sources.

    UNESCO: Basic Sciences

  • The Global Water Experiment was developed by IUPAC and UNESCO, it includes a set of experiments (acidity, salinity, filtration, distillation) for pupils of different ages to analyze the quality of water and learn how to treat their local water sources.

    UNESCO: Race for Water at the Tonnerres de Brest

  • "All of our colleagues are doing their utmost to ensure our customers continue to receive a continuous supply of high quality drinking water and they will be as disappointed as us at this action of one of their unions at this time, " said the statement.

    BBC: Union attacks Severn Trent over water shortages

  • Dissenting Commissioner Troy Paredes notes the potential confusion that could result from having firms speculate on the "physical effects of climate change, such as effects on the severity of weather (for example, floods or hurricanes), sea levels, the arability of farmland, and water availability and quality" and harms to their reputation because of the public perception of data relating to its greenhouse gas emissions.

    FORBES: The SEC, Global Warming and The First Amendment

  • The state of New Mexico is concerned about a fall in the quality of its water.

    ECONOMIST: Indians versus greens

  • We recognised the importance of bathing water quality to the local communities around Thanet and beach users.

    BBC: Margate

  • R. 999, is designed to establish uniform criteria for testing, monitoring and notifying the public of beach water quality.

    CNN: Surf's up for beach water quality

  • Without the appropriate management of wetlands there is no water of the right quality and quantity, where and when it is needed.

    UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

  • The 140-year record (1868 to 2008) of Thames water quality was assembled by drawing together and cross-calibrating at least six different data sets.

    BBC: Thames archive reveals long nitrate rise

  • Indeed life, as well as the environment and most human activities, depend on the availability of adequate quantities of water of an acceptable quality.

    FORBES: World Water Day 2013: Water Can Be Fought Over or Shared, But Cooperation Brings More Benefits for All

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