Oil spills on land are more readily containable if a makeshift earth dam can be rapidly bulldozed around the spill site before most of the oil escapes, and land animals can avoid the oil more easily.

For most of the twentieth century, the shores of Arthur Kill have been home to the largest petroleum importing, refining, and storage facilities on Earth ; as a consequence the estuary has been host to major and minor oil spills.

While most urban areas area located in the metropolitan area, the Yuma, AZ CA-AZ urban area spills over into Winterhaven.

The Ibar gained notoriety as being the most polluted river in Serbia ( together with its major tributary, the Sitnica ), especially from frequent spills of extremely poisonous phenol, which causes constant problems for the population of Kraljevo, since the city uses the river's water for public waterworks.

The decline in aquatic life is believed by most biologists to be a result of acidic runoff from strip mining, as well as spills and contamination from petroleum and natural gas exploration in its watershed.

* The unrelated marine tidal rapids at Skookumchuck Narrows — the Skookumchuck, as it is the largest and most powerful of the British Columbia Coast's saltwater rapids — are several hundred kilometres west on the province's Sunshine Coast, where the narrow mouth of Sechelt Inlet spills out that fjord's contents into Jervis Inlet.

The megalopolis concept encompasses the combination of the megaregions of Northern California ( composed of most of the region except northern Upstate California and Eastern California counties of Modoc, Lassen, Plumas, Mono and Inyo ) and Southern California ( composed of the entire region except the county of Imperial ) and spills into Baja California and Nevada with each proposed megaregion including the Reno metropolitan area, Metropolitan Las Vegas and TJ Metro respectively.

By contrast, areas west of Rock Creek Park, including virtually the entire portion of the District between the Georgetown and Chevy Chase neighborhoods ( the latter of which spills into neighboring Chevy Chase, Maryland ), contain some of the nation's most affluent and notable neighborhoods.

" is a reference to oil spills, most notably the Amoco Cadiz which sank in 1978 in front of the coast of Brittany, where the home village of Asterix is located, according to the series.

Two of the most significant problems affecting the creek is sewage spills after heavy rain and leakage of septic tank effluent from residential properties into watercourses and subsequently, the creek itself.

Indian-born Ananda Chakrabarty, working for General Electric, had developed a bacterium ( derived from the Pseudomonas genus ) capable of breaking down crude oil, which he proposed to use in treating oil spills.

Pollution can occur from a number of sources: garbage and industrial debris ; the transportation of petroleum in tankers, increasing the probability of large oil spills ; small oil spills created by large and small vessels, which flush bilge water into the ocean.

* Water pollution, by the discharge of wastewater from commercial and industrial waste ( intentionally or through spills ) into surface waters ; discharges of untreated domestic sewage, and chemical contaminants, such as chlorine, from treated sewage ; release of waste and contaminants into surface runoff flowing to surface waters ( including urban runoff and agricultural runoff, which may contain chemical fertilizers and pesticides ); waste disposal and leaching into groundwater ; eutrophication and littering.

An example here is to remember the Spanish word for " foot ", pie, with the image of a foot stepping on a pie which then spills blue filling ( blue representing the male gender of the noun in this example ).

Vacuum cleaners, which are used in homes as well as in industry, exist in a variety of sizes and models — small battery-operated hand-held devices, domestic central vacuum cleaners, huge stationary industrial appliances that can handle several hundred litres of dust before being emptied, and self-propelled vacuum trucks for recovery of large spills or removal of contaminated soil.

Later, during the Russian Orthodox traditional wedding toast to Steven and Angela, which is believed to be good luck for a couple who drink from conjoined goblets without spilling a drop, a drop of blood-red wine unknowingly spills on her wedding gown, foreshadowing the coming events.

Radio Raheem attacks Sal, starting a fight with all the teenage boys, Sal and his sons, which spills out onto the street, attracting a crowd of spectators.

Generally, spills occur as a result of human error, in which the load was packaged incorrectly or the driver experienced a vehicle accident or some other force which allowed for the leaking of toxins.

Opponents are concerned about air, water, and noise pollution ; environmental degradation of nearby food crops such as soy beans, corn, and alfalfa ; negative effects on the ethanol fuel market and competition with local ethanol producing farmers ; displacement of some local residents and population resettling ; potential industrial disasters including explosions, leaks, and spills, reminiscent of the recent explosion at a similar-capacity Texas City Oil Refinery that caused the deaths of 15 workers and injured over 100 ; contamination potential threats of terrorism ; and concerns of the sheer size of the facility, which will be over twice the area of Elk Point itself.

