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- By the early 1960s, logging had depleted the eucalypt, and concern about water quality led to the forests being closed.
- Systems for biologically treating wastewater are crucial for enhancing both human health and water quality.
- Filter-feeders filter pollutants as well as nutrients from the water, improving water quality.
- air or water quality laws), chemical control laws seek to manage the (potential) pollutants themselves.
- EU law has played a significant role in improving habitat and species protection in Europe, as well as contributing to improvements in air and water quality and waste management.
- The major waste management efforts undertaken in the last decade (particularly the plant built on the small island of Psytalia) have greatly improved water quality in the Saronic Gulf, and the coastal waters of Athens are now accessible again to swimmers.
- Rapids cause water aeration of the stream or river, resulting in better water quality.
- London also recorded one of the earlier extreme cases of water quality problems with the Great Stink on the Thames of 1858, which led to construction of the London sewerage system soon afterward.
- In addition, the Act requires states to publish water quality standards for individual water bodies to provide additional protection where the national standards are insufficient.
- Similarly, the Puerto Rico Aqueducts and Sewers Authority (PRASA) —Spanish: "Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados" (AAA)—is a water company and the government-owned corporation responsible for water quality, management, and supply in Puerto Rico.
- As a consequence, as nitrate forms a component of total dissolved solids, they are widely used as an indicator of water quality.
- Melilla's water supply primarily came from a network of dug wells (which by the turn of the 21st century suffered from overexploitation and had also experienced a degradation of the water quality and the intrusion of seawater), as well as the capture of the Río de Oro's underflow.
- The report found that a better understanding of sediment processes in the Missouri River, including the creation of a "sediment budget" – an accounting of sediment transport, erosion, and deposition volumes for the length of the Missouri River – would provide a foundation for projects to improve water quality standards and protect endangered species.
- Federal officials acted as well: the United States Congress passed the Clean Water Act of 1972, and the United States and Canada established water pollution limits in an international water quality agreement.
- The main environmental issues affecting Colombia are deforestation; soil and water quality damage from overuse of pesticides; air pollution, especially in Bogota, from vehicle emissions and other main cities.
- Average drinking-water quality results are available, and information on the following parameters are provided: alkalinity; cadmium; calcium; chloride; chromium; iron; magnesium; manganese; nickel; nitrate; pH; phosphorus; potassium; sodium; and sulfate, as well as the presence of pesticides.
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