Suit faults EPA on water polluters. Chronicle staff report. Thursday, August 24, 2006. has failed to crack down on water polluters, in some cases allowing up to 20. www. sfgate. com/cgi-bin/article. cgi?f=/c/a/2006/08/24/BAG32KO5O11. DTL. A website by the People's Daily newspaper; China, business, world, science, education,. Chinese lawmakers suggest more severe punishment on water polluters. english. people. com. cn/90001/90776/6361354. html -. Western Pennsylvania has the most water polluters in the state, and regulators aren't doing enough to punish them, according to a new study. pittsburghlive. com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/rss/s_454590. html -. polluters in Texas reported more than 2000 exceedances of their Clean Water Act. Strengthen the Clean Water Act by preventing polluters from profiting from. environmenttexas. org/newsroom/. /polluters-foul-texas-waters -. Environment News Service for the latest environmental news, current issues, climate, water, food, forests, species, energy, education. RSS feed. www. ens-newswire. com/ens/may2001/2001-05-28-06. asp -. WATER INDUSTRY NEWS. NY water polluters may face stiffer penalties << BACK. A bill that aims to increase penalties for polluters of public drinking water. www. waternet. com/news. asp?N_ID=70077 -. WATER INDUSTRY NEWS. Drinking water polluters socked with big fines in 2002, says EPA. Put Water Technology's Scrolling Headlines on Your Website. www. waternet. com/news. asp?mode=4&N_ID=37903 -. Heavy fines await water polluters. GOV. cn. Wednesday, February 27, 2008. "violation cost" for water polluters. China toughens punishment on water polluters. english. gov. cn/2008-02/27/content_902634. htm -. the federal Clean Water Act to stop polluters from taking advantage of. Clean Water Act that allows citizens and citizen groups to sue polluters under. www. pennenvironment. org/PEwater. asp?id2=26083 -. SEVEN out of 10 firms prosecuted for pollution last year were privatised water companies, despite a decade of above-inflation increases in water charges, the. www. telegraph. co. uk/news/uknews/1357927/Water-firms-top-polluters. htmlAlso try:. Yet only two of those top violators have been fined by the state Ecology Department in recent years. In fact, the water program has fined about 150 polluters - many of them for discharging without a permit or for stormwater violations. seattlepi. nwsource. com/local/96006_topviolators18. shtml. The Waterkeeper Alliance is a grass roots organization with individual waterkeeper programs both nationally and internationally. We are dedicated to preserving and protecting your water from polluters. www. waterkeeper. org/ www. waterkeeper. org/. Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies such as lakes, rivers, oceans, and groundwater caused by human activities, which can be harmful to organisms and plants which live in these water bodies. Although natural phenomena such as volcanoes, algae blooms, storms, and earthquakes also cause. en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Water_pollution en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Water_pollution. The map is far from complete in its coverage, Ma admits, explaining that the next step will be to collect more regional water pollution information, to locate polluters, and to enter them onto the digital map. www. worldwatch. org/node/4622. China Daily reports on a new draft amendment to the National Peoples Congress water pollution and control law in China. Company heads found guilty of polluting water face a fine of up to half their annual income, according to a draft amendment to the water pollution and control law. chinadigitaltimes. net/2008/02/heavy-fines-await-water-p. chinadigitaltimes. net/2008/02/heavy-fines-await-water-polluters/. These are the most chronic water polluters along the southern and central coast since 1998 based on the number of times they've been assessed by the state for violating their water-pollution permits. www. penderwatch. org/shame. htm. BEIJING, Feb 28 (Reuters) - China heightened pressure on polluters on Thursday, passing legislation that allows for stiff fines against heads of companies that foul its scarce water resources. sanitationupdates. wordpress. com/2008/03/01/china-cracks. sanitationupdates. wordpress. com/2008/03/01/china-cracks-down-on-water-polluters-with-new-law/. Under new laws bosses could be fined up to half their annual income if their companies are convicted of polluting water News of the legislation, which would also increase maximum fines for the companies, emerged shortly after authorities cut water supplies to as many as 200. www. guardian. co. uk/environment/2008/feb/28/pollution. wa. www. guardian. co. uk/environment/2008/feb/28/pollution. water. A panel of eight legal and water experts is 'trying' governments and companies from 10 Latin American countries on charges of polluting rivers and lakes, and building harmful dams. Their verdicts will have moral force only, but are intended to placate the sense of injustice aroused by each case. www. ipsnews. net/news. asp?idnews=32515. Embed URL. bb&ob; border-bottom : 1px solid #E2ECF5; &cb;. ws&ob; white-space:pre; &cb;. staticAds&ob; margin-left:15px; &cb;.