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Wastewater Spill Kills Fish
Dec 4, 07 Austin American-Statesman; Austin, Texas
A wastewater spill in Austin, Texas killed fish, but had little effect on public drinking water supplies.
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Arsenic in Water Leads to $400 Million Lawsuit
Oct 16, 07 WQA/Modesto Bee
A $400 million claim is now in place for alleged “failure to act” in response to arsenic levels in drinking water at the John Latorraca Correctional Facility.
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Spill Shuts Down Canning Company
Oct 3, 07 Times Record; Fort Smith, Arkansas
A leak in a water and waste pipeline forced a temporary shutdown of production at an Arkansas canning facility.
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Iowa Army Ammunition Plant Cleanup Continues
Oct 2, 07 Sioux City Journal; Sioux City, Iowa
As the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant works to improve its previously poor environmental image, groundwater clean-up is becoming a major focus.
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EPA Fines Ranor $100,000
Oct 1, 07 Worcester Telegram & Gazette News; Worcester, MA
The EPA is fining Ranor Inc. over $100,000 for discharging storm water without a permit.
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Affluent Split Over Effluent
Sep 26, 07 New York Times
An exclusive beachfront community is being blamed for polluting the coveted ocean space near Rincon Point, Calif.
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Source of Sewage Spill Eludes City Officials
Sep 24, 07 Lexington Herald-Leader; Lexington, KY
Unable to find the source of the spill, the city of Elkhorn Creek began aerating an area off Manchester Street in an attempt to reduce the level of bacteria in the stream.
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City Prevents 4-H Water Pollution
Sep 24, 07 The Daily Democrat; Woodland, CA
A wastewater issue led to the banning of 4-H members from the fairgrounds for the fall and winter.
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China Closes 400 Companies for Pollution
Sep 5, 07 The Kansas City Star/The Associated Press
In an effort to reduce water pollution, China has closed down 400 factories and suspended projects or fined another 762.
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New Jersey Wastewater Plant Fined $30,000
Aug 27, 07 The Record
The government agency that operates Bergen County's wastewater treatment system in New Jersey has been fined $30,000 for emitting too much sulfur, in addition to other permit violations.
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Pennsylvania Wastewater Spill Causes Mile-Long Fish Kill
Aug 13, 07 Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Pennsylvania Environmental Protection announced that equipment failure resulted in the release of an unknown quantity of untreated wastewater that has impacted aquatic health in the Skippack Creek.
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Contractors for Submarine Base Face EPA Fine
Aug 6, 07 EPA
Two contractors for a construction site at the U.S. Naval Submarine Base in Groton, Conn., are liable for $17,000 in penalties for violations of the federal Clean Water Act.
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Japanese Quake Leads to Nuclear Spill
Jul 19, 07 Washington Post
The recent earthquake in Japan caused a leak of about 315 gallons of water containing radioactive material that was then flushed into the sea.
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Hawaii’s Latest Sewage Spill Did Not Reach Ocean
May 15, 07 Honolulu Advertiser
Officials with the county Department of Public Works and Environmental Management in Hawaii have reported that wastewater from a sewage spill on Monday in Waiehu does not appear to have reached the ocean.
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Kmart Admits to EPA Violations
May 10, 07 EPA
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says the Kmart Corp. will pay a $102,422 fine for self-disclosed violations of federal environmental rules.
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Oklahoma Company Fined $5.5 Million for Wastewater Discharges
Apr 5, 07 PR Newswire
Sinclair Tulsa Refining Company, a subsidiary of major oil and gasoline producer Sinclair Oil, and two company managers, were sentenced today for environmental crimes related to the operation of the Tulsa Refinery and violations of the Clean Water Act.
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California Lagoon Contaminated by Sewage Spill
Apr 4, 07 North County Times
Crews have been working on a replacement pipe for a broken sewage line that spilled more than 4.1 million gallons of sewage into the Buena Vista Lagoon recreation area.
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Five Die In Gaza Sewage Flood
Mar 28, 07 Denver Post
A large sewage reservoir in Umm Nasewr, in the northern Gaza Strip collapsed on Tuesday, drowning five people in a puddle of waste and mud that also covered a village.
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California Garlic Ranch Under Wastewater Scrutiny
Mar 7, 07 Gilroy Dispatch
Three weeks after toxic levels of garlic-tainted wastewater lead to deaths of thousands of fish in Uvas Creek, water was again found leaking into the creek from a pipe owned by garlic producer Christopher Ranch.
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Massachusetts Metal Finisher Fined for EPA Violations
Mar 6, 07 EPA
Bay State Galvanizing, Inc., of Everett, Mass., will pay a cash penalty of $40,000 to settle EPA claims that the metal finisher violated the terms of its permit to discharge storm water under the Clean Water Act.
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Rhode Island Ordered to Stop Harmful Sewage Overflows
Feb 21, 07 EPA
The EPA's New England Regional Office ordered five Rhode Island municipalities and a wastewater utility to take steps to stop harmful raw sewage overflows from seeping out of city pipes and wastewater systems and into the State’s waterways
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Guam Fined for Pump Station Spill
Feb 15, 07 EPA
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fined Guam Waterworks Authority $1,450 for oil spill prevention violations at its Fujita Pump Station in Tumon.
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Michigan Township Must Pay for Basement Sewage Spill
Feb 8, 07 South Bend Tribune
Officials in Lake Township, Mich., have paid over $8,700 to a local couple after gallons of a sewage lift station failure caused gallons of raw sewage to back up into their basement.
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Great Lakes Companies Fined $833 for Wastewater Violations
Feb 6, 07 DEP
The Department of Environmental Protection today fined the Great Lakes Companies, Inc., of Madison, Wis., $833,349 for water quality and odor violations associated with the company’s Great Wolf Lodge wastewater treatment plant in Pennsylvania.
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