The explosion, which killed 16 people, led to an overhaul of the methods used by the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency when responding to hazardous material spills.

Oil spills at sea are generally much more damaging than those on land, since they can spread for hundreds of nautical miles in a thin oil slick which can cover beaches with a thin coating of oil.

Under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act ( CEPA 1999 ) ( R. S., 1999, c. 33 ), Environment Canada became the lead federal department to ensure the cleanup of hazardous waste and oil spills for which the government is responsible, and to provide technical assistance to other jurisdictions and the private sector as required.

Kaluđerica is notorious by its lack of sewage ( which during strong rains spills over in the streets ) or transportation ( short and bending streets, with only one straight street in the settlement, and only one bus line of the public transportation, 309 ).

In the niches flanking Oceanus, Abundance spills water from her urn and Salubrity holds a cup from which a snake drinks.

The hanging Angel Glacier is visible from Cavell Meadows, which spills over a cliff on the north face.

Retail use spills into parts of Fitzrovia from Oxford Street and Tottenham Court Road, which are two of the principal shopping streets in central London.

Kramer shows an entrepreneurial bent with " Kramerica Industries ," for which he devises plans for a pizza place where customers make their own pie (" Male Unbonding "), a bladder system for tankers that will " put an end to maritime oil spills " (" The Voice "), and a product that will put ketchup and mustard in the same bottle.

The dam crosses the San Joaquin River where it spills out of the Sierra Nevada, forming Millerton Lake, which provides water storage for San Joaquin Valley irrigators as well as providing a diversion point for a pair of canals, the Friant-Kern Canal and the Madera Canal.

During oil spills, animal conservationists that rescue penguins sometimes dress them in knitted sweaters to stop them from preening and thereby ingesting the mineral oil which is poisonous.

Millions of these penguins still live on the coasts of Argentina and Chile, but the species is classified as a " threatened species ", primarily due to the vulnerability of large breeding colonies to oil spills, which kill 20, 000 adults and 22, 000 juveniles every year off the coast of Argentina.

An oil containment boom is a floating barrier, which is used to respond quickly and collect and recover offshore oil spills.

Twelve oil spills were recorded in 1995, but it was in 1999 where the highest total volume of oil spill occurred in the Manila South Harbor and Limay, Bataan.

All the spills occurred from its ocean rig called the Erik Raude.

Using data from Enbridge's own reports, the Polaris Institute calculated that 804 spills occurred on Enbridge pipelines between 1999 and 2010.

Other spills and releases occurred over the decades of operation as well.

No such spills have occurred from any settling areas built to these standards.

The Persian Gulf has many good fishing grounds, extensive coral reefs, and abundant pearl oysters, but its ecology has come under pressure from industrialization, and in particular, oil and petroleum spills during wars in the region.

Despite the simplicity of their grass diet, new developments along the Persian Gulf coastline, particularly artificial island development in Arab states, pollution particularly by oil spills caused during the " Persian Gulf war " and also due to occasional oil spills, and uncontrolled hunting has had a negative impact on the survival of the dugongs.

" In the study, Schweitzer observed the amount of toxic waste that is spilled during transportation and the area where spills are generally located.

The fight spills onto the stage during the live broadcast ( with the audience thinking that it is part of the comedy sketch ).

In the Hollywood Bowl version, Carol Cleveland accidentally ( or possibly intentionally ) hops next to Cleese and spills some of the coffee on him during the sketch.

ATSDR represents the Department of Health and Human Services on the National Response Team and works with other agencies to provide technical assistance during emergencies involving hazardous substances, such as chemical spills.

Exposure to mercury can occur from breathing contaminated air, from eating foods that have acquired mercury residues during processing, from exposure to mercury vapor in mercury amalgam dental restorations, and from improper use or disposal of mercury and mercury-containing objects, for example, after spills of elemental mercury or improper disposal of fluorescent lamps.

An expert on the impact of oil spills, she was called upon to lead several research trips during the Gulf War and following the spills of the ships, Exxon Valdez and Mega Borg.

Most upgrades to USTs consisted of the installation of corrosion control ( cathodic protection ), overfill protection ( to prevent overfills of the tank during tank filling operations ), spill containment ( to catch spills when filling ), and leak detection for both the tank and piping.

Since computation requires CPU cycles, this is usually a good thing, but it has the potentially devastating side effect that it can increase the live ranges of variables and create many new variables, resulting in spills during register allocation.