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Water Quotes
From scarcity to a daily habit, in one word.
These water quotes cover real ground, including a childhood memory of growing up without hot water and a pointed observation about how unevenly water access is rationed between Israel and the West Bank. The Good collection touches on related everyday gratitude.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Feet
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the shallow parts of many Swiss lakes, where there is a depth of no more than from 5 to 15 feet of water, ancient wooden piles are observed at the bottom sometimes worn down to the surface of the mud, sometimes projecting slightly above it.
- Faucet
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- Nov 07, 2020
This morning of the small snow I count the blessings, the leak in the faucet which makes of the sink time, the drop of the water on water.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had four sandwiches when I left New York. I only ate one and a half during the whole trip and drank a little water. I don't suppose I had time to eat any more because, you know, it surprised me how short a distance it is to Europe.
- Discharge
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are systems called zero discharge emission systems that would prevent any pollution from making it into the water or the air.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
Way back in 2000, the EPA was poised, and, in fact, had drafted a rule, to specially regulate pollution - water pollution and other types of pollution - from power plants, but the energy industry pushed back pretty significantly.
- Limits
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- Nov 07, 2020
Government and other scientists have identified hundreds of chemicals that are linked to diseases in small concentrations and that are unregulated in drinking water or policed at limits that still pose serious risks.
- Database
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no central government database that allows officials to monitor water tests by local systems.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
State and federal studies indicate that thousands of water and sewer systems may be too old to function properly.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
Drinking water that does not meet a federal health guideline will not necessarily make someone ill. Many contaminants are hazardous only if consumed for years. And some researchers argue that even toxic chemicals, when consumed at extremely low doses over long periods, pose few risks.
- Flowing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Safe Drinking Water Act was passed in 1974 after tests discovered carcinogens, lead and dangerous bacteria flowing from faucets in New Orleans, Pittsburgh and Boston and elsewhere.
- Plant
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- Nov 07, 2020
Bromates are regulated by the Safe Drinking Water Act, but officials are required to test for them only when water leaves a treatment plant.
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- Nov 07, 2020
One goal of the Clean Water Act of 1972 was to upgrade the nation's sewer systems, many of them built more than a century ago, to handle growing populations and increasing runoff of rainwater and waste.
- Dozens
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- Nov 07, 2020
Around New York City, samples collected at dozens of beaches or piers have detected the types of bacteria and other pollutants tied to sewage overflows. Though the city's drinking water comes from upstate reservoirs, environmentalists say untreated excrement and other waste in the city's waterways pose serious health risks.
- Drinking Water
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- Nov 07, 2020
Atrazine - a herbicide often used on corn fields, golf courses and even lawns - has become one of the most common contaminants in American drinking water.
- Environment
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- Nov 07, 2020
For years, agency officials said that atrazine in drinking water posed almost no risk to humans or the environment.
- Disease
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is often difficult to definitively link a specific instance of disease to one particular cause, like water pollution. Even when tests show that drinking water is polluted, it can be hard to pinpoint the source of the contamination.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020