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COMMITTEE UNITED STATES SENATE FULL COMMITTEE HEARING TO EXAMINE THE 2018 WESTERN WATER SUPPLY OUTLOOK AND BILLS RELATED TO WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND DROUGHT RESILIENCY MARCH 22 2018 Chairman Murkowski Ranking...the State of Washington s Office of Columbia River In that capacity I was responsible for managing water supply development in the eastern half of our state including the projects that I will discuss in...some areas total annual water equivalent precipitation in inches is in single digits Thus mountain snowpack and flows in the Columbia Snake River system provide the bulk of the water needed to support agriculture...
COMMITTEE UNITED STATES SENATE FULL COMMITTEE HEARING TO EXAMINE THE 2018 WESTERN WATER SUPPLY OUTLOOK AND BILLS RELATED TO WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND DROUGHT RESILIENCY MARCH 22 2018 2 Chairwoman Murkowski Ranking...the Committee thank you for the opportunity to testify on the critical subject of the 2018 Western Water Supply Outlook I am Cindy Ortega Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer for MGM Resorts...approximately 90 percent on Lake Mead for our water Lake Mead benefits California and Arizona since they store water in it as well but it is Southern Nevada s water supply Given our strong reliance on this...
given the harms and costs mining has on communities and the environment Extracting minerals damages water quality frequently forever No critical minerals policy should weaken community and environmental protections...lasting sustainable economic activity For instance the outdoor economy defined by bike snow trail and water sports as well as camping fishing hunting motorcycling off roading and wildlife viewing supports more...sites pristine landscapes and clean water often outweighs that of the minerals Any critical minerals policy must account for these issues and the communities whose water and air mineral development could...
ventilation shafts instead of sequential shaft sinking It also is expected to save schedule time minimize water inflows and improve overall safety during shaft sinking operations Source SRK 2017 Mine Production...wetlands and stream channels sufficient to require an authorization under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act from the U S Army Corps of Engineers USACE Typically these permits require an associated NEPA...impacts to federally jurisdictional waters was reduced to such low levels that the Project was able to qualify for a Nationwide Permit under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act which is a more streamlined process...
Dam was the only site deemed in critical condition Hurricane Maria caused a significant rise in the water level of the dam and resulted in flow in the spillway The spillway structure was compromised and the...the surrounding area began to erode posing immediate safety risk to 1 000 residents and severing water supply to approximately 250 000 residents Corps teams placed over 500 Jersey barriers and over 1 300...existing outflow conduits and placed piping and pumps to further reduce the water level in the dam to safe levels and provide water supply To address residual risk to human health and safety by direction of...
Batteries Chief Customer Officer American Battery Solutions Dr Paul Ziemkiewicz Director West Virginia Water Research Institute West Virginia University...
1 Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Acid Mine Drainage Paul Ziemkiewicz PhD Director Water Research Institute West Virginia University 304 293 6958 pziemkie wvu edu 14 jun 19 Rare earth elements in...questions in my areas of experience and expertise I am the Director of the West Virginia University Water Research Institute a component of WVU s Energy Institute The Institute serves to facilitate collaborative...Higher Education funding for sponsored research programs and grants exceeded 185 million in 2017 The Water Research Institute conducts sponsored and grant funded research programs in the areas of watershed...
distributed energy systems that are democratically governed Signers of the letter included groups like Food Water Watch Friends of the Earth and the Environmental Working Group 6 The notion of all renewable energy...Christopher T M Clack et al Evaluation of a proposal for reliable low cost grid power with 100 wind water and solar Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences June 27 2017 https www pnas org content...
rig in the Gulf of Mexico operated in water deeper than 2 000 feet Today rigs can operate in 12 000 feet of water The expansion of oil drilling into ultra deep waters is the result of significant technological...
ground and surface water We designed the mining operations to repair the largest source of sedimentation in the East Fork of the South Fork of the Salmon River which degrades water quality and impacts...order to protect or improve water quality we will also need a dredge and fill permit issued by the United States Army Corps of Engineers under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act And because part of our...our PRO involves discharging through point sources into waters of the United States we will need a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NPDES permit written by the State of Idaho and supported...
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