Report cites clean water violations

October 12, 2007

Thirty-one times in 2005, sewage treatment facilities in Vermont reported that they'd exceeded their federal clean water permits, an indication that such facilities warrant more attention, according to authors of a report issued Thursday.

A Vermont Public Interest Research Group study, part of a national look at the Clean Water Act as the federal waterway pollution law nears its 35th anniversary, found that 51.5 percent of Vermont's industrial and municipal facilities discharged more pollution...

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