We still feel it's important to have them pay a penalty for the past violations.

We are pleased to finally reach an agreement on major remedies to deal with major water pollution problems.

We want to give people information, advice, but at this point I don't want to be alarmist about it either because there are worse things.

We're issuing this brown water advisory as a precaution because heavy rains are going to wash whatever pollution on the land into the streams and into the ocean.

They're building a large burn or wall at the bottom of the landfill to make sure the waste stays in place.

You want to keep garbage covered so rats, flies, other insects and disease vectors can't get in there and spread things.