(AP) More than half of the state's waterways are not fishable or swimmable 35 years after the original version of the Clean Water Act was enacted in the U.S., according to an environmental advocacy group's report released Thursday.
Austin-based Environment Texas said the state was the fourth worst violator of Clean Water Act pollution permit limits in 2005. The group said 318 "facilities" in Texas -- such as sewage and water treatment plants and oil refineries -- exceeded pollution discharge limits at least once for a total of 1,348 violations. Texas was behind Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York, according to the group's "Troubled Waters" analysis.
cbs11tv.com - Group: More Than Half Of Texas Waterways Unsafe
Monday, October 15, 2007
More Than Half Of Texas Waterways Unsafe
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